ERCOT wants to pay legacy battery and renewable projects to upgrade inverters and boost grid stability. (ESS News) Under new rules, only projects with interconnection agreements signed after April 1 ...

Trump’s confusing “war of bad choice” against Iran has produced vivid unavoidable, anti-Trump display ads all across the country — EXXON: $4.20.9, Shell: $4.18.9, BP:$4.21.9; Crown:$4.09.9–and so it ...

In Phoenix, a clean energy slate won an eight-to-six majority on the board of Arizona’s largest public utility. The typically low-stakes race drew national attention from groups on the left (Jane ...

Utilities are being asked to solve for affordability, grid reliability, and demand growth all at the same time. Solving any one of these in isolation makes the others harder to manage. These are not ...

Consumer advocacy org Public Citizen is asking FERC to rethink its dismissal of a PJM market monitor complaint. It would have allowed a temporary pause on new data center interconnections until the ...

Immediate Release, Wednesday 8 July 2026 (IDTechEx, Cambridge, UK)- China and the EU are currently leading the way for second-life (2L) electric vehicle (EV) battery applications, pushing stronger ...

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Recently, the Associated Press (AP) covered an ostensible plan to develop a massive, 10 GW data center, and "up to" 10 GW natural gas generation plant to power it, in southern Ohio. It's one of many ...

With the rapid growth of AI data centers and the expansion of renewable energy projects, the transformer market has entered a period of high demand. As a core component of power transmission, the ...

I recently wrote this post about the idea that I had recently observed some otherwise level-headed people discussing: how we could make it possible (from a regulatory compliance point of view) for AI ...

Speaking at CERAWeek, she said she hears from utilities about AI-driven demand around 9X more than from hyperscalers. And when tech companies do engage with FERC? Swett noted that they “show a lack of ...

Over 70% of solar factories inspected globally showed “major” or “critical” defects last year, a new Intertek CEA report found. (PV Tech) The data spans >80,000 inspections across 340+ PV ...