
Power in Numbers: The Uneven Effects of Data Center Development
As data center demand rises, the amount of new power capacity that can be added in a timely manner is limited, but opportunity exists for small expansions of existing infrastructure.
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As data center demand rises, the amount of new power capacity that can be added in a timely manner is limited, but opportunity exists for small expansions of existing infrastructure.
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The number of deadlines approaching this year is relatively low historically, and while FERC’s lack of rate case initiation thus far in 2024 is not surprising given other priorities, annual financial fillings could result in rate proceedings this fall.

A recent filing by Louisiana Energy Gateway, LLC (LEG) at FERC is the latest chapter in a litigious saga with implications for all intrastate gathering pipelines.

The risk of the recent Zachry bankruptcy proceeding causing delays to Golden Pass is substantially higher than it was in the past for Cameron or Freeport.

In the event that Congress can’t get their act together for some reasons, projects at risk of delay include CP2, Bison XPress, and Holbrook, collectively representing 8.61 bcf/d.

The most interesting discussion in FERC’s order involved challenges to the Commission’s analysis regarding GTN’s demonstration of need, in light of state and local climate laws that petitioners claimed would lower gas demand.

The number of deadlines approaching this year is relatively low historically, and while FERC’s lack of rate case initiation thus far in 2024 is not surprising given other priorities, annual financial fillings could result in rate proceedings this fall.

New rules are impactful to gas and power markets, with potential to speed up or slow down project development and increase investment in some sectors while decreasing it in others.