1+ week, 3+ day ago  (638+ words) Pushing the state's utilities to change their default approach of building new infrastructure is an uphill battle. In Virginia this spring, a bill directing state energy regulators and utilities to squeeze more out of the existing grid sailed through the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (642+ words) The $67-billion all-stock merger is a "no-brainer," said Next Era CEO John Ketchum. Next Era and Dominion have merged, uniting the world's largest utility company by market value with the one responsible for powering Virginia, the world's largest data center…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (631+ words) Sustainable AI Group, a new advisory firm, aims to help companies push the industry toward more sustainable, transparent models. Enterprise AI customers have incredible influence over how the technology evolves in terms of energy." That's the thesis of Sustainable AI…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (1942+ words) Governors are scrambling, communities are furious, and the 20th century utility model is under scrutiny. Data center opposition is now being called "the most bipartisan issue since beer." In Indiana, Maine, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin, voters across the political spectrum are…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (864+ words) Nearly a decade after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, several billion in FEMA-funded projects remain unbuilt. In the last year and a half, the federal funding landscape for Puerto Rico's fragile electric grid has undergone a series of dramatic shifts....

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (919+ words) Microsoft's reported pull-back from carbon removal and even 2030 clean energy targets proves that the sector needs policy help. Weeks ago, Microsoft reportedly began telling suppliers and partners that it is pausing future purchases of carbon dioxide removal. And just today,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (618+ words) Why data centers create fewer jobs per dollar than the generation infrastructure built to power them. On April 24, Maine's Gov. Janet Mills signed two bills that pulled in opposite directions. The Democrat vetoed legislation that would have made Maine the…...

4+ week, 23+ hour ago  (340+ words) Shapiro said his administration will oppose rate case requests that don't observe certain best practices for affordability. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is fed up with his state's utilities " and seemingly the entire investor-owned utility profit model " and this week sent…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (744+ words) At least one off-grid developer, Fermi, has struggled to find a tenant. As AI data center developers wait in long lines to hook up to the grid, a growing number are choosing to ditch that process altogether." Microsoft last month…...

2+ mon, 38+ min ago  (632+ words) The rulemaking process for SB6, the state's landmark large load legislation, is highlighting key sticking points. When Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 6 into law last summer, rewriting the rules for how large loads connect to and operate on the…...