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March 10, 2026
During a hearing on bill S. 867, which addresses various data center issues including power but which does not currently include any competitive supply provision (apart from self-generation), the South Carolina Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture and Natural Resources heard testimony from NRG Energy…
March 5, 2026
Viking Data Centers has selected Atlantic Energy as its power provider for Viking's crypto mining and AI center located in Akron, Ohio.
March 3, 2026
Gridmatic today announced a new collaboration with OBM, Inc., a provider of flexible load management solutions, to enable daily energy settlements.
March 2, 2026
The AES Corporation ("AES" or "the Company"), Global Infrastructure Partners ("GIP"), a part of BlackRock, and the EQT Infrastructure VI fund ("EQT"), along with co-underwriters California Public Employees' Retirement System ("CalPERS") and Qatar Investment Authority ("QIA") (collectively "the…
February 25, 2026
CPower Energy, a unit of NRG Energy, and Bentaus, a developer of AI-driven energy orchestration platforms, in collaboration with Supermicro, a global provider of Application-Optimized Total IT Solutions, announced, "the successful completion of a joint demonstration of how AI compute infrastructure…
February 24, 2026
The AES Corporation announced agreements for energy generation that will be co-located with a new Google data center in Wilbarger County, Texas.
February 20, 2026
The PUC of Ohio has scheduled for March 19, 2026 a technical conference on AEP Ohio's proposed changes to its default service program in light of proposed changes at PJM to blunt the impact of large load customers on the costs borne by other loads -- such as through the initiation of a Reliability…
February 19, 2026
Comanche Peak Power Company LLC ('CP Company'), which is ultimately owned by Vistra, applied at the Texas PUC for approval of implementation of a proposed net metering arrangement between a large load (identity not disclosed publicly) and CP Company’s generation resource ('Comanche Peak') pursuant…
February 9, 2026
Constellation announced today that Calpine LLC, a business unit of Constellation, signed a new 380-megawatt (MW) agreement with Dallas-based CyrusOne, a global data center developer and operator, to connect and serve a new data center adjacent to the Freestone Energy Center, in Freestone County…
February 6, 2026
SB 733 has been introduced in the West Virginia Senate to allow non-residential customers with demands greater than 1 MW, including aggregations of non-residential customers, to purchase competitive electricity supply, subject to a choice participation cap set by the state's PSC
February 6, 2026
AEP Ohio is seeking changes to its default service program in light of proposed changes at PJM to blunt the impact of large load customers on the costs borne by other loads -- such through the initiation of a Reliability Backstop Auction (RBA) as directed by the PJM Board, and similar measures…
January 30, 2026
Texas PUC Staff has not revised any timelines related to PUC's Evaluation of Transmission Cost Recovery, Project 58484
January 19, 2026
Texas Energy Group (TEG) announced the execution of purchase and sale agreements (PSAs), "to advance development across three flagship energy and AI data center infrastructure campuses in Central Texas, together with a strategic partnership with Tidal NRG to accelerate execution and expand scalable…
January 16, 2026
The PJM Board has directed PJM staff to develop a proposal to both accelerate and execute a backstop capacity procurement
January 14, 2026
A new bill, Senate Bill 272, has been introduced in the Indiana General Assembly by state Sen. Stacey Donato which would allow large customers to take competitive electricity supply
December 23, 2025
ERCOT in a market notice provided further details concerning its proposed new interconnection process for large loads -- called the "Batch Study process" -- which ERCOT also discussed at last week's PUCT meeting
December 17, 2025
Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) today announced a strategic agreement with Bolt Data & Energy, Inc. to develop and enable large-scale data center campuses and supporting infrastructure across TPL land.
December 12, 2025
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) today announced a series of strategic organizational changes, "designed to accelerate innovation, strengthen grid reliability, and support the unprecedented growth in electric demand across Texas," ERCOT said
December 11, 2025
Several major parties in a Texas PUC proceeding which is reviewing a proposed merger under which Texas-New Mexico Power Company would become an indirect subsidiary of Troy ParentCo LLC (Troy) and Blackstone Infrastructure (see background here) have reached a settlement agreement under which the…
December 8, 2025
Graviti Power LLC has indicated that it will apply for an Option 2 Texas retail electric provider certificate, limited to serving customers 1 MW and larger which provide an affidavit agreeing to such service
December 4, 2025
The Pennsylvania PUC today approved a "preliminary selection" of a resource adequacy consultant.
November 17, 2025
A witness for Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas has proposed that, as a condition of any approval of a proposed merger under which Texas-New Mexico Power Company would become an indirect subsidiary of Troy ParentCo LLC (Troy) and Blackstone Infrastructure (see background here)…
November 12, 2025
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has named Chelle Izzi its Chief Commercial Officer.
November 5, 2025
In advance of consideration of ERCOT's budget at tomorrow's Texas PUC open meeting, PUCT Chair Thomas Gleeson has recommended adding large-load interconnections as a key Commission priority for which ERCOT must meet performance measures.
November 1, 2025
Calpine Corporation today announced the second phase of its 400-megawatt (MW) power supply agreement with Dallas-based CyrusOne, a global data center developer and operator, to serve a new data center adjacent to the Thad Hill Energy Center in Bosque County, Texas.
