FERC approved SPP tariff additions that deploy novel study processes to quickly review requests for “high-impact” large loads seeking to interconnect to its system.

MISO is registering and accrediting resources to meet a roughly 2-GW uptick in load for the 2026/27 planning year.

The PJM Board of Managers has selected a path forward for addressing a groundswell of large load interconnections expected over the coming decade.

The White House and PJM's governors called for a special backstop capacity auction to procure $15 billion worth of new dispatchable generation, which is to be paid for by data centers.

A federal judge has granted Dominion Energy a preliminary injunction against the stop-work order the Trump administration slapped on the nation’s largest offshore wind project.

Local elected officials in Colorado are speaking out against the Trump administration’s order to keep the coal-fired Craig Generating Station Unit 1 available to operate past its planned retirement date.

ISO-NE is reforming its approach to acquiring sufficient capacity, which has shaken things up considerably, writes columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler.

The California Public Utility Commission approved construction of a set of transmission infrastructure projects to support a 90-MW data center owned by Microsoft, but questions remain about whether the upgrades will increase or decrease ratepayer costs.

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.

Washington’s attorney general and a coalition of environmental groups have mounted separate challenges to DOE's December decision to order TransAlta to continue operating the state’s last coal-fired plant for three months beyond its scheduled retirement.