The U.S. Energy Department on March 12 announced a $1.9 billion funding opportunity aimed at accelerating upgrades to the nation’s electric transmission system as electricity demand rises across the country. The initiative focuses on rapidly increasing the capacity of existing power lines while strengthening grid reliability and lowering electricity costs for households and businesses. The…...
Regulators and grid operators across the U.S. are actively reforming interconnection processes to support the growth of new power generation resources amid surging electricity demand from AI data centers, manufacturing, and electrification. These actions also aim to…Read the full report …...
Regulators and grid operators across the U.S. are actively reforming interconnection processes to support the growth of new power generation resources amid surging electricity demand from AI data centers, manufacturing, and electrification. These actions also aim to address emerging challenges arising from the rapid growth of new large loads, which can introduce planning uncertainty and require substantial investments in transmission and other grid infrastructure.
PJM Interconnection on March 2 reported that it has advanced two board-directed reforms aimed at addressing a widening electricity supply-demand imbalance driven largely by rapid data center growth across its footprint. The grid operator on Feb. 27 filed proposals with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend its existing capacity auction price collar and to…...
The U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing on Feb. 25 announced a $26.5 billion financing package to support major electricity infrastructure investments by Southern Company subsidiaries serving Georgia and Alabama. The initiative is designed to lower electricity costs, strengthen grid reliability, and expand firm generation resources across the Southeast. The loans will fund…...
Federal rollbacks and state initiatives are reshaping the policy landscape for transportation decarbonization in the U.S. With federal vehicle emission standards repealed and…Read the full report …...
PJM Board of Managers on Feb. 12 approved a portfolio of transmission projects designed to strengthen electric grid reliability across its multi-state service territory, as part of the 2025 Regional Transmission Expansion Plan Window 1. The plan targets’ reliability needs in eastern, southern, and western portions of the footprint and reflects rapid shifts in electricity…...
The New York State Public Service Commission on Feb. 12 approved regulations to accelerate grid modernization by streamlining the environmental review, permitting, and siting of major renewable energy and electric transmission facilities. The rules implement the Renewable Action Project Interconnection and Deployment Act, or RAPID Act, and will be administered by the Office of Renewable…...