POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   September 15, 2025 NRC Accepts COLA for Fermi America’s Behemoth Four-Unit AP1000 Nuclear Plant in Texas The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted for review initial portions of a combined license application (COLA) from Dallas-based Fermi America to build and operate four […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   September 8, 2025 The Role of Autonomous Drones in Long-Range Transmission Line Inspections Inspecting and monitoring long-distance transmission lines has always been both costly and dangerous for utilities. Networks that stretch across remote, rugged terrain make traditional methods like climbing towers, deploying […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   September 3, 2025 Federal Grid Interventions Enter a Second Phase as DOE Extends Emergency Orders The Trump administration's unprecedented use of emergency grid authorities entered a second phase in August 2025, as the Department of Energy (DOE) extended three critical reliability orders. […]

Xcel Energy’s comprehensive modernization of the Cabin Creek pumped-storage facility—featuring an innovative 11-blade turbine runner—earned the station a POWER Top Plant award. The retrofit project not

In a sun-drenched Nevada desert, the Gemini project became America’s largest dispatchable single-phase solar + storage system, powering up to 10% of Nevada’s peak demand. This POWER Top Plant award winner

Solar and wind power have become increasingly cost-competitive over the past decade, prompting claims that they are now the cheapest sources of new electricity. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   August 27, 2025 Constellation Outlines Nuclear Expansion Plans at Clinton Site as Meta Partnership Strengthens Constellation Energy is evaluating specific regulatory pathways to enable potential deployment of advanced nuclear reactors at its Clinton Clean Energy Center. The measure could mark the first […]

AI and Automation Critical Insights Sponsored by: Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are rapidly redefining the power sector, moving from experimental pilots to enterprise-wide solutions that enhance everything from grid reliability to financial decision-making. As the industry accelerates toward decarbonization and digital transformation, AI is emerging as a critical enabler of smarter, more adaptive, and […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   August 25, 2025 TVA Inks First U.S. Utility PPA for Gen IV Nuclear Power in Landmark Three-Way Deal with Google, Kairos The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has signed a first-of-its-kind power purchase agreement (PPA) with advanced nuclear technology firm Kairos Power to […]

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Despite nuclear power’s unmatched ability to produce reliable, carbon-free energy at scale, it is often dismissed by clean energy advocates in favor of renewable resources like wind and solar. Cost arguments and public misconceptions around safety and radioactive waste have kept it out of many mainstream climate strategies. But as Tim Gregory argues in his […]

Constants loaded at 2025-08-11T18:12:04.369Z   POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   August 11, 2025 DOE’s Fifth Emergency Order—for PJM—Caps Summer of Escalating Grid Risk The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued its fifth 202(c) emergency order this year, directing PJM Interconnection to override environmental limits and dispatch an […]

More than 100 of the world’s largest energy companies are betting that artificial intelligence (AI) will revolutionize how electricity gets made, moved, and managed. But they’re not waiting for Silicon Valley to build it for them—they’ve taken matters into their own hands through an EPRI-led consortium. That initiative is the Open Power AI Consortium, which […]

Constants loaded at 2025-08-06T15:02:50.427Z   Constants loaded at 2025-08-06T14:45:18.757Z   POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   August 6, 2025 EPA Extends Coal Ash Compliance Deadlines, Citing Utility, Contractor Strain Citing a mounting compliance crunch in America’s coal-fired power sector, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized new […]

Constants loaded at 2025-08-04T17:01:27.771Z   Constants loaded at 2025-08-04T16:59:34.686Z   POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   August 4, 2025 PJM’s Record-High Capacity Prices Spark Sector Reckoning as Market Signals, Policy Battles Intensify Capacity prices in PJM Interconnection’s latest auction spiked to the market’s price ceiling, hitting $329.17/MW-day across […]

Great River Energy’s dynamic line rating (DLR) project is the largest DLR deployment to date in the U.S. based on the number of sensors installed. Early results identified a 48.92% increase in power carrying

A Portuguese island that once relied almost exclusively on expensive diesel fuel shipments to keep the lights on now runs entirely on wind and solar power for nearly half the year. Graciosa didn’t just

MHI to Supply Four Circulating Water Pumps for Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant in China. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) received an order for the supply of four circulating water pumps (CWP) for Units 5 and

On July 4, 2025, President Trump officially signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) into law. The White House called it “a once-in-a-generation piece of legislation.” The power sector is among

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In a special edition of The POWER Podcast, released in collaboration with the McCrary Institute’s Cyber Focus podcast, POWER’s executive editor, Aaron Larson, and Frank Cilluffo, director of the McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security and Professor of Practice at Auburn University, discuss the evolving power grid and cybersecurity challenges. Specifically, they highlight […]

Constants loaded at 2025-07-28T21:02:15.816Z   Constants loaded at 2025-07-28T21:00:33.985Z   Constants loaded at 2025-07-28T20:44:36.584Z   Constants loaded at 2025-07-28T20:26:44.514Z   Operations and Maintenance Critical Insights Sponsored by: The backbone of any successful power generation facility lies not only in its initial design and construction, but also in the ongoing excellence of its operations and maintenance […]

Constants loaded at 2025-07-28T17:25:13.004Z   POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   July 28, 2025 China Breaks Ground for World's Largest Hydropower Station China has started construction of what would be the world's largest hydropower dam. Chinese Premier Li Qiang on July 19 led a ceremony marking groundbreaking for […]

XCharge North America (XCharge NA) is a provider of high-power electric vehicle (EV) charging and battery-integrated solutions designed to strengthen the North American electrical grid. Since its inception in 2022, XCharge NA has developed a suite of products designed to enhance the efficiency and accessibility of EV charging, most recently launching its GridLink product in […]

Constants loaded at 2025-07-23T21:12:58.929Z   Constants loaded at 2025-07-23T21:02:46.111Z   Constants loaded at 2025-07-23T20:52:33.881Z   POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   July 23, 2025 Nuclear Developer Oklo Advances Dual Alliances Targeting Data Center and Industrial Power Needs Advanced nuclear technology company Oklo entered into two separate high-profile collaborative […]

Constants loaded at 2025-07-21T14:14:04.283Z   Constants loaded at 2025-07-21T14:08:45.625Z   POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   July 21, 2025 A Modern Blueprint for Coastal Power: China’s Offshore Solar-Hydrogen Integration Built on degraded tidal flats in China’s Jiangsu Province, CHN Energy’s Rudong project combines 400 MW of offshore photovoltaic […]

The name Mike Richter is well-known among hockey fans. Richter spent 15 years in the National Hockey League as a goalie for the New York Rangers, including in 1994 when he was a fixture in the net during the team’s Stanley Cup winning season. Richter was also recognized as the most valuable player for the […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   July 14, 2025 A Transformative Dawn: South Fork Wind Leads America’s Offshore Reboot Winning POWER’s highest honor, South Fork Wind—the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in U.S. federal waters—stands as a beacon for the power sector’s ambition to forge new industries in the […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   July 7, 2025 Out of Sync: The Infrastructure Misalignment Undermining the U.S. Grid  U.S. power infrastructure—the intricate physical fabric that laces together generation, transmission, and distribution—is under intensifying strain. Outdated and overextended, it must now absorb relentless growth from electrification and data […]