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Microsoft seeks Nevada tariff to shield ratepayers from data center costs
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (566+ words) The proposal would require large-load customers to pay for infrastructure built specifically to serve their projects while preserving standard utility charges for broader grid services. The filing is among the most comprehensive utility-rate proposals to date focused on separating the…...
Behind-the-meter data center gas plants will raise US energy bills
5+ hour, 9+ min ago (645+ words) Counterintuitively, it is data centers" independence from the grid and use of natural gas that will hike energy costs for homes and businesses, write experts from Energy Innovation. Jeffrey Rissman is a senior director at at Energy Innovation, where he…...
DOE's Alex Fitzsimmons on energy markets, AI, renewables and more
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (706+ words) Utility Dive caught up with the associate deputy secretary of energy at the Edison Electric Institute conference in Las Vegas, where the dominant theme was balancing demand growth with affordability. U. S. Department of Energy Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy Alex Fitzsimmons…...
Customer experience, better modeling can boost demand-side portfolio: report
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (455+ words) The Brattle Group's report lays out a framework for increasing demand-side resources to mitigate the impacts of load growth, variable renewables and distributed electrification. "The Demand Stack: An Assessment of the Benefits" is the latest Brattle report to explore how…...
What's on the mind of EEI conference attendees? Labor, AI, affordability and more.
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (579+ words) Utility Dive talked to registrants before the conference to hear how industry changes are impacting their work. The Edison Electric Institute is kicking off EEI 2026 in Las Vegas today as the electric power industry reckons with unprecedented load growth as…...
Once you secure SPARK funds for transmission development, what comes next?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (908+ words) The success of DOE's SPARK initiative will depend on how prepared organizations are to execute once the funding arrives, writes Al Eliasen, Spatial Business Systems CEO. Al Eliasen is president and CEO of "Spatial Business Systems, an AI-enabled design automation…...
Hyperscalers didn't set out to be power companies. The grid left them no choice.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1093+ words) The power gap left AI hyperscalers with no alternative but to take on utility-scale obligations and lock up gigawatts of generation, writes Peak Nano CMO Shaun Walsh. Shaun Walsh is chief marketing officer at Peak Nano, an advanced materials manufacturer....
Oregon PUC approves PGE's large-load tariff framework for data centers
1+ week, 4+ day ago (640+ words) The order shifts more infrastructure costs and interconnection obligations to hyperscale customers while positioning Oregon's 2025 POWER Act as an early test of how states manage AI-driven growth. Oregon is among the latest states to adopt a large-load tariff aimed at…...
Data centers could be 33% of commercial building electricity use by 2050: EIA
2+ week, 6+ day ago (535+ words) In one modeled scenario, the Energy Information Administration projects server electricity consumption in 2050 will be more than 16 times what it was in 2020. The U. S. Energy Information Administration projects that data centers will "increasingly skew more energy intensive" and that electricity consumed…...
How utilities can avoid data overload and turn maintenance data into action
3+ week, 3+ day ago (455+ words) Data collection can feel meaningless when utilities lack the tools to turn that data into improved performance or efficiency, writes Ariel Santamaria from Advanced Technology Services. Ariel Santamaria is the vice president of Reliability 360 Operations at Advanced Technology Services, and…...