July 15 - Lydian Energy lands $233M for Texas storage | Oregon’s new microgrid law
Oregon legislature passes first-in-nation microgrid framework; Data center activity ‘exploded’ in Texas, spiking reliability risks: monitor; Solar generation expected to rise by a third this summer: EIA; Trump seeks tighter restrictions on wind and solar with executive order
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas said it expects to have nearly 14,000 MW of storage on its system by September, up from about 10,000 MW last year.
AI data centers have power demand patterns similar to steel mills, with “very fast, very large ramps,” according to David Penny, director of reliability services for Texas RE.