--- title: What's Happening in Energy - April 18 description: April 18 - Evergy large load tariff Missouri data centers, 1,100 MW Wisconsin gas turbine, NV Energy natural gas rate reduction. Weekly energy regulatory analysis from Halcyon. --- [What's Happening in Energy ](https://halcyon.io/blog/whatshappeninginenergy) # [What's Happening in Energy - April 18](https://halcyon.io/blog/whatshappeninginenergy/april18) Written by [Nat Bullard](https://halcyon.io/blog/whatshappeninginenergy/author/nat-bullard) | May 29, 2025 1:48:16 AM What's Happening in Energy highlights the most interesting findings from public utility commission filings. Subscribe below to get these insights delivered straight to your inbox: ## What's Happening in Energy — April 18 Powered by Halcyon ## __ In **Missouri **(new state!), Evergy has issued a [substantial update](https://storage.googleapis.com/core_entities/4a5382e6-643b-4ceb-a423-3446b8284ce3?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_9Zg9yA9MGbJUq1FKtt88qZS9i5zY_uGoOVuWA3XkrOJnBiHwtoIw2RmVAAAk5sr_qVmdSJc3u6JRkrhAhq3pOq4zJyA&_hsmi=356228695&utm_content=356228695) to its 2024 triennial integrated resource plan. The basics: load growth, a lot of it, for the first time in more than a decade, and most (if not all) of it from a single large customer. It’s noteworthy enough that I made a chart: __ Also in **Missouri, **and not coincidental, is a new-ish application from Evergy “for Approval of New and Modified Tariffs for Service to Large Load Customers.” Plenty of data center operators are weighing in.  [Docket profile](https://app.halcyon.io/processes/2c84ee8f-042f-4382-b748-39c5e87257d9?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_x7O62_hnwLHvtqH4X11K29B_n0gp31BsQ5SPrcqnPSxJMg6K8xi1I3Y5xqB1v81Er2yEK3zhsVixc4ZslD-PDBbDUxA&_hsmi=356228695&utm_content=356228695&utm_source=hs_email)  __ A rarity (these days) in another newly-covered state, **Nevada**: a utility (NV Energy) is *lowering *rates (for natural gas).  [Docket profile](https://app.halcyon.io/processes/54720d5b-d3f9-4eb0-9c64-82f877e79562?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Qnnp87wc-qBqHasPT_qF7IXXtg6V0smHDosQWwympAzR-zvjn6qd9Yf-TD5RyHxBZixzhGCn95GlbMlnD2caBDme6Eg&_hsmi=356228695&utm_content=356228695) [Filing](https://halcyon.io/e3t/Ctc/2P+113/d5d4r804/VXdT_R6t1RQDW4n9gF16CbH_XW95j2m75vfbymN67vcp43lYMRW7Y8-PT6lZ3kGW5HldvB7v-R8NW4L4hc21BKrwgW8TVktQ5rdMd3W4Jd1D61NbjQ-W95_fhT8XfGbXW3XtVxc5Pv46hMcSHP6pXzJ0VfXPd25WVLwFVJLgm24scZ7zW8L9vBd28-jXdW4dFCy28yfG2QW68Mw1h5V-tRcW1V7DBF7BtPgXW1MshJ-321sqGW7pghBM4RGWy8N4M5z4pvNK5xW4QRSKB6gN9d6W94Z6MX2CZDCYW6PGhf79f2zX3MgFCYg4yswbW69dR5q8yMmYfW3SyMfT4-Dzs5W10C4XX1wDD8gN2rPnxYf4rsnW6_wbj62926DHW3G53653p5GmCdM2gNY04) __ Another new state! **Wisconsin** — where proceedings to approve or deny a 1,100 megawatt gas combustion turbine project are underway. Not shown here, but indicated through repeated references to large load customers — another factory- or data center-driven grid expansion.  [Docket profile](https://app.halcyon.io/processes/05073147-f013-4475-92ba-22be5b029439?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_aP0IPLmX8r06PbTfTnoyaLFUJk3K20XwOB1Y5Gm_J64ik-BiqYwSdIliMvu4L4SRuZpRs02ZfA157y2iEaNVq9XRJxg&_hsmi=356228695&utm_content=356228695) __ In **Oregon**, Portland General Electric has filed its 2026 annual power cost update tariff. Here is the [kickoff](https://storage.googleapis.com/core_entities/3ce5d2bf-374a-4d61-a541-ca94fe180a60?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-81qQAcRXfDvX9QMUWZWvyJ_lE_Ah1lo_ZVJPbhk0BBd70D2N2C5nHQeRdlsrzMdJ1opXCOlrMUTKUcdhcznDv-_BqHXw&_hsmi=356228695&utm_content=356228695) document (236 pages). [Docket profile](https://app.halcyon.io/processes/635e3316-cfde-47d7-afa8-17e4b63aa1ab?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_yY8gOpRBBqkk7cgJzVXlNcloyDPeptEKpOKHnJqXwsZ4HwAzaUpXpWCcWC-myM06_mxLuIbE3gCIj05yOpL6o4u9BhQ&_hsmi=356228695&utm_content=356228695&utm_source=hs_email) __ Still in the Pacific Northwest: another **Washington** utility, NW Natural Gas, [tackles the accounting](https://app.halcyon.io/processes/47917d97-7d23-44a4-84e1-2e9ced93e3ab?