August 6, 2026
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Self-Supplied Sites Move Ahead While Grid Projects Wait
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We Energies
We Energies is a Wisconsin-based utility company that does not directly operate datacenters in Texas, though it serves electricity customers in Wisconsin and Michigan.
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FERC Orders Six Grid Operators to Defend the Rules or Rewrite Them
May 5, 2026
Seven Hyperscalers Sign On: Self-Funded Power Is the New Permit PriceWisconsin's revised We Energies tariff and North Carolina's proposed Ratepayer and Resource Protection Act both require large loads to fund their own infrastructure, with North Carolina adding a 25% on-site clean generation mandate that bars credits and virtual PPAs.
April 27, 2026
Wisconsin Makes Hyperscalers Pay 100% of Their Own Generation BuildWisconsin's Public Service Commission ruled today that Microsoft's Mount Pleasant campus and Vantage's Port Washington facility must cover 100% of construction costs for new We Energies generation tied to their load, plus transmission upgrades, with a minimum billing demand charge that floors transmission fees regardless of actual use.
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