Energy & Grid Management
Molly Glick
Molly Glick
Energy Central Team
·Posted in Energy & Grid Management
Tue, May 26

NEWS: Out West, massive new projects are cropping up to fill capacity gaps.

  • In New Mexico: The state Public Regulation Commission has greenlit a plan from Southwestern Public Service Co. to build new transmission and nearly 4 GW of utility-owned generation (including 2.1 GW of gas, 1.1 GW of wind, and 1.9 GWh of storage). SPS predicts summer peak demand will soar by some 40% by 2030.

  • The catch? One NM PRC commissioner claimed that future requests for proposals “must be more competitive.” 

  • And in Wyoming, Enbridge has unveiled a $1.2B solar and BESS project to feed Meta’s expanding data center footprint. The Cowboy Project will include 365 MW of solar and 1.6 GWh of storage—yet no gas, indicating that Enbridge thinks renewables can make a major dent. (After all, this isn’t their first rodeo.)

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