Tennessee

Oil & gas and construction news for subcontractors working in Tennessee — 45 stories and counting.

Kinder Morgan Advances Multiple Southeast Gas Pipeline Expansions

Kinder Morgan has FERC authorization for a $3.5B South System Expansion 4 and is building a $1.7B Mississippi Crossing line, adding Southeast gas capacity for power-sector demand. Here is the subcontractor scope.

Sep 30, 2026

Industry

NRC Issues TVA Construction Permit for First US BWRX-300 SMR

The NRC has granted TVA a construction permit for a 300-MW BWRX-300 at Clinch River in Tennessee. TVA has not yet committed to build or authorized new contractor packages.

Sep 30, 2026

Industry

Toll-Lane P3s Show Contractors a Path to Decades-Long Revenue

Two multibillion-dollar toll-lane concessions in Tennessee and Georgia are reshaping how contractors think about infrastructure work, turning construction jobs into 30- to 50-year revenue streams, according to Construction Dive.

Sep 15, 2026

Editorial image: Toll-lane corridor at dusk - Toll-Lane P3s Show Contractors a Path to Decades-Long Revenue

Industry

Power Boom Forecast Hides a Construction-Readiness Gap

A new MSI Economics forecast projects $150 billion in annual U.S. power-generation construction by 2030, but equipment shortages and interconnection delays mean only a fraction of announced capacity is actually financeable or buildable near-term.

Sep 15, 2026

Industry

Manufacturers Plan Nearly $2B in US Facility Investments This Fall

US Steel, USA Rare Earth, Array Technologies and four other manufacturers are pouring nearly $2 billion into new and expanded US facilities, creating fresh construction and skilled trade work across six states.

Sep 15, 2026

Editorial image: New manufacturing plant under construction - Manufacturers Plan Nearly $2B in US Facility Investments This Fall

Industry

Pennsylvania PUC Opens Review of Data Center Rates, Curtailment Rules

The Pennsylvania PUC voted to examine ratemaking transparency and emergency curtailment rules as data center load growth strains PJM grid capacity, setting up regulatory changes that could reshape utility rate cases and interconnection timelines.

Sep 12, 2026

Editorial image: substation grid feeding data center - Pennsylvania PUC Opens Review of Data Center Rates, Curtailment Rules

Industry

EIA: Solar Generation to Jump 21% in 2026 on Data Center Demand

The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts solar generation growth of 21% in 2026 and 18% in 2027, driven by data center and manufacturing electricity demand, with growth concentrated in ERCOT and MISO.

Sep 12, 2026

Editorial image: Aerial solar farm meets data center construction - EIA: Solar Generation to Jump 21% in 2026 on Data Center Demand

Industry

PJM Stands to Gain Most From New Transmission Study, $6.7B in Benefits

A new study from S&P Global's CERA Consulting finds 13 high-value transmission projects could deliver $15.3 billion in net benefits through 2050, with PJM capturing the largest share, pointing to a wave of upcoming transmission work.

Sep 3, 2026

Editorial image: Transmission tower construction at dusk - PJM Stands to Gain Most From New Transmission Study, $6.7B in Benefits

Revenue

Tennessee's $9.2B I-24 Toll Lanes Deal Signals Decade of Heavy-Civil Work

Tennessee has selected the DriveTN consortium, led by Cintra, Transurban, Ferrovial, Webber and AECOM, for a 50-year, $9.2 billion managed-lanes concession on I-24, opening a long pipeline of bridge, retaining-wall and traffic-management subcontracts.

Aug 24, 2026

Editorial image: Highway expansion corridor with survey stakes - Tennessee's $9.2B I-24 Toll Lanes Deal Signals Decade of Heavy-Civil Work

Industry

Memphis Contractor Says Musk Companies Owe Him $600M for Data Center Work

Darana Hybrid CEO Darryl Cuttell has filed liens against two Musk-affiliated firms managing Memphis-area xAI data centers, claiming his mechanical contracting firm is owed north of $600 million for rapid buildouts at three sites.

Aug 4, 2026

Editorial image: industry general - Memphis Contractor Says Musk Companies Owe Him $600M for Data Center Work

Compliance

Turner Industries Diversifies Beyond Petroleum as Safety Becomes a Selling Point

ENR profiles Turner Industries' pivot from a 93%-petroleum backlog into data centers, pharma, carbon capture, and nuclear work, with safety metrics driving the expansion strategy.

