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Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
Minnesota regulators voted unanimously to require that Amazon demonstrate a need for a 250-unit fleet of backup diesel generators at its proposed data center in the state.
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The data center dilemma centers first on a familiar mismatch of timescales. Utilities and their regulators tend to plan based on the small, incremental demand growth. But development and the power demand it generates move at ever-increasing digital speed.
Energy Harbor
FERC received comments on its recent technical conference on co-located load in which parties offered suggestions for how the commission should move forward in dealing with the emerging issue.
Constellation Energy
Constellation Energy remains bullish on data centers co-located with nuclear power plants, despite FERC rejecting terms for the expansion of one such agreement in a high-profile ruling.
Talen Energy
FERC rejected an amended ISA filed by PJM to allow an existing data center co-located at a Talen Energy nuclear plant to expand, saying it did not meet the commission's standards for changes from its pro forma rules.
Urenco
The war in the Ukraine, coupled with the boom in electricity demand driven by data centers, has created a “muscular resurgence” of interest in nuclear, National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi said.
Amazon
Amazon is stepping further into the nuclear energy market, reaching agreements with X-energy Reactor Co., Energy Northwest and Dominion Energy Virginia surrounding advanced reactor technology.
Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association
The Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association said it secured the first slice of a $1 billion DOE grant to develop a network of clean hydrogen suppliers and consumers across the region.
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Talen Energy’s deal to carve out capacity from its Susquehanna Nuclear Plant to serve a growing data center on its site drew protests at FERC from other parties who argued the deal and others like it could shift costs and threaten reliability.
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NERC's Standards Committee worked to keep order in a packed slate of standards development projects this week.
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