Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in late 2025 that Texas is the “epicenter of AI development” as he welcomed any and all data centers to the Lone Star State. #energysky 🔌💡 ow.ly/k8ly50Zwz2O

PJM leaders will meet with stakeholders, member states and organizations throughout August to determine which changes to the RTO’s governance they should recommend by FERC’s imposed September deadline. #energysky 🔌💡 ow.ly/Fge250Zw0bI

Avista began restoring service to customers affected by public safety power shutoffs as wildfires burn in eastern Washington, but thousands remain without electricity or natural gas because of damaged infrastructure. #energysky 🔌💡 ow.ly/ZEJc50Zw0rx

Developers derided MISO’s extracurricular interconnection queue processes for certain generation proposals and for its AI-produced queue studies. #energysky 🔌💡 ow.ly/UP1U50Zvz4e

Panelists unilaterally agreed that it’s energy storage’s time to shine in MISO – at least in the Midwest region – at Infocast’s annual Midcontinent Clean Energy Summit. #energysky 🔌💡 ow.ly/hTH950Zvz40

Entergy CEO Drew Marsh said he’s excited that Louisiana may be part of a new federal initiative to support a nuclear renaissance but that the utility needs firm protection from cost risk before it expands its nuclear portfolio. #energysky 🔌💡 ow.ly/85K350Zv18Q

AESO plans to revise its long-term supply adequacy metrics to better reflect renewable generation, energy storage capabilities, total load and demand patterns. #energysky 🔌💡 ow.ly/Jyzn50Zv1b6

A new report predicts a near-term surge in clean energy resources but finds difficulty drawing a trajectory beyond 2030, given all the variables affecting power supply and demand. #energysky 🔌💡 ow.ly/6XRy50ZuFm2

Citing cybersecurity and national security, the Trump administration has blocked certain power inverters from being imported, marketed or sold in the United States. #energysky 🔌💡 ow.ly/ph2v50ZuFfu

A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a challenge from environmentalists against EPA’s rule change. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/sJIW50Zu3Bt Writer: James Downing

PJM unveiled two separate proposals its Board of Managers has directed it to file with FERC to deal with the influx of large loads. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/GNmM50Zu3CG Writers: Michael Brooks and Devin Leith-Yessian

One of NERC’s proposed standards addressing the final milestone of FERC’s directive to address reliability risks from inverter-based resources has passed one of the last hurdles. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/8SEp50ZtG3c Writer: Holden Mann

The Trump administration has acknowledged its attempt to cancel Biden-era clean energy grants worth $7.56 billion. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/J2wE50ZtG2i Writer: John Cropley

NextEra Energy reports solid second-quarter financials and plans new capacity to meet expected demand growth. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/p0gp50Zt0uk Writer: John Cropley

Salacious energy news. Not exactly business as usual. 🔌💡 rtowww.com/go/sh20wYTn9

Arizona Corporation Commission member Nick Myers lost his bid for a second term in the state’s primary election to a fellow Republican who may be more amenable to keeping coal plants open. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/kVQ150Zt0sj Writer: Elaine Goodman

FERC spent all day July 23 hearing about why PJM and its stakeholder process have been slow to respond to the rapid increase in demand from data centers and its impact on resource adequacy and market prices. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/PtNv50Zs9Sc Writer: James Downing

New York will need substantial new grid resources under every scenario modeled in a new analysis, and on a magnitude not previously seen if the state sticks to its zero-emissions goals, NYISO said. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/PzsK50Zs9Tf Writer: John Cropley

A new BloombergNEF report projects data centers could account for 12% of U.S. electricity consumption in 2030 and 20% in 2035. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/89E050ZrA6K Writer: John Cropley

GE Vernova reported a familiar picture in its second-quarter earnings: healthy revenue increases for its power and electrification businesses and continued losses in its wind segment. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/TG5O50ZrA7e Writer: John Cropley

A modest data center project in a small city in southeastern Nevada could test the federal government’s ability to support the artificial intelligence industry by siting computing facilities on public lands. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/hNWe50ZrcfL Writer: Scott Streater

California zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) sales rebounded in the second quarter, just as the state prepares to launch a $270 million incentive program backed by 13 automakers for first-time electric vehicle buyers. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/lpOI50ZrcfW Writer: Stella Iverson

Load oscillations, variability and ramping are among the top concerns for stakeholders involved in the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body’s effort to create a framework for large load interconnections. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/XH9a50Zqh5x Writer: Henrik Nilsson

Most U.S. storage developers assume EU regulation stops at their own border. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/BV5N50Zqh4M Writer: Niels van Veen

Attorneys general from 18 states are seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit against the Department of Defense over its freeze on wind power permitting reviews. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/rQk450ZpBcp Writer: John Cropley

With a proposed large load tariff already filed by one utility and two more expected soon, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission will launch a working group on the rate structures designed for data centers. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/kUx150ZpBb6 Writer: Elaine Goodman

New Mexico Democrats plan to crack down on data centers in the 2027 legislative session. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/n18N50ZoLTC Writer: Scott Streater

The U.S. electricity industry and state grids are reaching wind, solar and renewable energy milestones that once looked distant. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/ZMc650ZoLUr Writer: John Hanger

With the power industry once again focused on demand growth, Grid Strategies has released a report on the history of regional transmission and how it has helped meet booming electricity use in the past. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/qsxk50Zo9lv Writer: James Downing

Members of NERC’s Standards Committee gave some attention to two of the ERO’s medium- and low-priority standards projects at their monthly conference call July 15. #energysky 🔌💡 See Full Story: ow.ly/UNJJ50Zo9lP Writer: Holden Mann