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DOE taps backup generators to ease grid strain during heat wave
energy8 days ago

DOE taps backup generators to ease grid strain during heat wave

As a brutal heat wave drives air-conditioning use, Energy Secretary directs mid-Atlantic data centers served by PJM to run on backup generators instead of drawing power from the grid, freeing capacity for residents. DOE estimates more than 35 GW of available backup generation nationwide; New York City is not part of PJM. While this can relieve grid stress, it raises emissions and air-quality concerns, and the PJM region has fewer large batteries to store peak energy.

via CNN|
#backup-generators#data-centers#energy
PJM maps three pathways to reshape its capacity market
energy2 months ago

PJM maps three pathways to reshape its capacity market

PJM Interconnection proposed three broad frameworks to reform its markets to ensure adequate future power supplies: Path A would stabilize the capacity market with long-term contracts, Path B would formalize reliability differentiation across customer classes or regions, and Path C would pivot toward an energy-and-ancillary-services market with capacity acting as a backstop. Stakeholders will discuss these options through 2026 to build regional consensus, with a multi-track rollout possible (A in 2026–2029, B 2027–2030, C 2028+). Analysts expect reforms before the May 2027 capacity auction, amid pressures from rising load (notably data centers) and regulatory price caps.

via Utility Dive|
#capacity-market#data-centers#energy
NERC Elevates Alert, Demands Seven Measures to Stabilize Data-Center Loads
grid-reliability2 months ago

NERC Elevates Alert, Demands Seven Measures to Stabilize Data-Center Loads

NERC has issued a rare Level 3 alert warning that data centers can cause abrupt load losses and oscillations that threaten the power grid, ordering seven concrete actions for transmission planners/operators and balancing authorities. Required steps include collecting and sharing detailed computational-load data, updating facility interconnection requirements, revising protection and stability studies, establishing a commissioning/testing process, and installing dynamic fault recorders, with entities due to acknowledge by May 11 and respond by Aug 3. The move highlights growing data-center demand as a key reliability risk amid rising summer peak loads."

via Utility Dive|
#computational-loads#data-centers#grid-reliability
Trump Unveils Ratepayer Protection Pledge to Curb Data-Center Power Costs
politics4 months ago

Trump Unveils Ratepayer Protection Pledge to Curb Data-Center Power Costs

President Trump announced the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, drawing major AI and hyperscale companies (Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, xAI) to commit to building or funding new generation resources and necessary power-delivery upgrades for data centers, with separate rate structures so American households aren’t on the hook for those costs or for electricity they don’t use. The pledge also calls for coordination with grid operators to improve reliability, workforce development in host communities, and broader steps to lower energy prices while expanding domestic energy capacity and grid resilience as part of a wider energy agenda.

via The White House (.gov)|
#data-centers#energy-affordability#grid-reliability
policy5 months ago

White House seeks voluntary AI data-center pact to blunt rising power bills

The White House is circulating a draft voluntary compact with major AI data-center developers to curb energy, water and grid impacts from rapid AI infrastructure growth, requiring funding for new power generation and transmission, long-term electricity contracts, and regulatory cooperation to prevent higher household electricity prices; the pact is not final and participants are unclear, but it follows similar commitments from Microsoft and others as the administration seeks to shape data-center expansion without new regulation ahead of the midterms.

via Politico|
#ai#data-centers#energy-prices
Trump Admin Proposes Emergency Auction to Fast-Track Mid-Atlantic Baseload Plants
energy5 months ago

Trump Admin Proposes Emergency Auction to Fast-Track Mid-Atlantic Baseload Plants

The Trump administration, citing reliability concerns and rising electricity costs in the Mid-Atlantic, urges PJM to temporarily overhaul market rules and hold an emergency procurement auction to finance more than $15 billion of new baseload power, offering 15-year revenue certainty, rate protections for residential customers, and data-center cost allocations to speed reliable, affordable power for industry and families.

via Department of Energy (.gov)|
#baseload-generation#electricity-prices#energy
energy5 months ago

PJM Unveils 2026 Roadmap to Safely Add Big Loads Without Hurting Reliability

PJM’s Board outlined a 2026 package of proposals to integrate large-load customers (including data centers) while preserving reliability and affordability. The plan includes load-forecast improvements, options for loads to own a generation or participate in a connect-and-manage framework, an accelerated interconnection track for state-backed projects, a backstop generation procurement process, and a market-review to guide investments. Several actions would be filed with FERC and implemented with ongoing stakeholder input as the region’s supply-demand balance evolves.

via PJM Inside Lines|
#data-centers#energy#grid-reliability
Court Lifts Suspension, Restart Planned for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind
energy5 months ago

Court Lifts Suspension, Restart Planned for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind

A federal judge temporarily lifted the Trump-era suspension of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, allowing construction to resume—the largest offshore wind project under construction in the U.S.—with 176 turbines expected to power about 600,000 homes and begin dispatch by the end of Q1 2026, highlighting its role in improving grid reliability amid growing demand from data centers.

via CNBC|
#coastal-virginia-offshore-wind#dominion-energy#energy
Vineyard Wind fights federal halt with lawsuit over offshore project
business5 months ago

Vineyard Wind fights federal halt with lawsuit over offshore project

Vineyard Wind has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to overturn a December order pausing construction on its Massachusetts offshore wind project, arguing the suspension was unlawful. The 52-page complaint seeks a temporary injunction to resume work on a project that is about 95% complete, has already generated power, and has spent roughly $4.5 billion, while losing about $2 million daily due to the halt. The case comes as other paused offshore wind projects see judicial rulings allowing resumes, and state officials warn that delaying these projects risks reliability and higher costs for the region’s electricity. The project is under risk of losing its installation vessel if the pause persists past March 31, 2026.

via WBUR|
#bureau-of-ocean-energy-management#business#grid-reliability