Despite harsh weather and unprecedented load growth expected throughout the Western Interconnection, Arizona utilities said they are well prepared to meet demand reliably in summer 2026.

FERC Chair Laura Swett told the Energy Bar Association that she wants to push the commission’s authority as far as she can.

MISO expects to manage a 163-GW demand peak by 2035, and potentially 230 GW by 2046 in a high-demand environment, according to the RTO’s first crack at comprehensive long-term load forecasting.

PJM presented manual revisions to replace its standard for determining whether a resource point of interconnection on a distribution facility falls under federal or state jurisdiction.

Maryland legislators went down to the wire on their last day of session, passing legislation that aims to bring some relief to utility bills.

Former U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor says the "almost ferocious negativity around data centers" is proof that the grid has become politically weaponized.

A proposed new metric – the compute heat rate – soon may change the conversation around data center electricity use, writes columnist and industry futurist Peter Kelly-Detwiler.

A FERC proceeding seeking approval to purchase an old oil-fired power plant in southern Maryland has drawn multiple protests because its buyer wants to co-locate a data center.

The Energy Information Administration’s 2026 Annual Energy Outlook forecasts major demand growth in the coming years.

Xcel Energy is seeking approval for a large load tariff in Colorado that includes an optional clean transition tariff to encourage the development of emerging carbon-free resources.