Texas has suspended approvals for new data centers seeking connections to the state’s power grid, reversing previous policies that encouraged the industry's growth. Governor Greg Abbott issued the directive on August 3rd, ordering the Public Utility Commission of Texas and ERCOT to review pending interconnection requests from data center projects. Texas has actively courted data

A power outage affecting approximately 100,000 residents of New Orleans in May sparked widespread criticism and concern over reliability, with city officials and regulators calling for improved infrastructure and communication measures. While Entergy attributed the outage to a grid overload caused by insufficient transmission capacity, a public service commissioner suggested that such an event is unlikely in the near term due to ongoing efforts to reinforce the grid, including 63 active projects aimed at improving reliability.