Joseph Dominguez

Notable Quotes

Every dollar we invest to enhance and modernize the nation's largest nuclear fleet will pay dividends for American families and businesses by creating jobs, keeping costs down, improving reliability and adding much-needed capacity to fuel economic growth.

from America's nuclear fleet goes digital · Updated May 21

Stories

America's grid race: Building power for the AI era

Built World

Leading post-Calpine integration

West Virginia has no base-load natural gas power plants online. Governor Patrick Morrisey announced that Calpine, a Constellation Energy subsidiary, will build a $1 billion, 500-megawatt gas plant in Marshall County as part of $4.2 billion in energy investments. The investments, drawn in just four weeks, aim to transform a coal-dependent economy into what Morrisey calls 'the battery of the East Coast.'

Updated May 22

America's nuclear fleet goes digital

Built World

Leading nation's largest nuclear fleet modernization

The NRC approved something unprecedented in January 2026: replacing analog safety controls at an operating reactor with fully digital systems. Constellation's $167 million upgrade at Limerick replaces 1980s-era control rooms with digital command centers — the first time regulators have approved swapping multiple analog safety systems for a single digital platform with fuel rods still running.

Updated May 21

FERC forces PJM to rewrite the rules for power-hungry, power-adjacent data centers

Rule Changes

Pushing for clear, workable rules for nuclear-adjacent data-center deals

Data centers found a shortcut: park next to a generator and drink power without waiting years for grid upgrades. On Dec. 18, FERC doubled down—unanimously—ordering PJM to rewrite its tariff so co-located mega-load can't stay "invisible" to planning, service definitions, and cost responsibility.

Updated May 15