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5 days ago

The biggest U.S. power grid is under strain from AI - and no one is happy | TechCrunch

PJM released a white paper this week that said the region "has years, not decades" to make fundamental changes to the way it operates. "The current situation is not tenable," PJM CEO David Mills wrote in a foreward to the report. Normally, this sort of wonky report would land on the desks of a few legislators and regulators. But PJM's territory includes a large number of data centers, including the compute-dense region of Northern Virginia. What happens to PJM will send ripples throughout the tech world.
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2 months ago

The Iran oil crisis has proved Ed Miliband right on green energy. But households still need more help | Mathew Lawrence

Britain's electricity market structure causes gas prices to set bills for 85% of the time despite gas producing only a quarter of electricity, requiring deeper market reform beyond renewable expansion to protect households from global commodity price volatility.
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