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DTE Energy May 19: 1-GW Renewable RFP Reshapes Michigan
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (347+ words) DTE Energy issues 1-GW RFP for Michigan wind and solar projects by 2029. Pre-RFP conference May 26 with bids due August 13, 2026. Projects interconnect to MISO or DTE distribution system for grid reliability. Procurement supports coal retirement and clean energy transition goals. This…...
Energy Assessments: Six Steps to Building Value, Cost Control and Sustainability - Facilities Management Insights
3+ hour, 46+ min ago (411+ words) But another building cost is just as important and does not always show up in an FCA: energy." Commercial buildings can waste up to 30 percent of the energy they use, according to the U. S. Department of Energy. While that is bad…...
AI's electricity demand shouldn't fall on ratepayers | Opinion
11+ hour, 45+ min ago (432+ words) Washington talks about artificial intelligence as if it were mainly a matter of chips, software and national security. But AI also depends on something far more basic: electricity. Data centers require transmission lines, substations, turbines, solar panels, steel, copper and…...
New England grid operator forecasts modest growth in electricity demand over next 10 years
7+ hour, 35+ min ago (1047+ words) As more people in Maine and New England buy heat pumps and electric vehicles, power grid operator ISO New England expects electricity use in the region to grow by about 9 percent over the next decade, according to a report released…...
Rural AR county divided over proposed wind turbines
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (892+ words) MEMPHIS, Tenn. " Some farmers are against a'plan that puts wind turbines on rural farmland in Crittenden County, Arkansas. WREG Investigator April Thompson is back with more on the story, after sitting down with the company behind the turbines and farmers…...
Why you should care about 2 power companies merging. Hint: affordability
9+ hour, 46+ min ago (505+ words) Reading Time: 2 minutes, 24 seconds Stay up to date with our'Up First'newsletter sent every weekday morning. One of the largest electricity producers in the U. S. could grow even bigger if a proposed merger with another power company goes through. It comes at…...
Maine Electricity Demand
11+ hour, 48+ min ago (154+ words) The Herald Journal - Manage Subscription (Pay Your Bill, Vacation Request, Update Account Info) Freeze Warning from TUE 12: 00 AM MDT until TUE 9: 00 AM MDT FILE" Central Maine Power utility lines are seen, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, in Pownal, Maine. There was a problem…...
Utilities push data center-driven customer protections
9+ hour, 57+ min ago (941+ words) Investor-owned electric utilities across the U. S. are increasingly pairing large data center and industrial load growth with rate protections designed to shield residential customers from infrastructure costs, as utilities and regulators advance new tariffs and agreements that require hyperscalers and other…...
A Utility Mega-Merger Is All About Data Centers
8+ hour, 24+ min ago (964+ words) A proposed merger of the largest utility in the country by market value, Next Era Energy, with the sixth-largest, Dominion, would create a megacompany at a time when data centers and rapid increases in electricity demand are reshaping the industry....
Energy Experts Discuss Implications, and Intrigue, of Next Era/Dominion Deal
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (342+ words) Next Era's purchase of Dominion Energy, if approved, would have an impact on many areas of the electricity sector. Some analysts told POWER they're concerned about how it would affect customers' power bills, which are up more than 7% year-over-year according…...