Aug 4, 2026

Industry

Dominion's Offshore Wind Costs Jump $288M on PJM Upgrades, Tariffs

Dominion Energy now pegs its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project at $11.7 billion, up nearly $300 million, citing PJM network upgrade charges, tariffs and revised turbine installation schedules, Utility Dive reports.

Aug 3, 2026

Industry

AI Data Centers' Rigid Power Demand, Not Size, Strains US Grids

OilPrice.com analysis argues AI data centers threaten regional grids less through total electricity use and more through concentrated, inflexible demand, pointing to flexibility deals like Google's 1 GW demand-response program.

Aug 2, 2026

Industry

Sundt Finishes $34M Texas Dam, Amtrak Advances NJ Bridge Job

Construction Dive's weekly roundup covers Sundt's completed Texas flood control dam, Amtrak's $242M Dock Bridge project, a new Granite aggregate yard in Memphis, and a Queens library groundbreaking.

Jul 31, 2026

Industry

PJM Board Files FERC Proposals to Manage Data Center Power Demand

PJM's Board of Managers has directed two regulatory filings with FERC to fast-track power procurement for data centers and create a curtailment mechanism, aiming to address a projected 6.8 GW capacity shortfall.

Jul 31, 2026

Industry

DOE Clears First Molten Salt Reactor Safety Milestone in Texas

The Department of Energy has granted its first-ever Nuclear Safety Design Agreement for a molten salt reactor, developed by Abilene Christian University, marking a regulatory step toward future construction and testing.

Jul 26, 2026

Industry

FERC Sets September Deadline for PJM Governance Overhaul

FERC Chairman Laura Swett warns PJM Interconnection must adopt board and stakeholder reforms by the end of September or the commission will impose its own changes, following a technical conference on the grid operator's governance crisis.

Jul 25, 2026

Industry

TGP Floats 219 South Expansion as 4-State Natural Gas Power Corridor Takes Shape

Tennessee Gas Pipeline opened a non-binding open season for its 219 South Project, offering up to 530,000 Dth/d of new Appalachian-to-Southeast firm capacity to meet rising power demand.

Jul 13, 2026

Industry

Grid Congestion Costs Signal Transmission Upgrade Wave for Electrical Contractors

Transmission congestion cost PJM Interconnection market participants $1.8 billion over May and June combined, a Reuters column via BOE Report reports, pointing to sustained demand for transmission and substation upgrade work.

Jul 21, 2026

Industry

NRC Staff Backs Construction Permit for TVA's BWRX-300 Reactor

NRC staff recommended approval of TVA's BWRX-300 small modular reactor at Clinch River, with a final Commission hearing set for August 13, 2026, signaling SMR construction work is moving from paper to permits.

Jul 18, 2026

Industry

FERC's Large-Load Orders Could Decide Which Data Centers Get Built First

FERC's June 18 show cause orders to six grid operators aim to standardize data center interconnection rules, and the projects that offer grid flexibility may break ground fastest, Utility Dive reports.

Jul 16, 2026

Editorial image: Data center substation interconnection gap - FERC's Large-Load Orders Could Decide Which Data Centers Get Built First

Industry

DOE Invokes Emergency Order to Shore Up PJM Grid During Mid-Atlantic Heat Wave

The Department of Energy issued a Section 202(c) emergency order on July 14, 2026, letting PJM tap 35 GW of backup generation as a record heat wave pushes peak demand past 160,000 MW.

Jul 16, 2026

Industry

PJM Capacity Auction Misses Target by 6.8 GW for Third Straight Year

PJM Interconnection's 2028/2029 capacity auction fell 6,831 MW short of reliability requirements, marking a third consecutive shortfall as data center demand outpaces new generation across the mid-Atlantic grid.

Jul 15, 2026

Industry

Exelon CEO Warns of 2027 Blackouts, Seeks Power Plant Buildout

Exelon CEO Calvin Butler says the U.S. risks blackouts by 2027 and wants states to let regulated utilities build power plants again, a shift that could reshape generation construction bidding.

Jul 13, 2026

Industry

DOE Draft Report Ties $12B Congestion Costs to Transfer Capacity Gaps

A DOE draft study finds transmission congestion cost $12 billion in 2024 and identifies interregional transfer capacity as the top fix, flagging ERCOT, the Southeast, and Northeast links as priority zones.

Jul 10, 2026

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