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FERC Orders All Six Regional Grid Operators to Justify or Rewrite Large-Load Tariffs
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has voted unanimously to issue tailored show-cause orders under Section 206 of the Federal Power Act to each of the six regional transmission organizations…
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Why a Calmer Summer Outlook Hasn’t Settled the Capacity Question
A milder reliability assessment, 58 GW of new resources, and softening load forecasts have eased the near-term mood. Analysts and executives warn the breathing room is borrowed time. For the first time in
Battery Energy Storage, Grid Investments Surge Across Europe
A major renewable energy developer and a leading independent asset manager have joined to support a portfolio of battery energy storage systems in Poland, part of the continuing buildout of new power infrastructure across Europe.
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Advanced Technologies Tackling Task of Grid Hardening
Companies are deploying a variety of strategies in efforts to strengthen the power grid against severe weather and other issues.
 
Energizing AI: How Modular Substations Alleviate Data Center Power Bottlenecks
Data center developers have mastered server density and cooling, but power interconnection remains stubbornly slow. Modular substations built in factories rather than fields are emerging as the most practical
From Tail Risk to Design Baseline: How the Grid Is Adapting to Extreme Heat
System planners and grid operators are treating extreme heat as an assumed operating condition given new pressures, including drought, demand growth, and fuel concerns. Will it be enough? For decades,…
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The Future of Field Operations: A Better App Strategy for Mobile Crews
Shadow a utility work crew for a day and you would be amazed at how many obstacles, inefficiencies, and headaches they face from the mobile applications they use. These teams are productive despite those applications, not because of them.
What Utilities Need to Know About the 900-MHz 'NextNav' FCC Proceeding
NextNav, a Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) company with a history of telecommunications mergers, requested a rule change that would allow it to build out a network of high-power broadband operations. The proposed rule would impact every U.S. electric utility.
America's Grid Capacity Problem Has a Building Problem
The electricity conversation in America has become increasingly focused on one question: How do we meet rising demand? The surge in artificial intelligence, data centers, electrification, and domestic manufacturing is…
Quantum Sensor Ambitions: A New Horizon for Utility Innovation
Meeting the increasingly important but complex needs of the energy industry requires not only excellent design and engineering, but also advanced sensor capabilities that extend beyond the limits of current…
Public Power’s Affordability Edge Faces Its Hardest Test in Years
For decades, the pitch for community-owned electric utilities has been simple enough to fit on a bill insert: lower rates, reliable service, and decisions made close to home. The numbers…
The Grid, Not Just Generation, Has Become the Central Climate Story
For much of the past decade, the climate and energy debate has been fixated on how electricity is generated: which technologies are cheapest on paper, how renewables can scale fastest, which breakthrough is
A Republican and a Democrat Walk Into EEI—and Agree on Data Centers
Brian Kemp is a Republican. Katie Hobbs is a Democrat. The governor of Georgia campaigns on tax cuts and a growth agenda; the governor of Arizona calls herself a social worker who came to the job from a
AI, Data Centers, and the New Politics of Power Demand
Artificial intelligence (AI) has overturned the long-stable trajectory of U.S. electricity demand. After decades of flat growth, planners and regulators now face a surge driven by hyperscale data
Looking for Power in the Wrong Places
The U.S. averages 470 GW of demand, reaches summer peaks of 759 GW, and has 1,250 GW of generation capacity. Does that sound like a grid running out of power?…
Ore Energy Will Deploy 1 GWh of Iron-Air Long-Duration Energy Storage in Europe
Ore Energy, the Netherlands-based iron-air multi-day energy storage company, on June 22 announced an agreement with Budget Thuis, one of the largest Dutch energy suppliers, to deploy 1 GWh of iron-air long-duration energy storage (LDES).
Pumped Storage Additions Lead Global Hydropower Growth
The International Hydropower Association (IHA) said global installed hydropower capacity reached 1,469 GW in 2025 after the addition of 28 GW of new capacity during the year, including a record 11.6 GW of pumped storage. Pumped storage capacity surpassed 200 GW globally for the first time.
REV Renewables, Community Choice Aggregators Bring Energy Storage Project Online
REV Renewables (REV), an LS Power company and a developer, owner, and operator of renewable energy and energy storage projects, said the company marked a major milestone with the commissioning of its Tumbleweed Energy Storage facility in Kern County, California.