9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (454+ words) The pending $12 billion transaction would roughly double NRG Energy’s generating fleet during a power market “supercycle.” The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday approved NRG Energy’s plan to buy 12.9 GW in gas-fired power plants, and a demand response company from…...

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…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (79+ words) Data center orders accelerated toward the end of 2025 and will likely remain strong through 2026 as projects planned for the next 18 to 24 months take shape, Schneider Electric Chief Financial Officer Hilary Maxson said....

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

8+ mon, 14+ 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…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (714+ words) The winning model will be hybrid: gas for firmness, renewables for optics and cost, and storage for stability, writes NOVUS Energy Advisors’ Emily Easley. Emily Easley is the CEO of NOVUS Energy Advisors. When Rick Perry’s Fermi America rang the…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (565+ words) “When there is uncertainty, there are good deals to be had,” said Mercom CEO Raj Prabhu. “People are looking for late stage, low risk projects that are ready to go, and those are hot commodities.” Despite some turbulent headlines, 2025 wasn't…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (582+ words) The future won’t belong to the nations with the most generating capacity, but to those with the best grid coordination, writes Evan Caron, co-founder of Montauk Capital. Evan Caron is co-founder and chief investment officer at Montauk Capital. OpenAI’s letter…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (600+ words) Conventional wisdom treats data centers as inflexible monsters. That characterization made sense a decade ago, but not now, writes GridX CCO Scott Engstrom. Scott Engstrom is chief customer officer for GridX. Somewhere in your service territory, a data center developer…...

6+ mon, 15+ hour ago   (525+ words) Early buildout of the U.S. rail system was fragmented, with local projects often failing to connect regions. Grid developers today should pay heed, writes Maria Martinez of the Clean Economy Project. Maria Martinez is the director of strategy for the Clean…...