EnerKnol Research PU Visual Primer Data Centers 2025 11 04 Blog preview

Visual Primer: Data Center Growth Spurs State Regulators to Revisit Rate Design and Cost Allocation

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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.

EnerKnol Research PU Visual Primer Distribution System Planning 2025 10 28 Blog preview

Visual Primer: Regulators Modernize Electric System Planning Across the U.S.

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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.

FERC Proposes Broad Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation Reforms

U.S. Energy Department Finalizes $1.6 Billion Loan Guarantee to AEP for Midwest Grid Reliability Project

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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,…...

U.S. Energy Department to Invest $120 Million in Research Center to Advance Next Generation Battery Technology

Brookfield and Bloom Energy Launch $5 Billion Partnership to Power Next-Generation AI Data Centers

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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…...

EnerKnol Research PU Visual Primer Nuclear Power 2025 10 14 Blog preview

Visual Primer: U.S. Advances Initiatives to Expand Nuclear Power Capacity

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Federal and state actions reflect a concerted effort to maintain the existing nuclear fleet while advancing new reactor and fusion technologies, shaping the pace of nuclear energy deployment.