Constellation Energy is proposing 714 MW of new gas-fired peaker capacity and up to 800 MW of storage in response to a Maryland solicitation.

Reports of the energy storage industry’s demise are greatly exaggerated, experts said during the American Clean Power Association’s annual Energy Storage Summit.

DTE Energy secured its first hyperscaler agreement and says it has enough excess capacity to power the 1.4-GW data center load without new construction.

ISO-NE’s first interconnection cluster study held under new Order 2023 rules is made up mostly of large battery resources and contains only five wind and solar projects.

ERCOT can ensure long-term reliability with its energy-only market, but it must operate its grid less conservatively for that to happen, said Potomac Economics President David Patton.

ISO NE CEO Gordon van Welie talked about the evolving grid in New England and how markets are changing and what the future holds as state policies drive higher demand and increasing decarbonization.

IESO is seeking to reduce the risk of its procurement of long lead-time resources by reserving the right to reject proposals that are too expensive and cancel deals in the first few years.

Several stakeholders presented proposals for how PJM could address accelerating load growth as the Critical Issue Fast Path process on large load growth wraps up its second phase.

The North Carolina Utilities Commission spent several days diving into the issues of meeting new demand from large loads like data centers.