2+ day, 19+ hour 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+ day, 12+ hour 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....

4+ day, 12+ hour 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,…...

4+ day, 20+ hour 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…...

1+ week, 2+ day 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…...

2+ week, 5+ day 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…...

1+ mon, 1+ week 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…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (655+ words) Both President Trump and Democratic governors are targeting CEO pay as electricity bills continue to rise. After launching an unprecedented intervention in PJM's electricity market in January, President Donald Trump and a group of Democratic governors have once again found…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (286+ words) A first-of-its-kind analysis of data-center-specific utility tariffs across the United States " who has filed them, what they say, and what they mean for the grid. What happens when the biggest customer on the grid can walk away? Data centers now…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (939+ words) After Trump won, Southern Company put its loan on ice. Now, newly restructured, the $26. 5 billion deal is DOE's largest ever. The Energy Department's largest loan package to date will help two utilities prepare their grid for data center development and…...