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Google, Xcel, others back MISO’s ‘zero injection’ large-load proposal
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (469+ words) The Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s proposal would fast-track reviews for generating projects that supply large loads that are served by the same substation, including colocated loads. MISO’s proposal is a partial response to FERC’s mid-June “show cause” orders finding that…...
West Virginia regulators reject delay in review of NextEra’s MARL project
3+ day, 15+ 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…...
Large-load tariffs increasingly rely on upfront payments, exit fees, ramp schedules
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (13+ words) Utility Dive...
A VPP is a garden. Let’s make them flourish nationwide.
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (519+ words) Load is growing again for the first time in two decades. Data centers, electrification, heat. The two traditional answers, more generation and more network, both arrive with a queue attached: the median wait from interconnection request to switch-on now runs…...
EnerNex: large loads, new rules
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (416+ words) Image created using AI Google Gemini The rapid emergence of AI is changing that equation. Traditional data centers typically consumed power at a steady rate. Thousands of small IT loads smoothed out variations, allowing planners to model facilities using static…...
Trump grid order likely to cause energy storage delays, cancellations: BloombergNEF
1+ week, 4+ day ago (586+ words) The Aug. 26 executive order, previous executive actions and the Treasury Department’s Foreign Entity of Concern guidance are likely to hit battery and inverter supply chains particularly hard. Trump’s executive order seeks to prevent certain foreign-made batteries, transformers, inverters and related…...
3 principles to make AI data centers good grid citizens
1+ week, 4+ 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, 5+ 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…...
The rules of data center development are evolving. Is your strategy?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (659+ words) For forward-thinking utilities, these challenges present an opportunity to transform how power is delivered to large loads. By partnering directly with hyperscalers to build behind-the-meter solutions at or close to a customer’s load under a large load tariff, subscription model…...
New Jersey seeks 150 MW of behind-the-meter storage to support VPP
2+ week, 4+ day ago (418+ words) The comparatively modest maximum annual incentive of $200/kW over 10 years reflects the “private resilience value of residential energy storage systems,” state regulators said. In a statement, BPU President Ben Hertz-Shargel tied the Aug. 17 proposal to an executive order signed by…...