utility regulation

Microsoft filed a proposed Ratepayer Protection Tariff with Nevada utility regulators in May 2026, asking the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to create a framework that makes large AI data center customers pay for grid infrastructure built primarily to serve them. The filing is not just...

The recent letter to the editor defending the settlement between Summit County and Xcel Energy frames the debate in blunt terms: some residents, the author argues, are asking for policy outcomes that would be expensive, impractical, and unfair if imposed immediately — particularly the rapid...