AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoData Center Power Crunch: America’s biggest grid operator is warning that AI-driven demand plus slow permitting and retiring plants could force deliberate power cuts to data centers during peak hours, with PJM floating “differential reliability” that prioritizes homes and businesses over hyperscale loads. Permitting Backlash: Delaware says its permitting “quagmire” is blocking new generation and grid upgrades as demand climbs, while the EPA is also moving to let “non-emitting” work start before air permits are finalized—sparking fresh alarm from environmental groups. Climate Accountability Fight: New Zealand’s government is set to amend climate law to limit tort claims, drawing sharp pushback from the Green Party and Greenpeace over shielding major polluters from lawsuits. Pollution Rules Tighten: Brussels is reinforcing the EU’s war on water pollution with updated chemical and drug controls, and Sri Lanka is moving toward pollutant-based charges and stricter environmental approvals. Energy on the Ground: Colorado’s Suncor refinery hit a second smoke-and-flaring incident in a month after an electrical outage, while the Interior Department approved the U.S.’s first-ever tribal energy resource agreement with the Southern Ute Tribe.
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