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AEP's COO in Indiana and Michigan on Today's Challenges

Indiana Michigan Power

“The data center load under contract will more than double the peak demand of Indiana Michigan Power Company over the next five years. This is a terrific opportunity but also presents a significant challenge in terms of grid upgrades, increased generation capacity requirements, and capital outlays.”
Byline: 

Steve Baker with Paul Kjellander

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Managing Data Centers' Financial Risk

Protecting Electricity Customers

“This pioneering project shows that we no longer need to guess or debate whether a proposed data center will get built. We can wait until it’s mostly built (so we can be surer it’ll get finished and run), then build its off-grid power supply on nearby cheap land.”
Byline: 

Amory Lovins

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Powering the AI Century: Why Utilities Must Lead

The Grid Is No Longer Background

“Burgeoning demand for AI data centers is already reshaping load profiles in Virginia, Texas, and other hot spots. Virginia’s data center load will approach half of the state’s overall power consumption by 2030 – up from about a quarter today.”
Byline: 

Michelle Fay, Hector Artze, Meredith Bodkin

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America's Cybersecurity Reality

A View from the Eighty-Fourth Floor

“I had the privilege of joining national security leaders, utility executives, cybersecurity experts, and public-private collaborators at the Qrypt-hosted summit on critical infrastructure protection. With cyber threats evolving in stealth, sophistication, and scale, this gathering was a wake-up call, and a roadmap, for utilities and regulators alike.”
Byline: 

Sheri Givens

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Wetlands and Waters of the United States

Giving Clarity to WOTUS

“When it comes to wetlands, interpreting the Rules of the Clean Water Act can be as clear as mud. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin emphasized, in his NARUC Summer Policy Summit fireside chat with NARUC President Tricia Pridemore, the need for clarification addressing Waters of the United States (WOTUS) and their definition.”
Byline: 

Mary-Anna Holden and Butch Howard

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Affordable Grid Modernization, Part II

Advanced Conductors for New Transmission Buildout

“Next-gen advanced conductors can optimize new lines, often enabling fewer, shorter structures while providing capacity headroom for future demand growth. Take a closer look at how advanced conductors make new-build transmission projects excel for grid operators and customers alike.”
Byline: 

Jason Huang

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New Tools for Flexibly Integrating Generation and Load

IREC

“For years, utilities have expressed concern that DERs do not respond to grid conditions. These approaches are our chance to enable that, to make load and generation more collaborative and reduce the total amount of grid investment needed.”
Byline: 

Vaughan Woodruff and Sky Stanfield

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PUF's Summer Summit Soapbox Luncheon

Learning and Laughter in Boston

Commissioners and industry experts enjoyed two-minute takes on the future of utility regulation. Some twenty of them went on stage to share their views on anything they wanted.
Byline: 

PUF

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