Staff writer, @CUnewsdata. Formerly @SpokesmanReview, @uticaOD, @The_Citizen. @LeMoyne grad. @Yankees fan. Dog lover. Story tips: [email protected].

Spokane, WA
Joined April 2013
The Oregon PUC could rescind a site permit for the Boardman to Hemingway transmission line based on allegations that PacifiCorp’s intent to use the project to serve data center loads no longer aligns with the public interest. Read the story by @gregpmason newsdata.com/clearing_up/cou…
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PacifiCorp’s 2025 clean-energy plan filing in Oregon outlines its aggressive push to acquire the resources needed to meet the state’s greenhouse gas emissions-reduction standards by 2030. Read the story by @gregpmason newsdata.com/clearing_up/sup…
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Grid Forward and @EnergyNewsData discussed joining @PrvntWildfires, the coalition’s plans to advocate for nationwide best practices and policies, and how GF will utilize its knowledge in #gridmodernization.🌲 Read the full interview: newsdata.com/clearing_up/opi…
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Puget Sound Energy is joining the Southwest Power Pool's Markets+ initiative instead of CAISO’s EDAM, joining BPA and others in a decision that has implications for the West’s power market landscape. More by @ayla_burnett: newsdata.com/clearing_up/pug…
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Idaho Power and Meta have a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for Pleasant Valley Solar 1, a 200-MW solar project in Ada County that will serve a Meta data center in Kuna, Idaho. Full story by @gregpmason newsdata.com/clearing_up/sup…
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The Oregon House of Representatives on April 22 passed a bill directing energy regulators to ensure data centers, cryptocurrency miners and similar high-energy users are paying their fair share of energy costs. Story by @gregpmason newsdata.com/clearing_up/cou…
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Northwest energy groups are calling on the Department of Energy to exempt Bonneville Power Administration from the federal hiring freeze. Leaders argue an exemption would boost the grid and align with DOE's goal of "unleashing American energy dominance." newsdata.com/clearing_up/nor…
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EVs will be accelerating (sorry, can't resist) in the NW in coming years. Learn more about the whys, hows and impacts, esp. to the regional electric system, at a Feb. 21 webinar featuring a panel of experts. Please join us! hopin.com/events/the-road-ah…
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NorthWestern Energy says it’s buying Avista’s 222 MW share of the coal-fired Colstrip power plant. The deal gives the beleaguered plant better odds of staying open after 2025, when its four PNW owners plan to exit.
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Worried about an increasingly tight power grid, 18 Western utilities and other entities have signed up for the Western Resource Adequacy Program. The Western Power Pool says one or two others could soon commit.
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