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July 20, 2025

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Industry Experts Find Faults in DOE’s Resource Adequacy Analysis
Industry experts say that while DOE's report points to a well known issue, it focuses only on keeping old plants online instead of needed new capacity.
Georgia Power
Georgia Power to Add at Least 6 GW of Generation
Georgia Power will add at least 6 GW of new generation capacity by 2031, and potentially as much as 8.5 GW, under its recently approved integrated resource plan.
Sen. Dave McCormick
$92B in Power, Data Center Infrastructure Planned in Pa.
New technology and energy facilities are planned for Pennsylvania at a cost of more than $90 billion, including multiple power plants and data centers, possibly co-located.
Consumers Energy
Half of MISO States Oppose DOE Order on Campbell Plant, Add Rehearing Request
Half of the Organization of MISO States have challenged the Department of Energy’s directive to keep the J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan operating through late August.
Newkirk Electric Associates
Order to Keep Campbell Plant Running Challenged at DOE and FERC
The Michigan attorney general and a group of 10 NGOs have filed for rehearing of DOE's order to keep a coal plant running for this summer, while those parties and others debated the cost recovery filing Consumers Energy made at FERC.
Minnkota Power Cooperative
EPA Proposes Repealing Limits on Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Emissions

EPA proposed repealing rules passed by previous administrations that impose carbon limits on existing and new power plants and the 2024 updates to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard.

EIA
EIA Increases 2025, 2026 Electric Sales Forecast

The U.S. Energy Information Administration has revised its forecast upward for retail electrical sales — especially in ERCOT and PJM.

House Energy and Commerce Committee
Wright Addresses Recent Orders Keeping Power Plants Open at Hearing

Energy Secretary Chris Wright talked about the process behind two recent orders mandating power plants that had planned to retire to keep running this summer at a House hearing that was focused on DOE's budget.

Consumers Energy
Consumers Energy Seeking Compensation for Keeping Campbell Open

Consumers Energy filed a complaint with FERC against MISO seeking compensation for keeping open the J.H. Campbell coal plant this summer as ordered by the U.S. Department of Energy.

DOE
Energy Department Staff Cuts Just Getting Started

Government job cuts have been a major theme of the Trump administration, and while DOE has faced some cuts former officials say are already significant, many more employees are going to leave in the months to come.


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