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Researchers and innovators are developing new strategies for addressing data center demand and other new loads on the US electricity grid while minimizing infrastructure investments, and avoiding new fossil energy power plants.

The Great Disappearing Data Center Demand Crisis

Researchers and innovators are developing new strategies for addressing data center demand and other new loads on the US electricity grid while minimizing infrastructure investments, and avoiding new fossil energy power plants.

The beleaguered Texas power grid could get some much-needed help from the proposed Southern Spirit transmission line, except for a monkey wrench thrown into the works by state legislators in Louisiana. Image courtesy of US DOE.

Isolated & Alone, Texas Power Grid Shivved By Louisiana Lawmakers

The beleaguered Texas power grid could get some much-needed help from the proposed Southern Spirit transmission line, except for a monkey wrench thrown into the works by state legislators in Louisiana.

California Governor Tells Western Grid: No Renewable Energy Imports Needed

Western grid operators have been making plans for large-scale renewable energy imports into the California electricity market, prompting the governor’s Senior Advisor for Renewable Energy Facilities to write a “self-reliance” response. Here are a few highlights of his letter to the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC): California has plenty of … [continued]