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AI wants electricity now. The electric grid needs years to catch up

Data center demand is surging, but utilities, electric transmission and grid connections can take years to meet the need

Fortune · Sep 3

Tech ratepayer pledge may be more bark than bite — but still matters

The White House-tech initiative "is a big bully pulpit that could influence state economic regulators," one analyst said.

Axios · Feb 26

Trump makes a political power play on data centers

Officials are scrambling to enable quick build-out of energy-thirsty AI data centers without sticking consumers with even higher bills.

Axios · Jan 16

After bipartisan rebuff, Sen. Joe Manchin abandons private legislative deal to help fossil fuel projects

WASHINGTON — For once, what Sen. Joe Manchin III wanted didn’t matter.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 27, 2022

Sen. Joe Manchin III warns of strange bedfellows in permitting reform fight, but finds his own

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin III’s controversial bill that would make it easier to build new power plants, dams, pipelines, transmission lines, wind turbines and solar farms could get a vote in the Senate as early as Tuesday afternoon.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 27, 2022