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Schneider Electric to invest $700M in US manufacturing
The investment will help expand production of electric grid equipment and research into microgrids and AI-driven automation.
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Sponsored by WeaveGrid
What your grid models aren’t telling you about electric vehicles
Traditional load management ignores the biggest EV grid impacts. Distribution orchestration is key.
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Moody’s upgrades PG&E on reduced credit risks from wildfires
“In the backdrop of the recent LA wildfires, we expect any legislative and regulatory actions resulting from the state's continued wildfire risk will remain supportive for utilities,” Moody's said.
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House Republicans probe EPA climate grant recipients
The House Oversight Committee chair is spearheading an investigation into the eight environmental groups that received funding through the Biden-era Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
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US energy infrastructure gets a D+ from American Society of Civil Engineers
The energy sector’s 2025 Infrastructure Report Card grade dropped from the C- it received in 2021, with ASCE citing several threats facing the aging grid.
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Opinion
We asked 100 utility program leaders for their top challenges and opportunities. Here’s what they said.
Grid modernization, growing demand and artificial intelligence are among the top issues facing electric utility leaders, according to an ICF survey.
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As offshore wind struggles, is advanced nuclear a viable Plan B for Eastern states?
The Advanced Nuclear First Mover Initiative hopes to drive next-generation reactor development in energy-hungry states, but significant challenges remain.
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Utilities should develop data center tariffs to protect consumers, decarbonize: SWEEP
Rising data center electricity demands threaten utility decarbonization efforts, potentially requiring fossil fuel generation and pulling renewables away from other electrification efforts, per a Southwest Energy Efficiency Project report.
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Deep Dive
Trump executive order threatens transmission, interconnection initiatives: former FERC commissioners
President Trump’s executive order compromises FERC’s independence, is “unhealthy, unwarranted, and unprecedented,” threatens power system reliability and is “plainly illegal,” the former commissioners say.
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PJM fast-track interconnection process draws 26.6 GW in proposals
LS Power offered 700 MW and AlphaGen proposed 450 MW in the grid operator’s Reliability Resource Initiative, the companies said.
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GM Energy joins PG&E bidirectional EV charging pilot in California
Certain electric vehicle owners are now eligible for discounts on charging equipment that can be used to power homes during blackouts.
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Opinion
Outsmarting outages: AI predicts disruptions before they happen
As the energy landscape evolves with renewable resources and electric vehicles, the predictive outage model equips utilities with the agility needed to prioritize maintenance based on real-time data.
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Offshore wind news and policy: Tracking the latest US developments
Updates include New Hampshire legislation that would have the state reject all offshore wind proposals, and New York legislation that would set new offshore wind goals.
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Growing competition could drive down solar PPA prices by 2026: Enverus
The projected price declines remain dependent on tax credits included in the Inflation Reduction Act, however, an Enverus analyst said.
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Span unveils at-the-meter load control device for utilities
The SPAN Edge device will be used in a Pacific Gas & Electric residential customer virtual power plant this year.
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Ratepayer advocates urge FERC to reject proposed Constellation-Calpine deal
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should require measures to prevent Constellation from exercising market power if the deal goes forward, PJM's market monitor said.
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Oklo reveals 75-MW reactor design, eyes late 2027 commercial deployment
A partnership with gas-fired “prime power” provider RPower will support “urgent” short-term needs for the advanced nuclear company’s data center customers, Oklo said Monday.
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California Gov. Newsom uses judicial streamlining provision to advance 600 MW of solar, storage
A BayWa r.e. solar and battery farm is the 24th project to benefit from the California Environmental Quality Act’s judicial streamlining provision.
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New England could connect 9.6 GW of offshore wind without new infrastructure: report
ISO New England's report recommends moving some offshore wind from Maine to Boston to maximize transmission cost savings.
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Renew Home to roll out new VPP features this summer
Renew Home will work with energy providers to incorporate up-to-date tariffs and grid or capacity constraints into an aggregated resource that can dispatch within five minutes, the company said.
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Opinion
Why rolling blackouts are a thing of the past — and why President Trump is wrong on green energy
California and Texas show how energy storage can bridge the political divide to bolster grid reliability and lower costs.
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UAlbany decarbonization project to cut fossil fuel consumption 16%
With geothermal wells, heat recovery and chiller replacements, the university will be able to shut off its gas-fired boilers during the summer, it says.
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Retrieved from Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
DOE withdraws, postpones multiple appliance energy efficiency rules
“We are returning freedom of choice to the American people,” Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said in a statement. Appliance efficiency advocates warn the agency is in “uncharted territory.”
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Texas Senate passes bill to establish ‘dispatchable’ power credits trading program
The scheme would incentivize new gas and other “dispatchable” generation at the expense of renewables and batteries, which constitute the vast majority of recent capacity additions in ERCOT.
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Building performance standards set to proliferate, evolve in 2025
State and local governments continue to develop building standards that draw on existing frameworks and implement new metrics for measuring performance.
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Retrieved from US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
LPO shows signs of life with $56.8M Palisades disbursement
The disbursement under a $1.5 billion Biden-era loan guarantee restart the nuclear power facility furthers the Trump administration’s goal of promoting “affordable, reliable and secure” energy, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said.