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MJ Electric
MISO Reassigns Competitive Substation Project to ATC on Data Center Rush
MISO announced it will reassign multimillion-dollar substation work in Wisconsin to American Transmission Co. in order to meet a sped-up construction timeline for data center load.
Shutterstock
Petitions Filed to Overturn DOE’s Craig Coal Plant Extension
Challenges are piling up to Trump administration orders to keep retiring coal plants online, as the Colorado attorney general and environmental groups have filed petitions to overturn an extension of Craig Station Unit 1.
Astoria Generating Company
AlphaGen Proposes Repowering Peakers to Meet NYC Reliability Need
Alpha Generation, owner and operator of the Gowanus and Narrows floating power plants in New York City, has proposed replacing the six peaking units with three lower-emitting ones in response to Consolidated Edison’s solicitation for solutions to the city’s reliability need.
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FERC Issues Order 917 Requiring Changes to Electric Quarterly Reports
FERC approved changes to electronic quarterly reports, which are required of market participants and help track rates and charges of the firms it regulates.
AEP
White House, Data Center Pledges Signify Little; The Real Risks Lie Elsewhere
The White House meeting and associated industry pledge were perhaps good theater, but would have been much more valuable a year or two ago, writes columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler.
National Laboratory of the Rockies
Brattle: Better Grid Utilization Key to $100B+ Savings
A new study quantifies some of the benefits that could come from more fully using the existing capacity of the grid before expanding the grid to meet demand growth from data centers and other large loads.
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LS Power to Buy 4.4 GW of Power Generation Assets in PJM
The agreement announced March 18 is valued at $5 billion before closing adjustments, or approximately $1,142/kW of capacity.
NERC
NERC to Trial MSPPTF Recommendations in Large Loads Project
A new standards development project will be a testbed for some of the proposals by NERC's Modernization of Standards Processes and Procedures Task Force.
Western Area Power Administration
WestTEC Report Fuels Calls for Regional Transmission Task Force
The Western Transmission Expansion Coalition’s 10-year outlook has spurred talks about increased coordination between jurisdictions to upgrade or build 12,600 miles of transmission in the West and fueled calls for states to create a task force to streamline permitting and other issues.
Michigan Public Power Agency
DOE Defends Use of Emergency Orders in Court Filing
The Department of Energy argued its use of Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act to keep retiring power plants online is well within its authority in response to an ongoing emergency on the grid.

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