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Duke’s Large-Load Settlement Sets a 50 MW Trigger and 75% Minimum Billing, But Drops the Clean Transition Tariff

October 10, 2026 · Policy & Markets

3 sources Duke Energy's North Carolina large-load settlement would bill data centers for 75 percent of contract demand, and it leaves out the clean transition tariff Google championed.

Voltus Raises $225 Million to Reach 20 GW by 2030, But Its Only Named Data Center Deal Is 100 MW a Year

October 8, 2026 · Data Centers

3 sources Voltus raised $225 million in an oversubscribed Series D led by Generation Investment Management, and wants 20 GW of demand flexibility under management by 2030.

FERC Keeps DER Aggregators in PJM’s 6,831 MW Backstop, Then Upholds the 15-Year Lock-In Few Can Meet

October 3, 2026 · Grid Services & Demand Response

4 sources FERC rejected the Market Monitor's bid to bar demand response and DER aggregation from PJM's reliability backstop, then upheld the 15-year commitment term that Advanced Energy United says…

Senate Permitting Deal Makes Data Centers Pay Full Transmission Costs, Then Waits for the Midterms

September 30, 2026 · Data Centers

3 sources Four senators announced a bipartisan permitting deal in Washington on September 30.

Rune Raises $40 Million and Puts AI Compute Behind the Inverter at a 200 MW Texas Solar Farm

September 21, 2026 · Data Centers

3 sources Rune closed a $40 million Series A led by Spark Capital and launched RELIC, a modular compute unit that plugs into a solar farm behind the inverter.

TAR Raises 120 Million Dollars at a 1 Billion Valuation to Skip the Interconnection Queue in West Texas

September 17, 2026 · Microgrids

3 sources TAR raised a $120 million Series A led by Spark Capital at a $1 billion valuation to build off-grid solar and battery plants for West Texas data centers.

Planted Raises $31.8 Million on a 28 MW, 10-Month Data Center Build

September 15, 2026 · AI Energy Demand

3 sources Planted closed a $31.8 million Series B with Google among the investors, and points to a 28 MW behind-the-meter array delivered for a data center in 10 months.

BLM Opens Environmental Review of Pattern Energy’s 330-Mile Silver Rock Line Between Utah and Nevada

September 9, 2026 · FERC & Federal

5 sources The Bureau of Land Management opened EIS scoping on Pattern Energy's 330-mile Silver Rock line from Millard County, Utah to Clark County, Nevada, with comments due October 5,…

PG&E Counts 5 Flex Connect Customers and 85 in the Pipeline, With Full Capacity in 90 Percent of Hours

September 2, 2026 · Fleet & Depot Charging

4 sources PG&E has five customers on Flex Connect and about 85 prospects, and says enrolled sites got full capacity in 90 percent of hours while a new CPUC decision…

A Microsoft-Backed New Jersey Data Center Ran 45 of 62 Generators With No Air Permit

August 28, 2026 · Data Centers

4 sources DataOne ran at least 45 of the 62 generators at its Vineland, New Jersey site in mid-August, and New Jersey has issued no air permit for any of…

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