Category: General Energy
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NRG nears 1.2-GW hyperscaler deal amid Texas data center pause
NRG closing in on 1.2 GW hyperscaler deal while Texas hits pause on data centers. Gaudette’s bet: customer-backed capacity wins when permitting tightens. Model matters more than megawatts. #EnergyTransition #DataCenters https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nrg-nears-12-gw-hyperscaler-deal-amid-texas-data-center-pause/827212/
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Video gamers give 110-MW Texas solar project a financing boost
A group of video gaming companies has provided a financing boost to a 110-megawatt solar project in Texas by purchasing fractionalized virtual power purchase agreements and renewable energy certificates, creating a novel capital pathway for clean energy development in the state’s volatile merchant power market. The transaction demonstrates how aggregated demand from non-traditional offtakers can…
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Facing an estimated 474 GW of interconnection requests, Texas hits pause on data centers
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered an audit of every data center project sitting in ERCOT’s interconnection queue, prompting the grid operator to halt its Batch Zero review process while it assesses nearly 474 gigawatts of pending connection requests — a volume roughly equivalent to 40 percent of the entire U.S. generating fleet. The pause…
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PSEG offers data center supply proposals in PJM’s bilateral contracting process
PSEG jumping into PJM’s bilateral market for data center power — a clear signal utilities are adapting to hyperscaler demand. NJ business model reforms could turbocharge this. #EnergyTransition #DataCenters https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pseg-data-center-pjm-bilateral-contract-reliability/827045/
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$20B in federal climate grants unblocked by appeals court
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California DER wholesale market participation could grow 2+ GW from CAISO ‘accounting change’: advocate
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Eversource Q2 income plunges on transmission ROE, offshore wind charges
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PJM files backstop auction plan at FERC to meet capacity shortfall
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AEP secures 13 GW of gas turbines as generation ‘central’ to growth plans
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Dominion offshore wind project cost rises nearly $300M
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