“In our Pennsylvania service territory alone, we have over 14.5 gigawatts of data center projects in advanced stages of planning. To put that in perspective, our current peak load in Pennsylvania is about 7.5 giga-watts, and we are a 100-year-old company.”

“We have a new set of customers who are struggling with affordability issues, and that is something we’re noticing here. That’s a big issue we’re dealing with, and when large new loads are tied to that equation, affordability becomes even more complex.”

“There is no realistic way to interconnect larger numbers of generators of any fuel type or move that power around the Northwest without Bonneville Power Administration’s partnership, system growth, and investments. There’s no way to accommodate the growth without that partnership.”

“New Mexico still has zero-carbon and renewable portfolio standards. Utilities and regulators need to abide by those laws regardless of uncertainty occurring beyond New Mexico.”

“We’re eliminating the mandates. You’re seeing that from the administration in Washington, D.C., as well. We started down this path in 2023 with our changes in our Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff, REST rules. We don’t need to subsidize it either.”

Part two in PUF’s series, with conversations with Arizona Chair Kevin Thompson, New Mexico Chair Gabriel Aguilera, Oregon Chair Letha Tawney, and Pennsylvania Chair Steve DeFrank with PUF Senior Advisor Paul Kjellander.

In Romeo and Juliet, By Shakespeare, The playwright and poet, The question came, What’s in a name?

“A significant milestone in Powell’s journey was the development of RAMP, a tool that provides next-day intelligence on outages. By integrating AI, RAMP anticipates common queries and delivers insights that were previously labor-intensive to obtain.”

“EPRI’s Energy Wallet provides a useful framework to help understand household energy affordability in a changing landscape. By covering the full spectrum of energy costs, it enables more informed decisions about technology investments, policy design, and consumer behavior.”