FERC has approved SPP’s proposed non-firm transmission service for certain large loads unable to be served by the system until they obtain additional designated resources or until needed network upgrades are completed.
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Writer: Tom Kleckner
Political pressure and public opposition have prompted investor and television personality Kevin O’Leary to dramatically scale back the size of a proposed data center project in northwest Utah.
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Writer: Scott Streater
U.S. solar capacity additions have slowed but still are outstripping other generation technologies.
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Writer: John Cropley
A federal judge has invalidated an Internal Revenue Service rule that established more restrictive qualifications for wind and solar projects to receive federal tax credits.
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Writer: John Cropley
An American Clean Power Association report found the U.S. gained 6.4 GW of new utility-scale solar, wind and battery storage capacity in the first quarter of 2026, bringing its total renewable capacity to 370 GW.
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Writer: Stella Iverson
Blocking new solar and wind development could cost the U.S. an additional $121.2 billion in electricity and natural gas from 2027 through 2033.
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Writer: James Downing
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NERC Standards Committee Vice Chair Troy Brumfield thanked committee members at their quarterly in-person gathering June 9.
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Writer: Holden Mann
FERC has approved PJM’s Expedited Interconnection Track (EIT), which is a separate “fast lane” for up to 10 interconnection requests both this year and next that can bring at least 250 MW to the grid.
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Writer: James Downing
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The ongoing public debate in Montana over a looming data center boom is likely coming to a head in 2027.
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Writer: Scott Streater
FirstEnergy filed a paper in FERC on June 8 arguing the commission should adopt the model from the natural gas pipeline industry to allocate the cost of transmission lines that serve hyperscale data centers.
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Writer: James Downing
