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September 14, 2026 9 min read

Gen-Tie Line Eminent Domain: 550 Feet Stops 1,053 MW

A Colorado judge found gen-tie line eminent domain unavailable on a wind interconnection route. 550 feet of easement holds up 1,053 MW of built turbines.

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September 13, 2026 9 min read

DOE 2029 Transformer Efficiency Requirements, by kVA

DOE 2029 transformer efficiency requirements are uneven by kVA and phase. Single-phase and three-phase units take their biggest cuts in opposite ranges.

transformer procurementtransformersregulatory

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September 10, 2026 8 min read

Virginia Makes Data Centers Pay for Their Own Substations

Virginia's SCC ordered a mandatory CIAC so large loads fund the substations built to serve them. What Case PUR-2026-00056 changes for equipment buyers.

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September 9, 2026 9 min read

Pennsylvania Data Center Executive Order 2026-05 Decoded

Pennsylvania data center executive order 2026-05 closes the permit fast lane and names both PJM cost dockets. The procurement read for equipment buyers.

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September 7, 2026 6 min read

Lakewood's 98% Came Before the Transformer Arrived

The Illuminating Company cut outage time 98% before either new transformer was energized. What a distribution transformer replacement really buys, and what it does not.

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September 4, 2026 7 min read

FERC MISO Tranche 2.1 Cost Recovery PJM: No Bid Required

FERC approved MISO Tranche 2.1 cost recovery for PJM-side facilities in docket ER26-1538. Five named utilities build the work, with no competitive solicitation.

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September 3, 2026 8 min read

TVA Data Center Rate Lands Oct 1 on 153 Distributors

The TVA data center rate takes effect October 1 above 153 municipal and cooperative distributors that deliver 99% of the load it prices.

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September 1, 2026 4 min read

CAISO Large Load Requirements: Reading the September Draft

CAISO’s September 24 drafts separate monitoring, tariff responsibilities and future technical work. What equipment buyers can establish from the record.

CAISOlarge loaddata centers

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August 31, 2026 6 min read

The First Data Center Utility Contract Disclosure Is Due

Georgia Power owes the PSC a public summary of its 3,200 MW OpenAI contract. The first data center utility contract disclosure tests what load is real.

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August 29, 2026 4 min read

PJM Bilateral Capacity Contracting: What Buyers Lose

PPL disclosures separate turbine reservations, load agreements and construction. Use those stages without treating them as equipment orders.

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August 28, 2026 10 min read

Grid Equipment Executive Order: Read the 69 kV Line First

Executive Order 14421 bars some foreign grid equipment transactions. Its bulk-power definition excludes local distribution. What is actually in scope.

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August 27, 2026 8 min read

Data Center Islanding Interconnection Is the Harder Case

Data center islanding interconnection looks like less work for the utility. It is more. The protection scope nobody puts in the interconnection budget.

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Gen-Tie Line Eminent Domain: 550 Feet Stops 1,053 MW

DOE 2029 Transformer Efficiency Requirements, by kVA

Virginia Makes Data Centers Pay for Their Own Substations

Pennsylvania Data Center Executive Order 2026-05 Decoded

Lakewood's 98% Came Before the Transformer Arrived

FERC MISO Tranche 2.1 Cost Recovery PJM: No Bid Required

TVA Data Center Rate Lands Oct 1 on 153 Distributors

CAISO Large Load Requirements: Reading the September Draft

The First Data Center Utility Contract Disclosure Is Due

PJM Bilateral Capacity Contracting: What Buyers Lose

Grid Equipment Executive Order: Read the 69 kV Line First

Data Center Islanding Interconnection Is the Harder Case