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March 9, 2026

Natural Gas

NextEra Energy
FERC Rebuffs Clean Energy Orgs’ Arguments Against MISO Fast Lane
FERC ruled that MISO is free to continue using its interconnection queue fast lane, shutting down rehearing requests from several clean energy organizations.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill via X
New N.J. Governor Rapidly Confronts Electricity Crisis
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed two sweeping executive orders that sought to control the state’s aggressively rising electricity rates through ratepayer credits and generation expansion.
PJM
PJM MRC/MC Preview: Jan. 22, 2026
A summary of the agenda items scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee and Members Committee meetings.
Meta
Earthjustice Says Change to Louisiana Meta Data Center Funding Fishy, Asks PSC to Investigate
Earthjustice accused Meta of deliberately executing an unsanctioned financial arrangement to underwrite its planned, multibillion-dollar data center in northern Louisiana and asked the Public Service Commission to investigate.
EIA
EIA Predicts Sustained Power Growth in 2026 and 2027
The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts the highest power demand growth in a quarter century in 2026 and 2027, due largely to the proliferation of data centers.
Casey Monaghan, CC-BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia
Vistra to Buy Cogentrix’s Natural Gas Generator Fleet for $4B
Vistra is paying $4 billion to acquire a fleet of natural gas plants in PJM, ISO-NE and ERCOT.
Hydro One
IESO Sees 2026 Demand Cooling from ‘Trade Tensions’
IESO's latest Reliability Outlook reduces its 2026 demand growth projection slightly, citing “international trade tensions.”
GE Vernova
Natural Gas Generation in Demand, and Priced Accordingly
With support from the Trump administration and demand from data centers, 2025 and now 2026 are high times for the U.S. natural gas sector.
CAISO
WEM Board OKs Gas Management Changes to Provide ‘Equitable Access’ to Markets
The Western Energy Markets Governing Body approved a set of revisions to CAISO's gas-fired energy generation resource management program after two years of work with stakeholders.
ICF EnergyInsite
ICF Paper Shows Where New Data Centers Can be Sited Quickly
ICF International has released a new paper discussing where data centers could be sited.

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