Panelists at S&P Global’s Nodal Trader Conference discussed the impact of demand growth and uncertain load forecasts on markets.

The North Carolina Utilities Commission spent several days diving into the issues of meeting new demand from large loads like data centers.

Citing growing demand for power and gas, FERC removed regulations that paused pipeline construction pending appeals after developers said it led to too many delays and costs.

Rising demand and power bills are giving an extra push to expand demand-side management programs, but experts said the industry needs to do more to educate consumers to take advantage of the resources.

Duke Energy filed its long-range plan with the North Carolina Utilities Commission, calling for more natural gas-fired generation and batteries while keeping existing coal plants online to meet accelerated demand for electricity.

The R Street Institute has ranked the states on their embrace of policies related to competition, which includes retail power markets, RTO membership, smart metering policies and friendliness to distributed resources.

Following in the footsteps of other major tech firms, Facebook's owner, Meta, has asked FERC to set up a power marketing subsidiary called Atem Energy that will help it manage its growing demand for electricity.

Amid rising demand for power, a new coalition called Common Charge has launched to encourage distributed solutions such as virtual power plants that can be deployed quickly and cheaply.

Green America launched a campaign to hold big tech to its clean energy promises as the shift to building data centers has led to higher emissions from the sector in the 2020s.