What's Happening in Energy highlights the most interesting findings from public utility commission filings.

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What's Happening in Energy — April 25
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Georgia Power Company’s 2029-31 all-source capacity request for proposals has been underway since July of 2023. Check out Halcyon’s AI-powered Docket profile and also, this new document with seven (!) pages of Georgia Power staff evaluating the RFP.

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In Florida, Duke Energy has calculated the cost savings of four solar projects, as compared to natural gas-fired power. Quote: “These project’s plants will all provide fuel savings…Based on the cost per kWh of natural gas in DEF’s 2025 fuel projection filing.”

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A useful docket in Maryland for monitoring the state’s implementation of FERC Order No. 2222.  Lots of detailed filings on what distributed energy resources are being proposed, built, and approved  across different utility service territories.
Docket profile
Pepco 2024 Small Generator Interconnection Report

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Also in Maryland, leaky gas pipes! Montgomery County in particular is on track for a record year for gas coupling leaks (by count) in Montgomery and Prince George’s County.
Docket profile
Filing

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Worth watching in Michigan: Consumers Energy has filed an application to add a “data center provision” to its tariff sheets.  You can guess how the Data Center Coalition thinks about it.  September 16 is the deadline for the fully developed record in the proceeding. 
Docket profile

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Also data center-related, in Nevada: Callisto Enterprises LLC (Google) is seeking an energy supply agreement with NV Energy. Fervo’s Corsac project is supplying the project.  Of interest at the moment? The utility is revising its pricing model, but its details will be kept confidential for at least five years following the termination of its agreement — so, two decades from now.
Docket profile
Supplemental Direct Testimony

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In Arkansas, Southwest Electric Power Co has applied to set new electricity rates. The case is suspended (in the normal, not-an-issue way) while the commission’s staff reviews for at least 30 days. You can follow this rate case here:
Docket profile

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Not big dollars, but a big % move: in Iowa the city of Johnston wants to apply a 5% surcharge on utility MidAmerican’s gross revenue from the sale of electricity and distribution services within the city’s corporate limits.
Docket profile
Ordinance

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Two more Texas Energy Fund projects have fallen out of the application pile.  The latest two? Application 131 (Emberclear Management and Jupiter Island Capital) and Application 122 (Frontier Group) are out because they did not meet the state’s due diligence requirements.  Worth reading the entire summary.
Docket profile  

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A (gas) rate case in Virginia: Southwestern Virginia Gas Company has requested an overall increase in annual operating revenue of 6.3%. The State Corporation Commission “does not oppose the company’s request to implement its rate increase on an interim basis.” Read the document and docket for more — small overall numbers, but it’s the rate, and the award, that matter.
Docket profile
Filing