Trump and Northeastern state governors ask grid operator PJM to hold an auction for tech companies to fund new power plants, amid the AI boom
President Donald Trump and the governors of several US Northeastern states agreed to push for an emergency wholesale electricity auction …
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@manuelsalgado
Manuel Salgado
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This seems pretty bad. Now every new data center gets to be a gas powerplant too. How about some NOx and children's asthma to go along with your AI chatbot giving you wrong information? bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01- 15/trump-to-direct-key-us-grid-operator - to-hold-emerg…
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@waltbaldwin@mastodon.energy
Walt Baldwin
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Trump and the governors of several US states agreed to push PJM for an emergency wholesale electricity auction that would compel technology companies to effectively fund new power plants. — “While a ‘statement of principles’ doesn't appear to include a legal mandate for PJM to …
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