Good morning. Georgia stopped a gas plant that started without its permit, Appalachian Power is staring at 25 GW of prospective load, and Texas landowners spent 15 hours fighting the lines meant to keep the lights on. The buildout keeps outrunning the permission to build it.
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GEORGIA STOPS A DATA-CENTER POWER PLANT BUILT WITHOUT A PERMIT Inside Climate News Regulators halted construction of a 90-MW gas plant beside Serverfarm's Covington campus and opened a second question over whether the private generator violates state utility law.
APPALACHIAN POWER SEES "EXPLOSIVE" LARGE-LOAD INTEREST Cardinal News Thirty-six potential customers are seeking more than three times the utility's recent peak, and its COO says fewer than a handful could exceed all other customer sectors combined.
SOLAR TOPS HALF OF CALIFORNIA'S POWER FOR A FULL MONTH Los Angeles Times A new Ember analysis published today found solar supplied more than half the state's May generation, the first known large power system to clear 50% solar for an entire month.
NV ENERGY SUES TO KEEP A DATA-CENTER POWER DEAL PUBLIC The Nevada Independent The utility says Tract is trying to settle major power obligations through private arbitration, bypassing public review and potentially shifting infrastructure risk to other customers.
Power & Grid
TEXAS' BIGGEST POWER LINES RUN INTO A WALL OF LANDOWNERS KUT More than 200 people packed a 15-hour hearing over the state's first 765-kV network as ERCOT warned the Permian Basin could face rolling blackouts next year without new transmission.
ANTORA RAISES $550 MILLION FOR CARBON-BLOCK BATTERIES Canary Media The funding will expand thermal-battery deployments and build a second U.S. factory for systems that turn cheap electricity into round-the-clock industrial heat or power.
WHITE HOUSE LOOKS TO REOPEN SHUTTERED OIL REFINERIES The Hill Officials are courting a restart of the troubled St. Croix refinery and other closed plants as high gasoline prices revive the hunt for domestic refining capacity.
CLEAN-ENERGY INDUSTRY TAKES ITS PLAYBOOK TO THE STATES E&E News Advanced Energy United is briefing gubernatorial candidates on faster permitting, virtual power plants and grid-enhancing technologies as affordability dominates the midterms.
Stat of the Day
25 GW
Prospective large-load demand facing Appalachian Power The utility's actual peak was about 7,200 MW in February, and how many of these inquiries become real projects remains an open question. Cardinal News ↗