Thursday, April 23, 2026

GOOGLE STEPS OUT ON $8B PEGASUS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Google is now publicly tied to Georgia's giant Project Pegasus campus, putting a real name on one of the year's biggest data center bets.

XCEL RUNS BACK TO COAL AND GAS
The Colorado Sun
Xcel's summer gap plan is a blunt reminder that reliability stress still pushes utilities back toward fossil generation when the clock gets tight.

TRUMP TAPS WARTIME POWERS
Utility Dive
Transformer shortages have become serious enough that emergency federal authority is now part of the grid equipment debate.

DUKE'S $22M PAY TAB HITS RATES
The Charlotte Observer
Combined pay for Duke's current and former CEOs is drawing sharper scrutiny as the utility keeps pushing for higher rates.

WISCONSIN ASKS WHO PAYS FOR SERVERS
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin regulators are now staring at the central question in every big-load fight: how much of the bill should land on everyone else.

GASOLINE PROMISES START TO CRACK
POLITICO
Energy price politics are turning uglier now that Washington cannot easily promise cheap fuel through a hotter geopolitical stretch.

FLORIDA TAKES A SWING AT CLEAN ENERGY
Tallahassee Democrat
Florida's new laws show the grid fight is no longer just about supply, it is also about which technologies still get political cover.

GM HITS 100% CLEAN POWER
Autoblog
Big industrial buyers keep trying to lock in cleaner power even while utilities warn the broader system is straining.

FAYETTEVILLE SOLAR IS ALREADY WORKING
40/29 News
Arkansas gets a simpler version of the buildout story, local generation tied directly to a major institutional load.

BIOFUELS GET THEIR SECOND ACT
Semafor
Biofuels are re-entering the policy mix because every dispatchable molecule looks a little more valuable when demand forecasts keep climbing.

WISCONSIN WEIGHS SERVER RATE PLANS
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin regulators are now squarely in the rate design fight, which is where data center politics gets very real for everyone else on the grid.

GEORGIA DROPS AN $8B SERVER PLAY
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Project Pegasus shows the buildout is still accelerating in major hubs even as resistance hardens elsewhere.

COMMUNITIES PUSH BACK HARDER
TriplePundit
Local resistance is spreading as residents organize around water, noise, tax deals, and power costs.

MISSOURI SPLITS TWO SERVER BIDS
KSDK
Franklin County backed one project and rejected another, a sign that local approvals are getting more contested and less automatic.

COLUMBUS DEMANDS DATA CENTER SUNLIGHT
The Columbus Dispatch
Transparency is becoming its own pressure point as local leaders press for clearer answers on power demand, land use, and incentives.