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Court rejects DOE ‘emergency’ order delaying coal plant retirement as overstep
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (548+ words) “The Department’s reading of ‘emergency’ invites frequent federal interventions that are unsupported by the statute and threaten the stability of the energy market,” the ruling said. A federal appeals court on Friday vacated the U.S. Department of Energy’s emergency…...
West Virginia regulators reject delay in review of NextEra’s MARL project
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (193+ words) The MidAtlantic Resiliency Link was selected by PJM Interconnection in 2023 as part of its regional expansion plan, but there are questions about the need for the project and its route. PSC staff requested to delay the procedural schedule to allow…...
Google backs solar-storage project at former West Virginia coal mine
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (421+ words) The project is being developed by MN8 and will include 100 MWh of long-duration Eos Energy Enterprises zinc-based storage alongside lithium-ion batteries. The project is notable for the size of the zinc-based battery deployment — one of the largest to date. Most operational…...
Large-load tariffs increasingly rely on upfront payments, exit fees, ramp schedules
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (13+ words) Utility Dive...
3 principles to make AI data centers good grid citizens
1+ week, 5+ day ago (439+ words) Drew Baglino is founder and CEO of Heron Power; Vlad Troy is vice president of AI infrastructure at NVIDIA; Michael Polsky is founder and executive chairman of Invenergy; and Varun Sivaram is founder and CEO of Emerald AI. Events like…...
Stakeholders square off over proposed DOE appliance program changes
1+ week, 6+ day ago (578+ words) Manufacturers say the changes would create a more predictable process to set appliance standards but should not “apply retroactively to standards already finalized.” The Trump administration’s proposed changes to how appliance energy efficiency standards are updated has drawn arguments around…...
Harbert acquires cogenerating heat, power plant in Georgia
2+ week, 4+ day ago (334+ words) In addition to acting as a peaker plant for Georgia Power under a long-term power purchase agreement, Mid-Georgia Cogen also supplies thermal output to an adjacent Frito-Lay manufacturing facility. The plant, which is located near Robins Air Force Base just…...
Nevada ‘misses an opportunity’ in performance-based DER tariffs: advocate
2+ week, 4+ day ago (561+ words) The new demand response frameworks bring the state in line with other pay-for-performance virtual power plants while keeping NV Energy in the driver’s seat. The Grid Services Rider tariffs will replace a narrower demand response framework that has been on…...
Commonwealth Fusion Systems aims to complete demonstration reactor with $1B funding round
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1264+ words) The latest cash infusion will allow the company to complete its demonstration reactor, SPARC, which CEO Bob Mumgaard said is now “about 80% complete.” Devens, Massachusetts-based Commonwealth Fusion Systems has now raised $4 billion in its quest to build the first commercial…...
Microsoft, PowerHouse Hillwood in disputes over data center service agreements
2+ week, 6+ day ago (743+ words) Data center agreements in Wisconsin fail to protect ratepayers, Microsoft says. Exelon’s ComEd is using monopoly power to quash an agreement for an Illinois data center, per PowerHouse Hillwood. Microsoft and PowerHouse Hillwood Holding are in disputes over agreements laying…...