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Senior editor for POWER magazine (@POWERmagazine). News & infographics about energy, environment, policy, business, technology. Worldwide.

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White House Expands Data Center Ratepayer Pledge as Congress Moves to Codify Protections

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By Sonal Patel Verified
| The POWER Podcast
Congress and the White House advanced parallel tracks this week to keep large data centers from shifting their grid costs onto electricity customers, reflecting a concern that has gathered momentum among state regulators, consumer advocates, and members of both parties.
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Federal Court Upholds NRC’s Generic Severe-Accident Review for Nuclear Plant License Renewals

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By Sonal Patel Verified
| The POWER Podcast
A federal appeals court has upheld the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC’s) use of a generic environmental analysis for nuclear plant license renewals, rejecting claims that the agency failed to adequately consider how aging components and climate change could affect the risk of severe reactor accidents. The July 21 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Beyond Nuclear and Sierra Club v.
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FERC Orders Mandatory NERC Reliability Standards for Data Center and Other Computational Loads

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By Sonal Patel Verified
| The POWER Podcast
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has directed the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to file one or more new or modified mandatory reliability standards governing the integration of computational loads—a category defined broadly enough to cover generative-AI data centers, cryptocurrency mines, and other information-technology facilities—by Dec. 31, 2026.
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