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INDEPENDENT RESEARCH · LAW / ENERGY / INFRASTRUCTUREUS × CHINA   /   FIELDNOTES No. 01

SHARED TOPICS / RESEARCH ATLAS

Power supply

One question, across law, projects, contracts and research.

New evidence · 19 October 2026

Grid accessCost & riskPower supplyFlexibility & reliabilityLand & permitsEnvironment & efficiencyFinance & ownershipResearch methods

LAW

12 documents
China · 2.2.2

Basic Rules for Electricity Market Operation

China · 2.2.3

Basic Rules for Electricity Market Registration

China · 2.2.8

Notice on Orderly Development of Single-User Green-Power Direct Connection

China · 2.2.9

Notice on Orderly Development of Multi-User Green-Power Direct Connection

China · 2.2.11

Notice on GEC issuance for non-public-grid renewable projects

China · 2.2.23

Electricity Law of the People's Republic of China

China · 2.2.26

Notice Improving Pricing Mechanisms to Promote Nearby Consumption of New-Energy Generation

China · 2.2.27

Notice issuing the Basic Rules for the Medium- and Long-Term Electricity Market

China · 2.7.1

Acceptance notice for the EIA report form for the Gui'an Huawei Cloud Data Center AZ3 Machang Area Phase I 220 kV substation project (nuclear and radiation)

China · 2.9.1

Public notice of social-stability risk assessment for the 330 kV substation and export line of the Datang Zhongwei Cloud Base Data Center green-power supply 500 MW wind project

China · 2.11.1

Xinjiang's first multi-user green-power direct-connection projects announced

China · 2.12.1

Notice issuing Yunnan's Implementation Plan for Promoting Green-Power Direct-Connection Construction

PROJECT

3 documents
United States · 1.1.1

AWS / Talen Susquehanna Data Campus

United States · 1.1.2

Microsoft / Constellation Crane Clean Energy Center

United States · 1.1.3

Switch Citadel Campus (Tahoe Reno)

CONTRACT

12 documents
United States · 1.3.1

TerraVolt 55,000 MMBtu/day firm natural-gas supply agreement

United States · 1.5.1

Talen–AWS nuclear PPA and BTM-to-front-of-meter restructuring

United States · 1.5.2

Constellation–Microsoft 20-year nuclear PPA

United States · 1.5.3

TotalEnergies–Google two 15-year solar PPAs

United States · 1.6.4

One Blockchain–local utility 65,000 kVA ESA

United States · 1.6.6

DTE Electric-Google 1.0 GW primary supply agreement

China · 2.3.1

GDS–China Yangtze Power 2021 hydropower direct-power procurement

China · 2.3.2

VNET–CGN Solar 2023 green-power purchase agreement with five-year supply-guarantee clause

China · 2.3.3

SenseTime interprovincial green-power procurement

China · 2.4.1

China Mobile–SPIC Qaidam microgrid and EPC package

China · 2.5.1

NDRC/NEA 2025 single-user green direct-connection architecture

China · 2.5.2

NDRC/NEA 2026 multi-user green direct-connection architecture

ACADEMIC

3 documents
United States · 1.1.1

Allocating Electricity

United States · 1.2.1

The Law of Energy Abundance

China · 2.7.5

Comparison and Optimization Paths for Computing–Electricity Synergy in Typical Demonstration Zones: The Cases of Ulanqab and Qingyang

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