Markets
NextEra's $67 billion all-stock bid for Dominion carries a $4.83 billion termination fee that a consumer advocate says should weigh against approval as Virginia hearings approach.
Data Centers
Data centers drew 7% of APS peak demand last summer, and with one Arizona utility seeking a 45% large-user rate hike, the question is who pays for the grid.
Power
Revolution Wind and the 62-turbine Vineyard Wind are both fully operating, with 20-year contracts in place and a federal permit challenge still pending.
Data Centers
Unified Global Packaging Group and The Kraft Group float a 10-building campus that would draw about 900 MW at full build-out, with the first two buildings targeted for 2029.
Data Centers
More than half called AI and data centers a major factor in their vote, though corruption and cost of living ranked far higher.
Markets
The Energy Information Administration expects data centers to push electricity use to new highs, with household power prices up about 5% this year.
Oil & Gas
The national average hit $3.98 on Tuesday as crude oil retreated. Drivers are still paying about 90 cents more than a year ago.
Policy
The 5-0 vote was the first test of a new state law requiring large power users to pay their own way.
Policy
No state legislature has passed a statewide pause on data centers. Gov. Wes Moore has said he would sign one.
Data Centers
The data center operator will use onsite fuel cells to power projects worldwide, with first shipments in 2027.
Power
The permit is the first for a high-temperature gas reactor in nearly 60 years, and the first for a nuclear plant at a U.S. industrial site.
Policy
The Office of Energy Dominance Financing closed the loan for Project Elkhorn, which Arena Energy says will modernize offshore platforms and add oil and gas output off Louisiana.