Peter Cook, Editor
We’re only a couple of months from the Marcellus Power Conference (Pittsburgh on October 21-22)! Early registration expires in about 10 days.
And soon after that is the Data Center Energy Industry Update (November 2 in Houston).
If you are involved with power generation anywhere in Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, New Mexico, Louisiana, or Oklahoma, you should give serious consideration to attending both of these!
And now, the news…
The data center, one of the world’s largest, could cost as much as $500 billion and will be leased by OpenAI.
Read MoreDevelopers will need a plan for energy finances and local buy-in, Gov. Josh Shapiro says.
Read MorePJM Interconnection has filed a broad new framework for managing the growing impact of data centers and other large loads on the regional grid, while also moving ahead with an approved expedited generation interconnection process aimed at bringing new capacity online faster.
Read MoreStates are stalling efforts by data centers to connect to the electric grid, which could delay—though probably not derail—power companies’ efforts to profit from the artificial-intelligence boom. In fact, for some companies that provide electricity, it could turn out to be a benefit.
Read MoreBabst Calland, who is sponsoring the Marcellus Power Conference, reviews the GRID Requirements (the Administration’s standards for data center development in four areas: energy affordability (projects bring their own new power supply and bear their own infrastructure costs), transparency and community engagement, workforce and economic development, and environmental protection). Two choices are available to any developer seeking DEP permits for a covered project.
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To ensure day-one operational power, developers are re-examining how they source energy. At the center of this shift is a complex legal frontier: Behind-the-Meter (BTM) power solutions.
Read More“We appreciate Meta’s leadership in supporting Ohioans and showing up for our communities. This is a meaningful and significant contribution that will help customers who are struggling to pay their electric bills,” said AEP Ohio President Marc Reitter.
Read MoreAbbot has ordered a pause of new data center approvals until regulators can evaluate these projects.
Read MoreThe committee took testimony on data center development in Texas. Lawmakers are studying the industry's role in global competitiveness and national security, along with the direct and indirect economic growth it could generate, including job creation and economic diversification.
Read MoreEast Daley Analytics studied the impact of the review and concluded that the pause should not change the long-term opportunity for Texas gas producers.
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The investment will be structured alongside a consortium of leading institutional investors, with a major hyperscaler expected to serve as an anchor tenant. The counterparty, anchor tenant, and co-investors remain undisclosed prior to completion.
Read More“We spent the last 4 months in an intensive customer engagement and marketing process... what we heard was unambiguous. The market needs speed, scale and reliability.”
Read MoreThe company’s strategy emphasizes that “bragawatts” aren’t all equal: a megawatt at the end of a weak radial line has far less value than one supported by redundant, resilient transmission systems.
Read MoreIntended to supply 1GW of power to the Crusoe data center by 2030.
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U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Monday that Washington will announce steps within days to help refiners boost fuel output, as President Donald Trump seeks to rein in stubbornly high gasoline prices that spiked during the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Read MoreOne of Texas’ top grid officials warned Friday that the western part of the state could see rolling blackouts within five years if more transmission lines aren’t built.
Read MoreBitcoin miners already active in the Permian Basin are paving the way for artificial intelligence data centers drawn by the region’s natural gas and water resources.
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