# Energy Central

> The top headlines for electric utility leaders, delivered every weekday morning

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## Posts
- [📈 How to actually grow VPPs](https://news.energycentral.com/p/how-to-actually-grow-vpps): Plus: A push to boost cybersecurity at rural utilities
- [👻 The ghosts of the grid](https://news.energycentral.com/p/the-ghosts-of-the-grid): Plus: More trouble for offshore wind?
- [🌽 A farm law comes for energy?](https://news.energycentral.com/p/a-farm-law-comes-for-energy): Plus: Customer savings in Texas—and losses in Massachusetts.
- [The new gold rush](https://news.energycentral.com/p/the-new-gold-rush): Plus: What's driving TVA's $220M income jump
- [☀️ Searing temps, soaring bills](https://news.energycentral.com/p/searing-temps-soaring-bills): Plus: What's costing data center developers up to $15B
- [The governor and the mega-merger](https://news.energycentral.com/p/the-governor-and-the-mega-merger): Plus: How Exelon's large-load agreements have saved customers $1B
- [What sparked the Eaton Fire](https://news.energycentral.com/p/what-sparked-the-eaton-fire): Plus: $20B in clean energy grants restored?
- [🤚 Texas presses pause ](https://news.energycentral.com/p/texas-presses-pause): Plus: VA asks data center developers to open their wallets
- [🪠 PJM unclogs the queue](https://news.energycentral.com/p/pjm-unclogs-the-queue): Plus: How EDAM has already saved over $11M
- [🥊 Smart meter showdown](https://news.energycentral.com/p/smart-meter-showdown): Plus: The $33B plan to revamp Texas transmission
- [One solution to the grid equipment backlog ](https://news.energycentral.com/p/one-solution-to-the-grid-equipment-backlog): Plus: A fight over transformer energy-efficiency rules
- [Superfund sites get data centers](https://news.energycentral.com/p/superfund-sites-get-data-centers): Plus: DTE's $2.6B spending plan
- [🏃 PJM's next moves](https://news.energycentral.com/p/pjm-s-next-moves): Plus: When NextEra and Dominion may close their merger
- [⏱️ What's delaying wildfire prevention](https://news.energycentral.com/p/what-s-delaying-wildfire-prevention): Plus: Can data centers lower bills?
- [Can PJM get it together?](https://news.energycentral.com/p/can-pjm-get-it-together): Plus: The Trump administration's massive coal claim
- [🔌 More disconnect drama](https://news.energycentral.com/p/more-disconnect-drama): Plus: A contentious transmission debate resurfaces
- [🖊 The power brokers](https://news.energycentral.com/p/the-power-brokers): Plus: MISO's plan to fast-track large loads
- [✂️ FERC dissects PJM](https://news.energycentral.com/p/ferc-dissects-pjm): Plus: ERCOT's record-breaking night
- [🤠 What Texas gets right](https://news.energycentral.com/p/what-texas-gets-right): Plus: What's threatening the hydro supply chain
- [⬇️ Can states lower energy bills?](https://news.energycentral.com/p/can-states-lower-energy-bills): Plus: FERC gets tough on Western grid operators.
- [💍 The power couple gets serious](https://news.energycentral.com/p/the-power-couple-gets-serious): Plus: How to work ahead of wildfires
- [☀️ Heat's overlooked grid impacts ](https://news.energycentral.com/p/heat-s-overlooked-grid-impacts): Plus: Rising Republican backlash against data centers 
- [🌽 That was fun. Let's do it again.](https://news.energycentral.com/p/that-was-fun-let-s-do-it-again):  Cornhole champs crowned, photos inside.
- [📍The rate-hike request hotspots](https://news.energycentral.com/p/the-rate-hike-request-hotspots): Plus: A Google-sized clean power deal
- [🤖 Another AI cost pledge incoming](https://news.energycentral.com/p/another-ai-cost-pledge-incoming): Plus: A proposed $22M settlement for PG&E
- [💵 Heatwaves don't come cheap](https://news.energycentral.com/p/daily-template-july-2026-13th-mon): Plus: MISO's urgent storage shortage
- [💪 The biggest grid flex (yet)](https://news.energycentral.com/p/the-biggest-grid-flex-yet): Plus: Why everyone's eyes are on ERCOT 
- [🫵 Don't underestimate new resources](https://news.energycentral.com/p/don-t-underestimate-new-resources): Plus: Why these large-load tariffs are making headlines
- [🚨 States are getting serious](https://news.energycentral.com/p/states-are-getting-serious): Plus: Goodbye to appliance efficiency rules?
- [Glass half full 🍷](https://news.energycentral.com/p/glass-half-full): Plus: The energy trends attracting the most investors
- [Can the permitting dream become reality? 💭](https://news.energycentral.com/p/can-the-permitting-dream-become-reality): We got predictions from the reform experts
- [A new threat to energy oversight ](https://news.energycentral.com/p/a-new-threat-to-energy-oversight): Plus: Why oil prices are set to plummet
- [🌬️ Another lease lost](https://news.energycentral.com/p/another-lease-lost): Plus: A big day for PJM
- [🚗 Rolling power plants have arrived](https://news.energycentral.com/p/rolling-power-plants-have-arrived): Plus: Why heat pumps are beating air conditioners
- [🚨 A new type of grid emergency](https://news.energycentral.com/p/a-new-type-of-grid-emergency): Plus: A large-load lawsuit
- ['Demand growth is your friend'](https://news.energycentral.com/p/demand-growth-is-your-friend): Plus: The biggest VPP yet?
- [The utilities with the most shut-offs](https://news.energycentral.com/p/the-utilities-with-the-most-shut-offs): Plus: $17.5B for new nuclear
- [Will data center demand double?](https://news.energycentral.com/p/will-data-center-demand-double): Plus: The sprint for new nuclear fuel infrastructure.
- [🔎 What's missing from FERC's new orders](https://news.energycentral.com/p/what-s-missing-from-ferc-s-new-orders): Plus: Another win for advanced nuclear 
- [🎉 FERC finally did it ](https://news.energycentral.com/p/ferc-finally-did-it): Plus: Why oil prices are dropping