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March 22, 2026
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NIPSCO, CenterPoint Get FERC OK to Use 11-State Cost Allocation for Retirement-delayed Coal Plants
FERC granted a MISO Midwest-wide cost allocation for Northern Indiana Public Service Co.’s and CenterPoint Energy’s coal plants kept online by order of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Trump Admin. Announces Billions of Dollars in Electricity Investments from Japan
The Trump administration announced billions of dollars in investments from a deal it struck with Japan, which will help build natural gas plants to serve hyperscale data centers, including at a defunct uranium production site owned by the U.S. Department of Energy in Ohio.
Self-reinforcing Market Paralysis Seen in Nuclear Power Supply Chain
A new report by a nuclear advocacy organization lays out some of the obstacles facing the imagined U.S. nuclear renaissance and suggests ways to address them.
ROWE to Address Governance of New Western RA Program by Fall
One of the first items the yet-to-be-seated board of the Regional Organization for Western Energy could decide on is whether to administer a resource adequacy program, as backers seek to have a proposal in place later in 2026.
White House, Data Center Pledges Signify Little; The Real Risks Lie Elsewhere
The White House meeting and associated industry pledge were perhaps good theater, but would have been much more valuable a year or two ago, writes columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler.
MISO Reassigns Competitive Substation Project to ATC on Data Center Rush
MISO announced it will reassign multimillion-dollar substation work in Wisconsin to American Transmission Co. in order to meet a sped-up construction timeline for data center load.
CPUC OKs Data Center Tx Upgrades Using Distribution Refund Approach
In approving construction of new transmission facilities for a 49-MW data center in Sunnyvale, the California Public Utilities Commission relied on a process typically used for distribution projects.
AlphaGen Proposes Repowering Peakers to Meet NYC Reliability Need
Alpha Generation, owner and operator of the Gowanus and Narrows floating power plants in New York City, has proposed replacing the six peaking units with three lower-emitting ones in response to Consolidated Edison’s solicitation for solutions to the city’s reliability need.
FERC Issues Order 917 Requiring Changes to Electric Quarterly Reports
FERC approved changes to electronic quarterly reports, which are required of market participants and help track rates and charges of the firms it regulates.
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