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April 3, 2026

Natural Gas

Meta
Entergy Louisiana Says 7 More Gas Plants Necessary for Meta Data Center
Entergy announced a massive addition to Meta's Hyperion AI data center project in northeastern Louisiana and plans to add seven additional natural gas plants to deliver more than 5 GW to power the site.
IESO
Stakeholders Question IESO Changes for Non-quick-start Units
IESO’s plan to change the initialization logic for non-quick-start resources left some stakeholders wondering why.
IPPNY / Tim Raab
Generation Industry Calls for Repowering at IPPNY Conference
Generation industry representatives and their allies united behind a call to loosen New York’s climate law to allow the repowering of old fossil fuel plants with new natural gas turbines at the Independent Power Producers of New York’s 40th annual Spring Conference.
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More Baseload Power Needed, DOE’s Wright Says at Conference
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright opened the CERAWeek conference with a plenary session during which he praised fossil fuels and bashed clean energy.
NYISO
NYISO Provides System Data During Winter Storm Fern
NYISO presented a breakdown of systemwide issues in response to multiple calls from stakeholders for more granular information about conditions during the January winter storm.
AEP
Trump Admin. Announces Billions of Dollars in Electricity Investments from Japan
The Trump administration announced billions of dollars in investments from a deal it struck with Japan, which will help build natural gas plants to serve hyperscale data centers, including at a defunct uranium production site owned by DOE in Ohio.
Astoria Generating Company
AlphaGen Proposes Repowering Peakers to Meet NYC Reliability Need
Alpha Generation, owner and operator of the Gowanus and Narrows floating power plants in New York City, has proposed replacing the six peaking units with three lower-emitting ones in response to Consolidated Edison’s solicitation for solutions to the city’s reliability need.
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LS Power to Buy 4.4 GW of Power Generation Assets in PJM
The agreement announced March 18 is valued at $5 billion before closing adjustments, or approximately $1,142/kW of capacity.
Grid Strategies
House Energy Committee Probes Grid’s Performance During Winter Storm
NERC CEO Jim Robb said in congressional testimony that while the bulk power system made it through the late January winter storm reliably, the weather highlighted how at risk it is.
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PJM MIC Briefs: March 11, 2026
Constellation deferred on asking the Market Implementation Committee to vote on a quick-fix proposal to account for any downtime dual-fuel gas generators may require when switching fuels.

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