How fast-tracking fossil gas could snarl the Midwest grid

Published on May 6, 2025

A battle is brewing over who gets to plug into the Midwest’s power grid first. Utilities and state regulators are backing a plan that would fast-track certain new fossil-gas power plants while leaving hundreds of gigawatts of competitively bid solar, wind, and battery projects mired in the boglike interconnection…

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