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February 15, 2026

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NEMA
NEMA Report Forecasts 50% Electric Demand Growth by 2050
Electrical manufacturer trade group NEMA was the latest to release a forecast of electricity demand growth, which shows data centers dominating in the first decade plus, but EVs making up the most from the late 2030s onward.
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NY Floats Initial Grid of the Future Plan
New York issued the first iteration of a plan to move the state toward greater use of flexible resources to meet future power needs while preserving reliability and affordability.
Sessler Wrecking
NYPA to Buy Former Power Plant Site for $206M
The New York Power Authority plans to buy a New York City site where a power plant once stood and reuse it for clean energy infrastructure. 
Dominion Energy
Citing Inflation and Load Growth, Dominion Asks Virginia for Higher Rates
Dominion Energy Virginia asked for its first base rate increase since 1992 in the face of inflation and load growth in its territory.
McGranahan Architects
Wash. Relaunches Cap-and-trade Rulemaking to Link with Calif., Quebec
Washington state has relaunched rulemaking that will pave the way for linking the state’s cap-and-trade program with the already-linked programs of California and Quebec.
BOEM
Maine Floating OSW Negotiations Halted
The Maine PUC granted the request of Pine Tree Offshore Wind to suspend talks on a contract to support construction of a research project with up to 12 turbines with a capacity of up to 144 MW.
Consumers Energy
DC Circuit Upholds FERC Approval of La. Pipelines for Driftwood LNG
The D.C. Circuit rejected an appeal of FERC's approval of two pipelines in Louisiana tied to a planned LNG site.
Timothy H. Raab and Northern Photo
A Plea to Let Markets Work at IPPNY Clean Energy Conference
NYISO stakeholders heard about the tension between public policy pushes for zero-emission generation, the aging grid, increasing customer costs and concerns about winter peaking.
SPAN
PG&E Launches Virtual Power Plant, Microgrid Programs
Pacific Gas and Electric will meet some of this year’s summer electricity demand in California through a virtual power plant demonstration project that will include as many as 1,900 residential customers.
Energy Innovation
Industry Anxiety over Grid Reliability Overblown, Panel Says
The current debate in the U.S. electricity sector pitting efforts to increase renewables against the need for grid reliability in the face of growing demand could be unnecessary and counterproductive, according to one expert.

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