https://www.utilitydive.com/news/brookfield-microsoft-corporate-clean-energy-ppa/714989/
Brookfield, Microsoft ink largest-ever corporate clean energy deal for 10.5 GW | Utility Dive
Brookfield will deliver wind, solar and “new or impactful carbon free energy generation technologies” to Microsoft between 2026 and 2030.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/firstenergy-data-center-pipeline-earnings-transmission/741237/
FirstEnergy’s 5-year data center pipeline doubles to 3 GW | Utility Dive
FirstEnergy shares fell nearly 10.5% in trading on Thursday after the company effectively lowered its earnings outlook, according to Jefferies analysts.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/aep-large-load-data-center-earnings/812181/
AEP contracted large load pipeline doubles to 56 GW | Utility Dive
American Electric Power’s data center pipeline in Texas surged to 36 GW by the end of December, from 13 GW in the third quarter.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ppl-electric-data-center-pennsylvania-pjm/756548/
PPL Electric ‘advanced-stage’ data center pipeline grows 32%, to 14 GW | Utility Dive
PPL supports legislation in Pennsylvania that would allow utilities to own power plants, CEO Vince Sorgi said.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/exelon-data-center-amazon-earnings-maryland/804720/
Exelon’s advanced data center pipeline grows to 18 GW | Utility Dive
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor continues to call for a review of how a PECO Energy-Amazon data center agreement would affect power costs and...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pjm-interconnection-needs-43-gw-of-energy-storage-by-2045-brattle-group/802748/
PJM Interconnection needs 43 GW of energy storage by 2045: Brattle Group | Utility Dive
A report commissioned by the U.S. Energy Storage Coalition said North America’s largest grid operator needs to rapidly build storage to ensure reliability and...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pjm-rri-interconnection-ls-power-alphagen/743686/
PJM fast-track interconnection process draws 26.6 GW in proposals | Utility Dive
LS Power offered 700 MW and AlphaGen proposed 450 MW in the grid operator’s Reliability Resource Initiative, the companies said.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ls-power-constellation-pjm-gas-power-plant/815168/
LS Power strikes deal to buy 4.4 GW in PJM from Constellation | Utility Dive
The transaction is the latest in a series of gas-fired power plant sales in the PJM Interconnection market, where growing demand for electricity is cutting...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ious-edison-electric-interconnect-data-center-ferc/814688/
IOUs work to interconnect 39 GW of data center, manufacturing load: EEI | Utility Dive
Duke Energy, Northern Indiana Public Service and Xcel Energy are among the utilities with major data center projects in their service territories, the Edison...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/blm-starwood-transmission-ten-west-arizona-california/627362/
BLM approves construction for Starwood's 3.2 GW Arizona-to-California transmission line | Utility...
The 500-kV Ten West Link project is expected to provide market access to solar projects in the Southwest.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/california-offshore-wind-lease-boem-avangrid-shell-orsted-Equinor/633612/
California offshore wind lease auction for up to 3 GW advances with BOEM assessment | Utility Dive
Algonquin Power Fund, Avangrid Renewables, Equinor Wind US, Ørsted North America and Shell New Energies US are among the companies qualified to bid in any...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/google-hydro-power-brookfield-renewables/753039/
Google to buy up to 3 GW of hydro power from Brookfield | Utility Dive
The technology company will begin by buying power from dams totaling 670 MW in the PJM Interconnection, where power supplies are tight.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/invenergys-5-gw-grain-belt-transmission-project-faces-continued-opposition/697454/
Invenergy’s 5-GW Grain Belt transmission project faces continued opposition at FERC | Utility Dive
Oct 24, 2023 - The Missouri Landowners Association wants Invenergy to re-apply for Grain Belt’s negotiated rate authority, a move that could delay the financing and...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/calpine-constellation-merger-pjm-market-power/738451/
Calpine to sell 3.5 GW in PJM to avoid market power concerns from Constellation merger | Utility...
Calpine plans to sell four “valuable” power plants in the PJM Interconnection’s eastern region through a solicitation process, the company told FERC.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/arclight-infrabridge-pjm-interconnection-gas/816211/
ArcLight in deal to buy 2.2 GW from InfraBridge, mainly gas | Utility Dive
The transaction would give the private equity firm an additional 1.1 GW in the PJM Interconnection, where it owns about 9.7 GW, according to an application at...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/california-puc-pge-kkr-spin-off-pacific-generation/715754/
California PUC rejects PG&E plan to spin off 5.6 GW in non-nuclear assets | Utility Dive
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pseg-data-centers-pjm-earnings/756911/
PSE&G large load pipeline jumps 47%, to 9.4 GW, much of it speculative | Utility Dive
Most of the demand is from data centers, but the New Jersey utility only expects about 10% to 20% of the interconnection inquiries to come to fruition, Ralph...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nextera-basin-electric-data-center/807405/
NextEra aims to build up to 30 GW in data center power supply hubs by 2035 | Utility Dive
As part of that effort, NextEra Energy Resources and Basin Electric Power Cooperative are working on a 1.5-GW gas-fired project to serve data centers in North...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-nrg-ls-power-gas-fired-pjm-bp-wind/805651/
FERC OKs NRG’s 19 GW purchase of LS Power gas-fired and demand response assets | Utility Dive
The pending $12 billion transaction would roughly double NRG Energy’s generating fleet during a power market “supercycle.”
