Long-term resource plans of electric utilities across the U.S. reflect the growing role of energy storage in integrated resource planning, with multi-gigawatt portfolios designed to support grid reliability, manage rapid load growth, and complement solar and wind resources.
Southwest Power Pool Board of Directors on Nov. 5 approved the grid operator’s 2025 Integrated Transmission Plan, authorizing $8.6 billion in transmission upgrades and new high-voltage lines across its 14-state region. The plan represents one of the most ambitious investments in SPP’s history and is designed to ensure a reliable, affordable, and resilient grid as…...
A growing number of states are establishing distinct rate classes and tariffs for large energy users, such as data centers, to ensure these customers bear the full costs and risks of their significant grid impacts and protect…Read the full report…...
A growing number of states are establishing distinct rate classes and tariffs for large energy users, such as data centers, to ensure these customers bear the full costs and risks of their significant grid impacts and protect other ratepayers from undue cost-shifting. These state actions come amid a broad federal push to support data center growth through streamlined regulation and infrastructure development.
Regulators across the U.S. are advancing new policies to update electric system planning frameworks, strengthen grid reliability and resilience, and…Read the full report…...
Regulators across the U.S. are advancing new policies to update electric system planning frameworks, strengthen grid reliability and resilience, and better integrate clean energy and emerging technologies.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office on Oct. 16 finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to a subsidiary of American Electric Power, one of the nation’s largest utility companies. The financing aims to strengthen grid reliability and lower electricity costs by reconductoring and rebuilding about 5,000 miles of transmission lines in Indiana, Michigan,…...
Bloom Energy and Brookfield Asset Management on Oct. 13 unveiled a $5 billion partnership to accelerate the development of next-generation artificial intelligence infrastructure through clean, reliable, and rapidly deployable power solutions. The collaboration represents the first phase of a global strategy to create “AI factories” that tightly integrate compute, power, and data center architecture to…...