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Last week’s election results demand community-friendly data centers. Overlooking the role of diesel backup could create more pollution and noise for residents, write experts from Inlyte Energy.

While local projects are fairly easy to trace back to a specific data center, regional system upgrades raise more complex questions about who benefits and cost allocation across jurisdictions, one expert told Utility Dive.

“Filing rate cases right now is really painful,” Joseph Sullivan told Utility Dive in an interview where he also discussed his concerns with overly complex data center cost allocation and an erosion of public trust in institutions.

“We have been talking for years that growth must pay for growth, and I think customers are asking for proof [of that],” Lea Márquez Peterson told Utility Dive on the sidelines of NARUC’s annual meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The company projects some 50 GW of potential load growth, mostly from data centers, across Kentucky and Pennsylvania. CEO Vincent Sorgi suggested those states could see a influx of projects due to restrictions in other regions.

Newly elected leaders and customers are “questioning our foundational regulatory approaches,” Ann Rendahl, president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, told her peers and industry stakeholders.

Behind-the-meter (BTM) power is becoming an effective solution to bridge the gap between what the grid can provide and what data centers need to operate smoothly.

In order to enable capital execution and capacity expansion, nuclear utilities must pair recruitment with strong retention and engagement.

One study found $98M in missed revenue across 30 batteries. Better software controls can help capture it.

GETs, demand response and VPPs all rely on one device utilities are about to replace by the millions.

The company’s large-load pipeline of 15.4 GW has remained virtually unchanged since the first quarter of 2026 as it pursues a $103 billion spending plan heavily focused on new natural gas generation.

“It's too soon to tell exactly” how the results of the midterm elections will impact Oncor, said CEO Allen Nye. “We continue to believe that both parties want a strong and growing Texas.”

Projects that make their demand more predictable, controllable and financially secure should have a clearer path to service, writes Seyed Madaeni, CEO and co-founder of Verse.

Eversource Energy’s third-quarter income fell 22% year over year to $346 million, partly driven by a lack of income from Aquarion, a water utility subsidiary the company sold in June.

After the $3 billion sale of DTE Vantage, DTE “becomes a higher growth premium utility” and “a simpler business,” CEO Joi Harris told analysts Thursday. The company is also anticipating a push in the state legislature for multi-year rate making.

The electrical equipment multinational says it’s poised to capitalize on the trend by investing in solid-state transformers. But the “timing of that transition is not under our control,” said CEO Paulo Ruiz.

The share of solar projects co-located with storage is projected to pass 30% over the next two years, based on planned additions, according to a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The New Orleans-based company separately inked firm pipeline contracts for enough natural gas to support 10 new combined-cycle power plants in Louisiana, CEO Drew Marsh said Monday.

Exelon asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to order PJM to adopt a “prompt” capacity auction, while Invenergy wants the Midcontinent grid operator to let HVDC merchant lines receive capacity payments.

Arizona Public Service expects peak demand will grow about 3.4% annually over the next 15 years, driven by industry and data centers, the utility said in an integrated resource plan filed Friday with regulators.