Did I miss the memo that said the first week of February is when everyone should make huge announcements?  ERCOT sends a warning to data centers, Liberty notches another win, Pacifico‘s news is worth a double-take, Natura Resources continues to lead on small modular nuclear, Meta plans on more time

We hope everyone is staying warm as this cold spell lingers in so much of the country.  Hat tip to ERCOT for handling a difficult weekend!   There is a lot in today’s Power Connection Digest, so I’ll keep my intro remarks brief.  Just a note to say how excited

Exciting new conference announcement, a test for the Texas grid, and more big announcements and great analysis! First, we are excited to announce the Marcellus Power Conference!  If you deal with power generation challenges & opportunities in the Northeast, please plan on joining us at the David L. Lawrence Convention

“Yuge” announcements about data centers and power this week, including from President Trump.  Plus Meta’s new President, a big nuclear deal, PROPWR announces yet another contract, top predictions for 2026, and more!  Grab a cup of coffee, silence your phone, and check it out.   Oh, before we get to

Plenty of news and analysis in the Power Connection Digest this week!  Couple of items to note:   You will notice that as of this week, we’ll be including power news and analysis related to power challenges and opportunities in the Northeast.  The opportunities in the Marcellus shale region are

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from The Power Connection!   We were going to take this week off from the newsletter, but since we took last week off we thought we would give you some interesting weekend reading.  While many of us took off a week or two for

Some huge announcements from Texas Pacific (welcome to the Permian, Eric Schmidt!), Conduit Power, Sangha, Transwestern, and more!  Also, some controversy around an early leader in the industry in the Permian.  And there is also some first-class analysis linked in this week’s issue as well.  Do yourself a favor and

Continued announcements and analysis related to power generation, data centers, and skeptics.  The Power Connection is also about to make a big announcement, so keep an eye out for that in the next week or so.   Bear in mind that this news digest is for you.  Please feel free

After taking Thanksgiving Week off, The Power Connection Digest is back!  And you’ll notice that we tweaked the name slightly (from The Permian Power Digest to The Power Connection Digest) to reflect our tendency to include some big news from the Marcellus and other basins as well.  And in accordance

HUGE announcement:  The 2nd Annual Permian Power Conference has been moved up to June 8-9, 2026!  We’ll be back at the Midland Horseshoe Arena, and we’ll have the outdoor equipment again, but we’re making a few changes to improve the attendee experience and facilitate networking.  Registration and most sponsorship fees