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Federal regulators back Trump's plan to speed power to energy-hungry AI data centers
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Federal regulators back Trump's plan to speed power to energy-hungry AI data centers

  • By MATTHEW DALY and MARC LEVY - Associated Press
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Federal regulators have agreed to let large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and aging electric transmission system to accommodate surging demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence data centers. Members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to direct six regional grid operators to ensure that AI data centers and other large power users are “able to connect to the transmission system in a timely and orderly manner.” Those operators serve 200 million Americans. Energy Secretary Chris Wright had urged the commission to help the United States better compete with China for superiority in the fast-growing AI sector.

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Solar power hits new milestones in the US even as Trump boosts coal over clean energy

  • By JENNIFER McDERMOTT - Associated Press

Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains the leading source of new power. New reports released Wednesday by global energy think tank Ember and the Solar Energy Industries Association show the continued growth of solar and decline of coal in the United States despite federal policy. Ember says that in May, for the first time, solar supplied more of the nation’s electricity than coal, or 12.8%. Coal supplied 12.2%, its fourth-lowest monthly share ever. Trump has been helping the struggling U.S. coal industry while curtailing solar and wind. He says coal’s a great business.

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  • Todd Katzner
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