The Tennessee Valley Authority revoked its previous decision to wind down operations at two of its coal plants, citing upward demand and the Trump administration’s coal-friendly posture.

PJM’s Julia Spatafore presented a quick-fix proposal to model battery storage dispatch in Regional Transmission Expansion Plan base cases.

Analysts with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin said ratepayers are at risk of subsidizing data centers if We Energies’ proposed rate framework for data centers is given the go-ahead as proposed.

ERCOT says it leaned on Texas’ 15 mobile generating units and an RMR unit during the state’s first major cold-weather event since 2021’s disastrous Winter Storm Uri.

If the incremental costs of serving the new loads are below the current average costs, new demand can actually lower average retail rates as the system costs are spread across a wider base, the report concludes.

Stakeholders have several lingering questions as MISO continues to draw up a “zero-injection” avenue for large loads with planned on-site generation.

MISO has indicated that new generation to serve data centers and other large loads will be mission critical over 2026 and said it will take pains to interconnect units.

PJM’s 2027/28 Base Residual Auction procured 134,479 MW in unforced capacity at the $333.44/MW-day maximum price, falling 6,623 MW short of the reliability requirement and setting a clearing price record.

ERCOT’s Board of Directors has approved staff’s proposed 765-kV Eastern Backbone project and its $9.4 billion capital cost price tag, making it the most expensive project in the grid operator’s history.

MISO members don’t doubt that large loads will turn up at the beginning of the next decade and are occupied with how the industry can make sure ratepayers don’t subsidize supersized customers.