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Texas’s ERCOT grid is forecast to grow 11% in 2026 — peak demand projected to climb 46.8 gigawatts through 2029 as AI data centers pile into the state

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

FERC just ordered PJM — the grid serving 67 million Americans — to write new rules letting data centers plug straight into power plants without crashing residential bills

By Everett Sloane

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Starting this summer, PJM will have only just enough power to keep the eastern grid stable — data centers connecting faster than utilities can build new plants

By Everett Sloane

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PJM wholesale power prices just jumped 75.5% in one quarter — 67 million Americans on the eastern grid bracing for a 15% bill hike from AI data centers

By Everett Sloane

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More than 100% of Scotland’s electricity demand was produced by renewables in 2025 — the first time, supporting 42,000 jobs across the grid

By Everett Sloane

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American Electric Power is now threatening to walk away from two of the biggest U.S. power grids — calling AI data center connection delays a breaking point

By Everett Sloane

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America’s largest grid operator just warned it has ‘years, not decades’ to restructure as AI devours power — the system serving 65 million now bracing for shortfalls

By Everett Sloane

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A decommissioned nuclear plant in the Midwest is now the foundation for a 640-megawatt-hour grid battery — crews building a power bank where a reactor once stood

By Everett Sloane

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PJM’s grid operator just warned the nation’s biggest power network has ‘years, not decades’ to restructure as AI loads surge — 65 million people bracing for shortfalls by 2027

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

The Memorial Day storm belt just knocked out power to more than 450,000 customers across five states — crews working through the weekend to restore the grid before Monday

By Everett Sloane

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A utility just began building a giant grid battery on the bones of a shuttered nuclear plant — turning a decommissioned reactor site into a 640-megawatt-hour power bank

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

A utility just began building a giant grid battery on the bones of a shuttered nuclear plant — turning a decommissioned reactor site into a 640-megawatt-hour power bank

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

A six-state heat wave just pushed Memorial Day power demand past records from the Carolinas through New England — grids bracing for another spike through Friday

By Everett Sloane

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Denmark just slammed the brakes on new data centers entirely — the first country to tell the server-farm boom it cannot plug in until the grid catches up

By Everett Sloane

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AI data center power demand just hit 29.6 gigawatts — roughly what it takes to light the entire state of New York at peak

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

America’s largest grid operator just warned it has ‘years, not decades’ to restructure as AI devours power — the system serving 65 million bracing for shortfalls by 2027

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

A utility is building a giant grid battery on the bones of a shuttered nuclear plant — turning a decommissioned reactor site into a 640-megawatt-hour power bank

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

The biggest new power line in a generation just cleared its final hurdle — a cross-country link built to carry cheap wind power to where it’s needed most

By Everett Sloane

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America’s grid batteries just set a record — stored electricity now discharging enough at peak to replace dozens of power plants in a matter of seconds

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

Data centers are on track to triple their slice of U.S. electricity by 2028 — climbing from roughly 4% to 12% in just five years

By Everett Sloane

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