The Department of Energy on July 23 announced that the DOE’s Loan Programs Office has terminated its conditional commitment for the Grain Belt Express Phase 1 project, a high-voltage direct current transmission line intended to connect wind and solar capacity across Kansas and Missouri.

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s Large Loads Task Force recently released its first white paper, which includes recommendations offered as guidance for future work to ensure the reliability and security of the bulk power system.

CPS Energy on July 22 announced an agreement with Modern Hydrogen on a new project to explore the potential for increasing grid resiliency and enabling cleaner power generation from natural gas. The project aims to address the growing demand for power resulting from population growth and increasing electricity loads.

Oracle and OpenAI have entered an agreement to develop 4.5 gigawatts of additional Stargate data center capacity in the U.S.

GE Vernova Inc. and Alteia SAS on July 21 announced that GE Vernova has agreed to acquire Alteia SAS. Alteia is a France-based software company specializing in AI computer vision and machine learning, to bring visual intelligence into operations.

The Missouri Public Utility Alliance on July 22 broke ground on the Marshall Energy Center, a new natural gas-fired power plant that is part of MPUA’s “Building MO Power” initiative, a long-term strategy to advance Missouri hometowns through local energy resilience.