1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (640+ words) The order shifts more infrastructure costs and interconnection obligations to hyperscale customers while positioning Oregon's 2025 POWER Act as an early test of how states manage AI-driven growth. Oregon is among the latest states to adopt a large-load tariff aimed at…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (705+ words) The reliability watchdog dropped its forecast for ERCOT's net internal demand by 3. 7 GW, or 4. 6%, compared to last summer, "because more data centers can be curtailed by grid operators." The reasons for the shifts vary by region, NERC said in its…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (695+ words) I'm interested in the successful continued operation of PJM, but definitely I want to help them get through this period," FERC Commissioner Judy Chang told Utility Dive. Chang said she thinks PJM is considering how to evolve for the future,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (490+ words) The grid operator urged states to develop rules to shield other ratepayers from data center-driven costs, but analysts said it's unclear how an auction's costs could be allocated only to hyperscalers. The proposed auction comes as PJM is working to…...

2+ mon, 3+ 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....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (317+ 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…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1122+ words) FERC should revisit its transmission pricing policy and require utilities to assign the full costs of service to power-hungry data centers, writes Harvard's Ari Peskoe. Ari Peskoe is director of Harvard Law School's Electricity Law Initiative. Data center developers in…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (263+ words) The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has never regulated retail load interconnections before and should leave it to the states, who have done it for decades, writes former Chairman Mark Christie. Mark Christie is on the faculty at William & Mary Law…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (8+ words) Ameren begins testing dynamic line rating technology'Utility Dive...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (329+ words) Industry disclosures suggest that by the end of the decade, a meaningful share of new data center capacity could be partially or fully self-supplied, write Brandon Owens and Morgan Bazilian. Brandon Owens is founder of AIx Energy. Morgan Bazilian is…...