Ethan Howland

The agreement comes about a month after NextEra Energy proposed merging with Dominion Energy in a $67 billion deal.

The climate pattern should reduce Atlantic storm activity this year, but utilities still face localized power outage concerns as flooding and wildfires shift to other parts of the country.

The agreement comes about a month after NextEra Energy proposed merging with Dominion Energy in a $67 billion deal.

The PJM Interconnection improperly makes ratepayers pay for data center-driven transmission projects that don’t benefit them, according to Maryland's ratepayer advocate.

If RTOs fail to address large-load concerns identified by FERC, the agency will dictate the solutions, per FERC's David LaCerte. “I say this not as a threat, but as a statement of duty,” he said.

The Department of Energy ordered six power plants to delay their retirements last year. Two of them produced zero electricity in the first quarter in 2026, and another one is now offline for repairs.

Data centers could use up to 15% of all U.S. electricity by 2030, up from 5% in 2024, Berkeley Lab researchers said in a separate analysis.

However, there isn’t yet evidence that interconnection requests are being processed more quickly, according to Advanced Energy United.

The request asks regulators to halt a Permian Basin powerline case amid claims that property owners were not properly notified after route changes to a buildout tied to growing ERCOT grid needs.

Some of the generating units have operated during tight grid conditions and may have contributed to reliability. Keeping them running costs about $550 million a year, the Sierra Club says.