The Daily Mine — Wednesday, April 1, 2026

DENVER RATIONS WATER AS DATA CENTER DEMAND GROWS
The Cooldown
The Water Board ordered restaurants to serve water only on request, citing growing strain from data center cooling alongside drought conditions.

TULSA MORATORIUM KILLS 500-ACRE DATA CENTER
Data Center Dynamics
Project Anthem pulled its rezoning application days after Tulsa passed a construction moratorium, showing these policies have real consequences for development.

FERC ORDERS $1B REFUND TO NEW ENGLAND RATEPAYERS
Bangor Daily News
Transmission owners collected unjust profits for over a decade. FERC finally cut their return on equity and ordered refunds retroactive to 2014.

THOUSANDS FIGHT DATA CENTER NEAR CHARLOTTE PRESERVE
WCNC Charlotte
A petition against a 58-acre data center rezoning next to a nature preserve is gaining momentum as Charlotte weighs new restrictions.

48 DATA CENTER PROJECTS BLOCKED BY LOCAL OPPOSITION
The Cooldown
At least 48 projects worth billions were killed or stalled by organized local resistance in 2025, the first hard count of the opposition wave.

XCEL PASSES $130M NUCLEAR CREDITS TO CUSTOMERS
Xcel Energy
Federal tax credits from Monticello and Prairie Island are delivering $330 million over two years to ratepayers across four states.

PJM TO DATA CENTERS: CUT LOAD OR WAIT
Argus Media
PJM's chief operating officer says without demand flexibility, new data centers could face decade-long waits to connect to the grid.

DELMARVA POWER BILLS CLIMB AGAIN
Spotlight Delaware
Average bills rising $15 a month with a second hike coming in July, as data center demand drives costs higher across PJM territory.

MISSOURI CONSIDERS ENDING ELECTRIC MONOPOLIES
KCUR
Lawmakers are pushing to let Missourians choose their power provider, targeting the monopoly model that shields utilities from rate competition.

NERC REJECTS CALL FOR GRID EMP STUDY
RTO Insider
NERC told FERC that current reliability standards are sufficient for solar storms and EMPs, even as the grid faces unprecedented stress from new load.

PA TALKS DATA CENTER RULES, GOES NOWHERE
Inside Climate News
Bipartisan energy in Harrisburg meets legislative gridlock. A three-year hyperscale moratorium has long odds in a divided statehouse.

MICHIGAN AG JOINS DATA CENTER TOWN HALL
The Livingston Post
Hundreds packed a Howell auditorium with AG Dana Nessel in attendance as Morton Township prepares to vote on a moratorium today.

LANSING EYES WASTE-HEAT DATA CENTER DEAL
Lansing City Pulse
A $120 million downtown facility would reuse waste heat through the municipal utility. A rare data center proposal that actually tries to give something back.

SEDGWICK COUNTY RACES ZONING DEADLINE
KWCH Wichita
With a 90-day zoning review expiring April 17, Sedgwick County held another public hearing to gather feedback before the clock runs out.

WV WENT PRO-DATA CENTER. NOW IT WANTS OUT.
West Virginia Watch
After 2025 laws exempted data centers from county zoning and noise rules, an op-ed argues communities were left defenseless.