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January 9, 2026

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Southern Co.
Southern Co.: Data Centers Continue to Power Growth
Southern Co.'s CEO and CFO said the company is on track to hit its earnings targets for 2025 amid strong growth from data centers and other large loads.
APS
New APS Gas Plant Will Offer Large-user Subscriptions
Arizona Public Service plans to build an up-to-2-GW natural gas power plant that would be paid for in part by large-load subscribers such as data centers.
Nvidia
Nvidia, Emerald AI, EPRI and PJM Announce Flexible Data Center Project
The artificial intelligence industry and power industry are working together to develop the first “power-flexible AI factory” at a 96-MW facility in Manassas, Va.
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DTE Energy Lands 1.4-GW Hyperscaler Agreement
DTE Energy secured its first hyperscaler agreement and says it has enough excess capacity to power the 1.4-GW data center load without new construction.
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SERC’s Moran Warns of Growing Climate Security Risks
A speaker at SERC Reliability's fall summit said adversaries may take advantage of severe weather to launch physical and cyberattacks against the grid.
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Demand Growth’s Impact on Markets Probed at Nodal Trader Conference
Panelists at S&P Global’s Nodal Trader Conference discussed the impact of demand growth and uncertain load forecasts on markets.
NOVVA Data Centers
FERC Rejects Tri-State’s ‘High Impact Load Tariff’ Aimed at Data Centers
FERC rejected Tri-State Generation and Transmission’s proposed tariff to designed to manage the projected massive growth in data center load confronting its Mountain West member utilities over the next decade.
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Trump’s TVA Nominees Reject Privatization

Each of President Donald Trump’s nominees to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s board of directors said they did not support the privatization of the utility or selling its assets, as feared by some environmentalists.

ERCOT
Large Loads Slow to Interconnect in ERCOT
ERCOT's Technical Advisory Committee discussed the grid operator's approach to large loads, as staff said they are tracking over 200 GW in large-load interconnection requests.
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Energy Secretary Asks FERC to Assert Jurisdiction over Large Load Interconnections
Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed FERC to start a rulemaking that will consider it claiming jurisdiction over the interconnection of large loads to speed up the buildout of AI data centers and reshored manufacturing.

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