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A national briefing on power, data centers, gas, land, and the policy that decides where large load can be built.
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A 1.4 Bcf/d, 350-mile line across North Dakota from late 2029, with spare capacity expected, makes eastern North Dakota a gas-backed option we will watch for large loads.
About 12% a year of large-load growth through 2030, including a Verrus site of up to 420 MW, keeps Oregon utility capacity in play even with state permits paused.
Data centers now take 15% of Hubbell's electrical sales and it plans $200 million of new capacity in 2027, which tells us gear lead times stay tight next year.
Duke moving South Carolina to a standard large load tariff while Dominion keeps one-off contracts means we expect clearer terms for new loads on Duke's side first.
Police opening a criminal case over 816 acres of cleared forest shows land clearing ahead of permits can now carry criminal risk, so we check clearing approvals early.
Homes a county road away from a 420-acre Google campus now want buyouts, so we flag sites with houses on the fence line as a cost and schedule risk, not just a hearing risk.
A 14 MW lease with talks toward 114 MW shows AI cloud firms taking ready capacity abroad in small blocks, which competes with US sites for the same near-term tenants.
A non-binding MoU with no capacity named and a 24-month exclusivity window is an option on land, not a project, so we would count it only after studies are done.
About 300 MMcf/d more on Midwestern Gas Transmission plus a new lateral to an Indiana power plant shows Midwest gas supply for generation is getting firm commitments.
Local reviewers say only federal regulators can set pipeline volume, so we read gas capacity on replacement lines from federal filings, not from local hearings.
A preliminary filing for more than 3,000 acres of federal land near Jerome adds to 12 proposals on 17,500 BLM acres, so we now screen federal parcels alongside private land.
Sending an approved site back for council review shows prior approvals can be reopened, so we treat suburban infill entitlements as revocable until building permits issue.
The landowner taking over a 1,250 MW plan after the developer left shows control of the land can outlast the developer, so we track who holds title, not just who announced.
Staff were told to stop taking data center applications now, ahead of a Nov. 5 resolution and hearings into January, so we treat Tampa city sites as closed for now.
A 9-2 council vote set new data center rules aimed at the far Northwest side, where most of the city's data centers sit, so we expect stricter review there, not a ban.
A unanimous resolution suspending data center permits, with an ordinance held in reserve, adds another southwest New Mexico pause, so we keep that area off our active list.
A pause extended to April 27, 2027 with no proposals ever received shows Ohio townships writing rules ahead of demand, so we check township status before county status.
A draft that allows hyperscale sites by right in only two zoning districts, with larger setbacks, narrows where we look in Tulsa to industrial land with room for buffers.
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