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October 30, 2026 7 min read

Grid Resilience Formula Grants: How Munis and Co-ops Get In

DOE allocated $967 million in grid resilience formula grants to states, territories and tribes. Here is how a municipal utility or co-op reaches that money, the match it carries, and what it can buy.

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October 24, 2026 5 min read

California SB 886: Who Pays for Data Center Transmission

California SB 886 sets a January 2028 CPUC tariff deadline and assigns transmission upgrade costs to data centers. What the statute requires.

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October 21, 2026 4 min read

Colorado Wildfire Mitigation Plan Rules: Comments Nov. 2

Colorado's PUC proposed wildfire mitigation plan and power shutoff rules for Xcel Energy and Black Hills Energy. What the rules would require and how to comment by Nov. 2.

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October 21, 2026 6 min read

New York Data Center Moratorium: No End Date Yet

New York's data center moratorium runs on two clocks: an executive order with no end date and a bill not delivered to the Governor as of Oct. 21, 2026. What each covers.

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October 19, 2026 4 min read

NERC Computational Load Standards Pass Final Ballot

NERC's computational load standards passed final ballot Oct. 14. What CLO-003-1 asks of whoever owns the main power transformer at a 50 MW-plus, 100 kV-plus data center site.

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October 19, 2026 5 min read

Virginia Supplier Program: Comments Due Nov. 12

NextEra and Dominion proposed an up to $1 billion annual Virginia supplier program. The SCC moved written comments to Nov. 12. What vendors can ask.

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October 18, 2026 5 min read

EPA Power Plant Rule: Partial Repeal Takes Effect Nov. 16

EPA's partial repeal of the 2024 power plant rule takes effect Nov. 16, and phase 1 gas turbine standards stay. Comments on full repeal closed Nov. 2.

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October 11, 2026 6 min read

Large Load Contract Terms: Kentucky Power's 1 GW Deal

Large load contract terms in Kentucky Power's amended TeraWulf deal: customer-funded bill credits, plant financing and collateral, subject to PSC approval.

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October 10, 2026 5 min read

Microgrid Funding Bill 2026: What STRONG GRID Would Fund

The STRONG GRID Act is the microgrid funding bill 2026 suppliers lined up behind. What S.5159 would fund, who could apply, and why it has not moved.

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October 9, 2026 4 min read

Data Center Construction Equipment Constraint: 3 Risks

CBRE flags a data center construction equipment constraint, Ceres counts power-plant water withdrawals, and a noise suit targets operating gear.

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October 9, 2026 2 min read

Preparing for IOU Contractor Safety Prequalification

Build a source-linked readiness record around the hiring utility, work scope, and current requirements. Registration alone does not establish readiness for a job.

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October 9, 2026 2 min read

Remote Operation in Switchgear Procurement: Questions for Engineering and Safety

A remote-operation feature needs an application review. Capture operating location, control authority, failure behavior, maintenance, and acceptance evidence in the specification.

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Grid Resilience Formula Grants: How Munis and Co-ops Get In

California SB 886: Who Pays for Data Center Transmission

Colorado Wildfire Mitigation Plan Rules: Comments Nov. 2

New York Data Center Moratorium: No End Date Yet

NERC Computational Load Standards Pass Final Ballot

Virginia Supplier Program: Comments Due Nov. 12

EPA Power Plant Rule: Partial Repeal Takes Effect Nov. 16

Large Load Contract Terms: Kentucky Power's 1 GW Deal

Microgrid Funding Bill 2026: What STRONG GRID Would Fund

Data Center Construction Equipment Constraint: 3 Risks

Preparing for IOU Contractor Safety Prequalification

Remote Operation in Switchgear Procurement: Questions for Engineering and Safety