Good morning. Georgia stopped a gas plant that started without its permit, Appalachian Power is staring at 25 GW of prospective load, and Texas landowners spent 15 hours fighting the lines meant to keep the lights on. The buildout keeps outrunning the permission to build it.
Top Stories
GEORGIA STOPS A DATA-CENTER POWER PLANT BUILT WITHOUT A PERMIT
Inside Climate News
Regulators halted construction of a 90-MW gas plant beside Serverfarm's Covington campus and opened a second question over whether the private generator violates state utility law.
APPALACHIAN POWER SEES "EXPLOSIVE" LARGE-LOAD INTEREST
Cardinal News
Thirty-six potential customers are seeking more than three times the utility's recent peak, and its COO says fewer than a handful could exceed all other customer sectors combined.
SOLAR TOPS HALF OF CALIFORNIA'S POWER FOR A FULL MONTH
Los Angeles Times
A new Ember analysis published today found solar supplied more than half the state's May generation, the first known large power system to clear 50% solar for an entire month.
SOUTHERN'S CONTRACTED DATA-CENTER LOAD JUMPS TO 17 GW
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The utility added 6 GW of contracted demand in one quarter and counts another 8 GW of projects in late-stage development.
NV ENERGY SUES TO KEEP A DATA-CENTER POWER DEAL PUBLIC
The Nevada Independent
The utility says Tract is trying to settle major power obligations through private arbitration, bypassing public review and potentially shifting infrastructure risk to other customers.
Power & Grid
TEXAS' BIGGEST POWER LINES RUN INTO A WALL OF LANDOWNERS
KUT
More than 200 people packed a 15-hour hearing over the state's first 765-kV network as ERCOT warned the Permian Basin could face rolling blackouts next year without new transmission.
EUROPE'S SUMMER POWER PRICES HIT WINTER LEVELS
Reuters
Heat lifted cooling demand while warm rivers constrained nuclear output and weak wind and gas availability tightened supply.
ANTORA RAISES $550 MILLION FOR CARBON-BLOCK BATTERIES
Canary Media
The funding will expand thermal-battery deployments and build a second U.S. factory for systems that turn cheap electricity into round-the-clock industrial heat or power.
VIDEOGAMERS GET A CHANCE TO CROWDFUND A SOLAR FARM
The Wall Street Journal
A consumer-finance experiment is linking gaming customers to direct investment in renewable generation.
WHITE HOUSE LOOKS TO REOPEN SHUTTERED OIL REFINERIES
The Hill
Officials are courting a restart of the troubled St. Croix refinery and other closed plants as high gasoline prices revive the hunt for domestic refining capacity.
Data Centers
AMAZON'S NORTH CAROLINA CAMPUS SEEKS NEARLY 600 DIESEL GENERATORS
Blue Ridge Public Radio
Richmond County residents packed an air-permit hearing over backup generation planned across from a Duke Energy gas plant.
MONTANA UTILITY'S 20-YEAR PLAN BARELY ACCOUNTS FOR DATA CENTERS
Daily Montanan
Critics say NorthWestern omitted negotiations that could increase its retail load two- to tenfold while limiting clean-energy alternatives in its modeling.
MICHIGAN'S SENATE PRIMARY PUTS DATA-CENTER BACKLASH ON THE BALLOT
E&E News
An outspoken critic is testing whether local opposition can travel beyond zoning hearings and become a statewide campaign message.
DEMOCRATS PICK POLLUTION AS THEIR NEXT DATA-CENTER ATTACK
Axios
The affordability fight is expanding into emissions and local air quality as campuses turn to gas plants and large fleets of backup generators.
CLEAN-ENERGY INDUSTRY TAKES ITS PLAYBOOK TO THE STATES
E&E News
Advanced Energy United is briefing gubernatorial candidates on faster permitting, virtual power plants and grid-enhancing technologies as affordability dominates the midterms.
Stat of the Day
25 GW
Prospective large-load demand facing Appalachian Power
The utility's actual peak was about 7,200 MW in February, and how many of these inquiries become real projects remains an open question.
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