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Federal Regulators Tell Electric Grid Operators to Fix Their Rules on Data Centers

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission stops short of fulfilling the Trump administration’s wishes but puts regional grid operators on a “short leash.”

By Lisa Sorg, Charles Paullin

Lowell, MA - May 12: The view down a street in Lowell, Mass., where a data center looms behind residential housing on May 12. Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images
A substation at the coal-fired Naughton power plant in Kemmerer, Wyo. Credit: Natalie Behring/Getty Images

Wyoming’s Largest Utility Joins a New Western Day Ahead Market for Electricity

By Jake Bolster

An aerial view of the Sabey Data Center in Round Rock, Texas. Credit: Aaron E. Martinez/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Texas to Study ‘Batch Zero’ of Data Centers by Late Summer

By Arcelia Martin

Transmission lines connect to a power plant near Richmond, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

As Data Centers Jostle to Get on Texas’ Grid, ERCOT Promises New Rules for ‘Batch Zero’

By Arcelia Martin

Construction of an offshore wind turbine is seen off the coast of New York in 2023. Credit: Mark Harrington/Newsday RM via Getty Images

New Jersey Has A New Map For Its Energy Future. The Ground Under It Is Already Shifting.

By Rambo Talabong

How Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out to Become One of the Most Powerful Utilities in the Country

By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth

Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University on July 15 in Pittsburgh. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Four Governors Whose States Rely on PJM Want Data Centers to Guarantee Their Own Power

By Rambo Talabong

An electric substation is seen at a power plant in Houston. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

‘Rapid Explosion’ of Data Centers Causes Planning Struggles in Texas

By Arcelia Martin

Transmission lines feed into a substation near a data center construction site on July 24 in Lewis Center, Ohio. Credit: Eli Hiller/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Trump Administration Seeks to Speed Data Center Grid Connections and Expand Federal Control of Power System

By Dan Gearino

Transmission lines dot the rural landscape of Dwight, Ill. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Renewable Energy Act Before Illinois Legislature Would Decrease Stress on Ratepayers, Advocates Say

By Sarah Mattalian

EV batteries connected to chargers are a potentially vast resource that could be utilized by the grid. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Vehicle-to-Grid Power Is Becoming a Reality, But Why Isn’t Progress Faster?

By Dan Gearino

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks in front of the Keystone Trade Center during a press conference on Aug. 7 in Falls Township, Pa.

Citing the Need for ‘Significant Reform,’ Pennsylvania’s Governor Threatens to Pull the State Out of the Region’s Power Grid

By Kiley Bense, Aman Azhar, Charles Paullin, Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong

The Kearny Generating Station, owned and operated by the Public Service Electric and Gas Company, is seen in Kearny, N.J. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images

Utilities Want to Regain the Ability to Build Power Plants in PJM. Consumer Advocates Say That’s Probably a Bad Idea

By Dan Gearino

A crew with the Public Service Electric and Gas Company work on power lines in Ridgefield, N.J. Credit: EMAZ/VIEWpress

New Jersey Orders Probe, Demands Transparency From PJM

By Rambo Talabong

A foreman for the solar company Sunrun installs a 215-pound lithium-ion battery at a home in Granada Hills, Calif., on Jan. 4, 2020. Credit: Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Virtual Power Plants Showed Up for Their Biggest Test Yet. Here Are the Results

By Dan Gearino

The Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant within PJM’s territory, is seen on June 12 in Maysville, Ky. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Why Prices Are Soaring in the Country’s Largest Grid Region, Explained in 5 Charts

By Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong

Air conditioning units hang out the windows of a housing project during a summer heat wave in the Bronx borough of New York on July 11, 2024. Credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

New York Can’t Meet Its Ambitious Climate Targets. Maybe the Plan Was Doomed From the Start

By Lauren Dalban

580 EV battery packs are deployed in B2U’s SEPV Cuyama energy storage project in Santa Barbara County, Calif. The system charges from on-site solar and from the grid. Credit: Courtesy of B2U Storage Solutions

Hundreds of Old EV Batteries Have New Jobs in Texas: Stabilizing the Grid

By Arcelia Martin

Utility workers repair a power line on Feb. 10, 2022, in Ridgefield N.J. Credit: EMAZ/VIEWpress via Getty Images

Are You a Customer of PJM? Its Capacity Auction Will Affect Your Electricity Prices in 2026

By Rambo Talabong

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