Abigail Spanberger

A bipartisan Senate permitting bill that could cut up to eight years off energy-project timelines is now at risk because the Trump DOJ's renewed attacks on offshore wind permits may blow up the negotiations, according to sponsor Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse.

NextEra Energy has locked in $5.7B in government-backed funding (Japan, South Korea, U.S. Commerce Department) for three gas-fired energy hubs totaling ~16.5 GW serving data center demand, reported alongside Q3 details showing a quiet solar-to-storage pivot and continued Dominion merger friction in Virginia.

Virginia imposes a $600 million data-center electricity-use tax while skipping climate rules, with a study panel slated to consider further reforms and only partial generator-related measures enacted.