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| Gigawatt-scale xAI demand in ERCOT, spread across Austin, Bastrop, and Conroe, means three very different transmission pockets and three very different interconnection timelines. Bastrop is already stressed from existing large-load concentration. Conroe puts pressure on the Houston load zone. The site selection outcome here will tell you which ERCOT transmission constraint becomes the next headline. |
| Avantus clearing commercial operation at 200MW/500MWh with two CCA offtakers and a named lending consortium is the kind of execution milestone that repositions a developer in future PPA conversations. The transition from developer to IPP with retained operating stake is a structural shift in how they carry balance sheet risk, and the lender list suggests the market agrees the model works. CAISO solar-plus-storage with long-term CCA contracts is not a distressed trade right now. |
| ISO-NE is moving toward a bring-your-own-generation requirement for large loads and proposing to exclude them from the regional capacity market entirely. That is a more restrictive posture than most other RTOs have taken. Whether this survives stakeholder negotiation intact is unresolved, but the directional read is plain: large load in ISO-NE will carry its own resource obligation or it will not interconnect. Developers scoping New England sites should price that resource requirement into the pro forma now, not after tariff language is final. |
| The $35M PIPE against a $4B valuation is a thin capital cushion for a company trying to develop across three states and expand into Chile. The Csquare IPO miss they acknowledge in passing is not an isolated data point; the SPAC route with sub-1% public equity behind it is a sign of where institutional conviction actually sits. TECfusions operates a conversion-focused model, which compresses development timelines but also compresses the addressable site universe. At this capital structure, the Chile expansion is a valuation story, not an execution story. |
| US power sector CO2 rose 4% in 2025, driven by increased generation and higher coal use per EIA. The emissions figure is a symptom. The underlying market read is that coal retirements are slowing because firm capacity to replace them is not arriving fast enough, which is what successive PJM capacity auctions have been pricing in for years. |
| Federal land as a data center site is a genuine policy test, and a small project in southeastern Nevada is the wrong vehicle to resolve it. The BLM permitting process for industrial compute on public land has no established track record at any meaningful scale. Until there is a completed precedent, this remains a watch item, not a site strategy. |
EL26-67-000 · PJM · cost allocation · 3 filings FERC initiates Section 206 proceeding against PJM, all commissioners concurring separately |
ER26-1323-002 · SPP · large load SPP compliance filing for conditional high-impact large load service tariff provisions Filed 2026-07-06 20260706-5174 › |
ER26-2698-000 · NYISO · queue reform NYISO supplemental filing on interconnection process improvements affecting queue procedures Filed 2026-07-08 20260708-5191 › |
RM21-17-000 · MISO · cost allocation · 3 filings FERC extends time on major MISO regional transmission planning and cost allocation rulemaking. |
ER26-2577-000 · NYISO · queue reform FERC accepts NYISO interconnection procedure revisions with commissioner concurrence Filed 2026-07-20 20260720-3065 › |
ER26-2295-000 · MISO · queue reform FERC denies interconnection or tariff waiver request for Lansing Board of Water and Light Filed 2026-07-21 20260721-3017 › |
EL25-49-002 · PJM · large load FERC issues rehearing/clarification order on PJM proceeding, likely large-load or cost policy matter. Filed 2026-06-18 20260618-3103 › |
ER26-2514-000 · SPP · queue reform FERC accepts SPP generator interconnection procedure revisions to Attachment V tariff. Filed 2026-06-29 20260629-3054 › |