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/eia-2024-solar-energy-storage-battery-storage-gas-coal-retirement/724548/
EIA expects 62.8 GW to come online in 2024, led by solar, energy storage | Utility Dive
Also, the pace of power plant retirements slowed in the first half of this year to 5.1 GW, down from 9.2 GW in the same period last year, the Energy...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/exelon-data-center-load-co-location-pjm-capacity-earnings/731581/
Exelon’s ‘high probability’ data center load has nearly doubled to 11 GW, CEO says | Utility Dive
Meanwhile, the PJM Interconnection’s plan to delay an upcoming capacity auction “sends a clear message that [market] reform is definitely needed,” CEO Calvin...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/gets-grid-enhancing-technology-dlr-pjm-rmi/707612/
GETs could facilitate 6.6 GW of clean energy in five PJM states, saving $1B a year: RMI | Utility...
Grid-enhancing technologies can be used to increase the capacity of the existing transmission system, providing a quick, low-cost pathway for bringing new...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-coal-fired-power-plant-consumers-energy-miso-emergency/748972/
DOE orders 1.6-GW coal-fired power plant to delay shutdown over MISO outage concerns | Utility Dive
Public Citizen said it plans to challenge the DOE’s “abuse of emergency authorities” when Consumers Energy seeks to recoup its costs for running the power...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-pge-pacific-gas-spin-off-non-nuclear-generation-sale/651884/
FERC approves PG&E plan to spin off 5.6 GW in advance of possible minority stake sale | Utility Dive
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pjm-market-monitor-hull-street-rockland-data-centers/818520/
PJM market monitor opposes 1.3-GW gas plant deal between Hull Street, Rockland Capital | Utility...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should consider how power plant deals could draw capacity out of the PJM Interconnection market to serve data centers,...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/duke-energy-earnings-anderson-gas-plant/819428/
Duke Energy added 2.7 GW of contracted data centers in Q1 | Utility Dive
The additions bring the company’s total executed agreements with data centers to 7.6 GW, “nearly two-thirds of which are already under construction,” President...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/talen-in-deal-to-buy-26-gw-of-gas-plants-in-pjm-for-35b/809826/
Talen in deal to buy 2.6 GW of gas plants in PJM for $3.5B | Utility Dive
The announcement comes amid a surge in power sector consolidation, as generators jockey to meet growing demand from data centers and electrification efforts.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/miso-battery-energy-storage-aurora-acp/756773/
MISO could save $27B in system costs by 2035 with 11 GW of batteries: report | Utility Dive
Battery storage could reduce average Midcontinent wholesale power price growth by $1.40/MWh, according to a report drafted for the American Clean Power...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/dominion-integrated-resource-plan-irp-renewables-natural-gas/729989/
Dominion unveils plans to add 21 GW of clean energy, 5.9 GW of gas generation by 2039 | Utility Dive
The company plans to deploy about 3.4 GW of new offshore wind in addition to the 2.6 GW already in development, about 12 GW of new solar, and about 4.5 GW of...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pacificorp-2025-irp-resource-plan-wind-solar-coal/744195/
PacifiCorp aims to add 4.7 GW renewables, 1.7 GW storage by 2031 | Utility Dive
Given changing federal policies, the utility company may keep several coal-fired units operating longer than expected, according to its latest resource plan.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nypa-renewable-energy-plan/807542/
NYPA adopts 5.5-GW renewables plan amid concerns over affordability, policy changes | Utility Dive
Developers with major solar, wind and storage projects in the New York Power Authority’s updated plan include AES, EDF Renewable Energy, Forward Power and...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ge-vernova-gas-turbine-backlog-hits-100-gw-as-prices-rise/818332/
GE Vernova gas turbine backlog hits 100 GW as prices rise | Utility Dive
“The dollar-per-kilowatt growth is going to be very healthy in the second quarter of this year,” CEO Scott Strazik said of turbine sales. The company also saw...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/midcontinent-miso-interconnection-queue-supply-chain-transmission-expansion-mtep/693652/
MISO: 49 GW has received interconnection approval, but projects face major delays | Utility Dive
The roughly two-year delays in building generation and storage come as the Midcontinent Independent System Operator faces looming capacity shortfalls.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-miso-spp-jtiq-joint-transmission-interconnection/733047/
FERC approves MISO, SPP transmission plan expected to spur 29 GW of renewables | Utility Dive
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission agreed the Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue transmission projects should be built by incumbent utilities without...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/dte-energy-data-center-earnings-reliability/819052/
DTE sees up to 8.4 GW data center opportunity | Utility Dive
The utility will supply a 1.4-GW Oracle data center under construction now, and it has submitted contracts to regulators for a 1-GW Google project also in the...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/quantum-cogentrix-carlyle-sale-gas/723420/
Quantum in $3B deal to buy Cogentrix, with its 5.3 GW of gas generation, from Carlyle | Utility Dive
Quantum says it plans to “meaningfully grow” Cogentrix, which owns power plants in New England, PJM and Texas.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pjm-resource-reliability-rri-gas-interconnection/747090/
PJM fast-tracks 11.8 GW, mainly gas, to bolster power supplies | Utility Dive
Natural gas-fired generation accounts for 69% of selected Reliability Resource Initiative capacity, followed by batteries at 19% and nuclear at 12%.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/biden-doe-floating-wind-initiative/632043/
Biden administration launches floating offshore wind initiative with 15 GW target by 2035 | Utility...
The administration also aims to cut the cost of floating wind technology to $45/MWh.
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