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NextEra Will Buy Dominion Energy in Largest-Ever Electric Utility Deal
Florida-headquartered NextEra Energy, one of the largest U.S. power utilities, is set to buy Virginia-based Dominion Energy in an all-stock deal valued at about $67 billion.
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AI Is Demanding More from the Grid. Can Your Film Capacitors Keep Up?

AI is driving grid equipment to operate at temperatures it was never built for and capacitor film is often the first thing to fail. As banks run closer to 125–135°C instead of 85–105°C, conventional films quietly lose capacitance, age faster, and inflate maintenance and replacement costs. This piece explains why film can’t be treated as a commodity anymore and how drop‑in, high‑temperature nanolayer films let you upgrade the dielectric—without redesigning your banks—so your grid can keep pace with AI‑era loads.

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Energy Experts Discuss Implications, and Intrigue, of NextEra/Dominion Deal
NextEra's purchase of Dominion Energy, if approved, would have an impact on many areas of the electricity sector. Some analysts told POWER they're concerned about how it would affect customers' power bills. Others wonder whether the $67-billion deal s part of a trend that will lead to more mergers and acquisitions in the power space.
State of the Nuclear Industry 2026: Korsnick Says the Real Test Is Now Scale
Within a single week last month, Kairos Power broke ground on its Hermes 2 reactor in Tennessee, and days later TerraPower and Bechtel began construction on the Natrium reactor in…
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Data Center Energy Planning Risks and How to Solve Them

Power constraints, long interconnection queues, and rising costs are reshaping data center energy planning. From site selection challenges to overlooked cost and reliability tradeoffs, even small missteps can delay timelines or impact performance. Industry expert Holt Bradshaw shares where developers are running into challenges and how leading operators are adapting.

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Duke Energy’s Nuclear Playbook: Three Horizons, One Strategy
Duke Energy’s 11-unit nuclear fleet finished 2025 with a capacity factor greater than 97%—its best result on record. For Steven Capps, Duke’s senior vice president and Chief Nuclear Officer, that…
Record Power Burn Expected This Summer as Coal Retirements and Data Centers Drive Gas Demand
U.S. natural gas supply is expected to reach a record 117 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) this summer, including 111.7 Bcf/d of dry gas production, but growing demand from…
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Southern Co. Lands Largest Loan in DOE History—$26.5B for Gas, Nuclear, and Grid Projects
The Department of Energy (DOE) has closed a $26.54 billion loan package—the largest single loan commitment in the agency’s history—with Southern Co. subsidiaries Georgia Power and Alabama Power to finance…
GE Vernova Modernizing Türkiye’s Power Generation With Country's First H-Class Gas Turbine
GE Vernova announced the start of commercial operation of the 852-MW Kırklareli power plant in Türkiye. The natural gas-fired combined-cycle power station, featuring GE Vernova's 9HA.02 gas turbine, is the first in that country to use an H-class product.
How Trump’s EO 14300 Is Reshaping NRC Nuclear Licensing and Regulation
A year after President Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 14300 directing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to cut red tape and speed nuclear deployment, the agency is claiming a string…
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Google Pledges Power, Ratepayer Protections in $15B Missouri Data Center Expansion
Google will invest $15 billion in Missouri infrastructure, including a new data center in New Florence, Montgomery County, in a project that pairs its expanding data center footprint with new…
PJM’s First Reformed Queue Cycle Draws 811 Projects, 220 GW
PJM Interconnection’s first interconnection “cycle” under its revamped, clustered review process has attracted 811 new generation projects representing roughly 220 GW of nameplate capacity. The effort now moves to a…
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