Increased interest in data center development in New England has led to growing concern about potential negative effects on energy affordability and long-term resource adequacy.

LBNL released an update to its retail price study, which showed power prices rose for most states between 2024 and 2025, after a half decade of mostly declining prices.

SEPA released an update to a database it created to track large load tariffs, which are spreading faster as large load customers proliferate.

PJM presented the Markets and Reliability Committee with a first read on a proposal to establish penalties for load management and price-responsive demand resources that do not perform during pre-emergency events

PJM is forming a task force to explore how new data centers can be required to curtail if they interconnect before there is sufficient capacity and transmission capability.

MISO’s maximum generation emergency event during a harsh winter featured under-forecast demand, issues with pricing software and day-ahead models so bogged down by complexity that they took longer to solve.

DOE extended the 202(c) order for Tri-State's Craig Unit 1 into June, meaning the plant be under the order after its owner joins SPP West.

Speaking generally, FERC Chair Laura Swett said that federal jurisdiction over the interconnection of large loads is very clear.

A delay in the repair of Unit 3 of Xcel Energy’s coal-fired Comanche Generating Station has sparked questions among Colorado regulators about the utility’s ability to meet summer peak demand in 2026.