November 2, 2024

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Exploring Alternatives to Hyperscale at the USEA Energy Tech Forum
Finding the sites and hundreds of megawatts of power data centers is “rather limited,” so said talks at the U.S. Energy Association’s Energy Tech Connect Forum.
NextEra Energy
NextEra Adds Renewables, Eyes Nuclear Restart
NextEra Energy reported deals for 3 GW of new renewables with its third quarter financials and said it has reached a framework agreement totaling 10.5 GW with two major corporations. 
Dominion Energy
Dominion Releases ‘All of the Above’ Integrated Resource Plan for 2024
Dominion Energy’s 2024 Integrated Resource Plan calls for major expansions of offshore wind, solar power and natural gas to meet surging demand in its territory. 
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Exelon, Constellation at Loggerheads over Data Center Co-location
The dispute between Exelon and Constellation Energy continued to play out in FERC, as the latter and others protested a series of filings from the former’s utilities seeking to implement new rules for co-locating data centers at power plants in their territories
Constellation Energy
Exelon Asks FERC to Weigh in on Co-location Dispute with Constellation
Exelon on Sept. 30 filed a petition for a declaratory order from FERC on its dispute with Constellation Energy over the latter’s effort to co-locate major loads at two of its nuclear plants.
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PUC’s Gleeson at Texas Clean Energy Summit: Smooth Tenure Turns ‘Interesting’
Thomas Gleeson, chair of Texas’ Public Utility Commission, spoke at the Texas Clean Energy summit about the challenges he has faced during his tenure.
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PJM Working to Speed Development of New Capacity
PJM is trying to figure out how the development of new capacity can be sped up as a growing number of resources have cleared the interconnection queue but not entered commercial operation.
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With Three Mile Island Restart, Debate Continues on Co-located Load in PJM
Data centers and other concentrated electric consumers are increasingly seeking to purchase their power directly through nuclear generators in PJM.
DOE
Constellation to Reopen, Rename Three Mile Island Unit 1

Constellation Energy plans to reopen Three Mile Island Unit 1 under a power purchase agreement with Microsoft to sell about 835 MW to serve the company’s data centers.

Holtec International
Holtec Confident on Late 2025 Restart of Palisades Nuclear Plant
No nuclear power plant in the nation has restarted operations after shutting down, and Holtec International is detailing how it expects to accomplish the feat at the mothballed Palisades Nuclear Generating Station in a little more than a year.

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