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9PdPhlBz-aYxpH3wVpvmxKUONdQPGS8QTW6LTisDwN6EUqaXH1Y8WccipN9_gQbQ5neLRfZdUNI4Dqk-t_FkIrAJJh0g&_hsmi=356228695&utm_content=356228695) required for tariffs on Canadian natural gas imports.   __ The **Arizona **Electric Power Cooperative is raising $94 million in long-term financing. This is a new proceeding, so you can follow it from the start at the [Docket profile](https://app.halcyon.io/processes/9fe20bcc-6fe7-4e46-8806-62661f12695e?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--A_87uhQkOjfEjYCOCrirulUfMROLMu_R_qFCMlMZlAJSTIlaPnK8g7V3Es586g1f4lgV_uW9VUDhM1xKJh2BFma6L9w&_hsmi=356228695&utm_content=356228695) or jump right into the 352-page [Application](https://halcyon.eco/e3t/Ctc/2P+113/d5d4r804/VXdT_R6t1RQDW4n9gF16CbH_XW95j2m75vfbymN67vcp43lYMRW7Y8-PT6lZ3nGW73Kps81f5kh6W3-yGgG2twHCZW3cCnnG5_HCC4W91q4zL7mFDYRN5zGTmBYNg5fN9f82X17QZ77N41lxKR7NyJZN7tdxvsf3qhlW1gKzc121tJptW4zyLHt8z32CCV-C1M27dFRZpVFzDcv89JLdJW3ZTT45557zQ9W5dQnLg5yyZhXW2NM5fd9kNhNtN8RVl7V7WRVXW3wLQM_4bP-LJW4ybt4H7PYvwgW3nVs3l8B8Hc-W1HJsV61qcKT-W6BgKXZ8nvgysVdyTbx8k5n7JW9l-0s02r7fgHW89XqfK3lH94_VJ12d66y7ng8W1QyH7944p-jlf3Bg5Hn04) document. __ Also in **Arizona**, the Columbia Electric Cooperative has opened a proceeding to revise its net metering tariff to include batteries. Not the world’s biggest electric system, but worth reading to see how much has changed since the tariff was established in 2010.  [Docket profile](https://app.halcyon.io/processes/9fe20bcc-6fe7-4e46-8806-62661f12695e?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_dfrHa4G_3bEPJ8xh8z8zhm8fehqMExp6gQNgT6dY_IlhWp5KuLRrSBkSOu8beYXqz7BqBC-Owt5eLgIzzKH6QWqhIXg&_hsmi=356228695&utm_content=356228695)   [Filing](https://halcyon.eco/e3t/Ctc/2P+113/d5d4r804/VXdT_R6t1RQDW4n9gF16CbH_XW95j2m75vfbymN67vcp43lYMRW7Y8-PT6lZ3nPW8lrrS05493XLW52d15t8Jb23ZN4DS5DWZ3zrdW78BhgY3dQPyQN4JkdmzLqymqW5KcPGt1P3781W72Dy-H64XQNHW48s4Vk77K-VcW5Xh4Wt2cDHzlW9cF6JZ98hP8-VP0G875w7G56W7sPptr8HPHhVW78XW9T8xPfY1W7nGb6F80PVN5W7-dNqB5gD5FtW5x_2nr3Xsj45VdBlQd5kChDcN1lw5q_DHkckW2d-vCX2Bkd1zW37MKWs5WYgw3W7yqGHD8Lp_YfW8Fm13v3M8nTkW5xbkSX7cX1r8W45pkJH9bpz71W3frRgM7LbNtwN6Hpq9ffV1FTf89xQrP04) __ A useful docket in **Virginia** concerning data center-driven electricity rate increases. Hundreds of comments filed in the past week! [Docket profile](https://app.halcyon.io/processes/d83fbee3-7c3f-4541-9cc6-612235aa5ac1?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8UhEWqstBj__Ioi07clwL5XlKVtSgaoYY4XVxSv_lXM94Fkd9Jfc0-VPvAVpv3l1-6zunyCn7UaG_lYeq_vnsJ59RJwQ&_hsmi=356228695&utm_content=356228695&utm_source=hs_email)  __ And lastly in New York State, a transcript worth reading on Consolidated Edison’s contentious rate case. [Filing](https://storage.googleapis.com/core_entities/6a38a713-0921-464c-b61c-ea1a7df0ee5b?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_FXov2_YHVp2r_PpkydKd0SS6yV2S3V-WRdfy6kgr0UOFTKvdawNDGi8sinSi3PtmWHVXm5Ob5UxOMBv87__RsVx2-1g&_hsmi=356228695&utm_content=356228695&utm_source=hs_email) [View full post](https://halcyon.io/blog/whatshappeninginenergy/april18) ```json { "@context" : "http://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Nat Bullard" }, "dateModified" : "2026-04-10T00:46:13.884Z", "datePublished" : "2025-05-29T01:48:16Z", "headline" : "What's Happening in Energy - April 18", "image" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 2160, "url" : "https://44417762.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/44417762/whie_april%2018.png", "width" : 3840 }, "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://halcyon.io/blog/whatshappeninginenergy/april18", "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 60.0, "url" : "https://44417762.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/44417762/Halcyon%20Horizontal%20Transparent-2.png", "width" : 190.85974 }, "name" : "What's Happening in Energy" } } ```