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Power, Proximity, Policy: The Legal Landscape of Siting Data Centers Near Natural Gas Resources

Contributed Content — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 22:24:42 +0000

The explosive growth of cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and enterprise data storage has transformed data centers into the critical infrastructure of the digital economy. Yet their extraordinary and continuous electricity demands—often exceeding 100 megawatts per site—have made energy access and reliability the single most consequential factor in determining where these facilities are built. Across the […]

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DOE Scraps $3.7B in OCED Projects, Upending Carbon Capture Progress at Power Plants

Sonal Patel — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:23:53 +0000

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) abrupt termination of 24 previously awarded projects—including four prominent power-related carbon capture projects— will rescind $3.7 billion in financial assistance from its Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED). In a terse press release on May 30, the DOE cited “a thorough and individualized financial review” in its justification for canceling […]

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Industry Exec: Data Centers Will Drive Demand for Natural Gas

Darrell Proctor — Tue, 07 May 2024 14:42:15 +0000

An executive with the TC Energy, a group that is among the largest operators of natural gas pipelines in North America, said electricity demand from energy-intensive data centers will support an increased need for the fuel in the coming years. Stanley Chapman, executive vice president and COO of Calgary, Alberta-based TC Energy, in a May […]

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FERC Can Support Hydrogen by Taking Jurisdiction Over Interstate Pipelines

Contributed Content — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 04:22:29 +0000

As the U.S. moves toward decarbonization, hydrogen is expected—in its green, blue, and grey varieties—to increasingly be an alternative to conventional fossil fuels. It can be produced in abundance from

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Avoiding Costly Litigation—How Utilities Should Approach Property Owners When Seeking to Acquire Land

POWER — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:03:00 +0000

Like it or not, property acquisition for utilities, especially through eminent domain, is changing. What once was an easy, efficient process is now being met with more frequent resistance from property owners

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Gas Power Outlook: Volatility and Viability

Sonal Patel — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 04:16:00 +0000

Natural gas generation’s future hinges on a precarious and exceptionally volatile set of issues that the conflict in Ukraine intensified. Experts from the full natural gas chain shed light on how that

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ISO-NE Warns Fuel Supply Issues May Threaten Winter Power System Reliability

Sonal Patel — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 20:47:11 +0000

New England faces a precarious fuel supply risk that could necessitate emergency actions if a severe prolonged cold snap hits the region this winter, ISO New England (ISO-NE) has warned. The regional grid operator expects power demand will peak at 19,710 MW during average winter weather conditions of 10F, but if temperatures plunge below 5F, […]

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Renewable Natural Gas Emerging as Serious Decarbonized Gas Contender

Sonal Patel — Mon, 03 May 2021 04:22:30 +0000

Last December, two giant Virginia-headquartered firms—energy company Dominion Energy and food manufacturer Smithfield Foods—announced completion of a novel renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in Milford

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FERC Regains Full Five Members as Regulatory Fights Loom

Sonal Patel — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 00:10:20 +0000

The U.S. Senate on Nov. 30 confirmed Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) nominees Allison Clements and Mark Christie, filling out all five seats at the helm of the federal energy regulator with a bipartisan panel for the first time in nearly two years. Clements, a Democrat, replaces former Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur for a term that […]

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Gas-Heavy ISO-New England Braces for Steep Influx of Wind, Solar, Storage

Sonal Patel — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 13:50:16 +0000

While it is currently highly dependent on natural gas generation today, about 95% of ISO-New England’s (ISO-NE’s) interconnection request queue—a proposed total capacity of 20.9 GW—comprises wind, solar, and battery projects. That clearly indicates that developers in New England’s wholesale market “are looking to take advantage of state incentives, declining technology costs, and revenues from […]

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