10+ mon, 4+ week ago   (473+ words) The issue centers on an unprecedented agreement between PECO Energy and Amazon Data Services that aims to protect utility customers from costs related to a planned data center complex. FERC’s review of the PECO-Amazon agreement comes amid growing scrutiny of…...

8+ mon, 15+ hour ago   (949+ words) Supply chains are “actually degrading” while competition for engineering, construction and procurement services from hyperscalers is driving up costs for utilities, Frenzel said. The growth of data centers can help reduce residential electricity rates, but power equipment supply chains remain…...

1+ year, 1+ week ago   (1173+ words) Nominees Laura Swett and David LaCerte said they support the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s independence and the need to be agnostic on generating technologies. Laura Swett and David LaCerte — President Donald Trump’s nominees to become commissioners at the Federal Energy…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (706+ words) Utility Dive caught up with the associate deputy secretary of energy at the Edison Electric Institute conference in Las Vegas, where the dominant theme was balancing demand growth with affordability. U.S. Department of Energy Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy Alex Fitzsimmons…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (546+ words) The ruling that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission can order refunds for multi-year periods could affect Eversource Energy and other transmission owners in New England. The court’s ruling on FERC’s MISO order comes amid broad concerns about how to balance…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (680+ words) The U.S. Department of Energy has failed to show there are reliability benefits from keeping power plants from retiring in the Midcontinent region, state utility regulators told FERC. DOE last year prevented six power plants totaling about 4,300 MW from retiring. Five…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (8+ words) Ameren begins testing dynamic line rating technology Utility Dive...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (337+ words) However, there is major uncertainty about the outlook for data center development, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator cautioned. Dive Insight: The grid operator added that “rapidly rising announcements and project submissions widen uncertainty around both data center volume and realization…...

10+ mon, 2+ day ago   (423+ words) customers, especially data centers, according to Brian Savoy, executive vice president and chief financial...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (309+ words) Interconnection’s planned backstop auction is flawed, said CEO Brian Tierney. Separately, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro...