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Winter Reliability Concerns Spur Fresh DOE Intervention for PJM, MISO

Sonal Patel — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:11:53 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) extended its run of federal grid interventions into winter over the past week, issuing a Section 202(c) emergency order on Nov. 18 for Consumers Energy’s 1,420-MW J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan and another on Nov. 25 for Constellation’s 760-MW Eddystone Units 3 and 4 in southeastern Pennsylvania in a […]

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NERC: Winter Grid Reliability at Risk Amid Soaring Demand, Fuel Supply Gaps

Sonal Patel — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:02:46 +0000

In its recently released Winter Reliability Assessment, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) found that while resources are adequate for normal winter peak demand, large swaths of North America face an elevated risk of electricity shortfalls during prolonged, wide-area cold snaps. Noting that four severe Arctic storms have swept across much of the continent since […]

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Research Group: U.S. Exits Coal by 2040 as Solar, Nuclear, Natural Gas Surge

Darrell Proctor — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:45:34 +0000

An energy research group said U.S. power generation capacity will be led by solar power in the short term, natural gas in the mid term, and nuclear power in the long term as coal-fired units continue to be retired.

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GE Vernova Turbine Will Power New Indiana Gas-Fired Plant

Darrell Proctor — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:06:27 +0000

Energy development group Maple Creek Energy LLC said it has secured an agreement to purchase a GE Vernova 7HA.03 gas turbine in a single-shaft configuration, along with associated services, for the company’s 640-MW Maple Creek natural gas-fired power project in Sullivan County, Indiana.

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Hitachi Energy, Grid United Advance North Plains Connector to Link Eastern and Western Grids

Sonal Patel — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:53:10 +0000

Hitachi Energy and high-voltage interregional infrastructure developer Grid United have launched the next phase of a collaboration to strengthen transmission capacity between three energy markets straddling the Eastern and Western grids in the U.S., formalizing an agreement for the North Plains Connector (NPC), a ±525 kV, 3-GW high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) line spanning roughly 420 miles […]

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Federal Grid Interventions Enter a Second Phase as DOE Extends Emergency Orders

Sonal Patel — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:33:02 +0000

The Trump administration’s unprecedented use of emergency grid authorities entered a second phase in August 2025, as the Department of Energy (DOE) extended three critical reliability orders. The measures signal that this year’s historic string of federal interventions—staked in Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act—are likely to continue beyond the traditional summer peak and […]

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Constellation Outlines Nuclear Expansion Plans at Clinton Site as Meta Partnership Strengthens

Sonal Patel — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 17:15:55 +0000

Constellation Energy is evaluating specific regulatory pathways to enable potential deployment of advanced nuclear reactors at its Clinton Clean Energy Center. The measure could mark the first concrete steps toward next-generation nuclear development at the Illinois site now that the competitive generator has finalized a landmark 20-year agreement with Meta. Constellation disclosed on Tuesday that […]

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Google Signs Deal with Brookfield for 3 GW of Hydropower Capacity

Darrell Proctor — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 23:37:40 +0000

Technology giant Google announced the company will buy as much as 3 GW of hydropower generation capacity from Brookfield Renewable, an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management. The companies on July 15 said the deal is a "hydro framework agreement" that will support Google's goal of having data centers and other operations run continuously on carbon-free power.

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Who Will Pay for Forcing the Campbell Coal Plant to Stay Open?

Contributed Content — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:28:06 +0000

The Trump administration moved forward with a controversial market intervention last month, ordering the aging J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan to remain open through the summer. The plant had been slated for retirement on May 31, and the unprecedented move, relying on the administration’s previous declaration of an energy emergency, raises a host […]

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DOE Issues Rare Emergency Order to Delay Michigan Coal Plant Retirement Amid MISO Grid Risk

Sonal Patel — Thu, 29 May 2025 19:38:53 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued an emergency order to delay the closure of Consumer Energy’s 1,560-MW J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Michigan, citing urgent reliability concerns for the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) grid as the Midwest braces for peak summer electricity demand. The rare order, issued May 23 by Energy […]

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