The Grid's Woes Just Got Bigger in Texas
Gov. Abbott's interconnection pause will simply push data center development off-grid...for now
Meguire Whitney
Meguire Whitney is a government affairs firm in Washington, D.C. representing not-for-profit electric utilities before Congress and Executive branch agencies.
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China Isn't Directing the Data Center Backlash...But It Is Watching With Popcorn
It's disingenuous to say data center opposition is all China's fault, but it's naive to think our global rival isn't benefitting from the public resistance.
No Fairy Tale Ending for the Troubled Mid-Atlantic Grid
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Catching up
This month's top news stories at the intersection of energy and AI
The Case for Data Centers
The BANANAs pushback on data center construction risks ceding the global AI race and forfeiting tremendous opportunities for investment in energy infrastructure.
FERC Addressed Data Centers' Access to the Grid, but States Must Provide Direction on How to Source Power
Energy regulators protected states' jurisdiction over retail sales, but there is more work to be done to prevent cost-shifting.
Fable, Mythos, and the Sidelining of the United States Congress
The era of vibe-regulating is hitting its token limit.
Of Bottlenecks, Backlash, and Boundaries in AI
The grid has long been a constraint on AI; now the public is pushing back. But what we need is strong leadership to guide this phase of AI development to serve the public good
Redefining Competition: NextEra, Tahoe, and the New Economy of Scale
Not all entities with an "obligation to serve" have the same ability to compete in the era of the hyperscaler
Moving From "Structural Scarcity" to "Operational Abundance" in PJM
PJM's capacity market reform proposal is directionally positive, but must consider a distributed energy future to be credible