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    Senate panel approves FERC nominees Swett, LaCerte in party-line vote

    The full Senate must approve the nominations of Laura Swett and David LaCerte before they can fill empty seats at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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    California legislation would expand wildfire fund, regional energy markets

    The three new bills could transform Western energy markets if passed before the session ends on Friday, advocates say.

  • The government’s appliance and equipment standards program “has strayed far from its original intent and now yields the minimum energy efficiency benefits while imposing ... costs on consumers and manufacturers,” Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., said at a hearing Sept. 9, 2025.
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    Republicans take aim at DOE’s appliance efficiency program

    The federal appliance and equipment standards program “has strayed far from its original intent and now yields the minimum energy efficiency benefits,” Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., said Tuesday.

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    ‘Green banks’ petition for rehearing in $14B EPA funding freeze case

    A three-judge panel ruled 2-1 to uphold the EPA’s freeze on Inflation Reduction Act grants, but the plaintiffs have asked for a rehearing from the entire appeals court.

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    Opinion

    As PJM prices rise, flexibility can’t be ignored

    Rather than viewing rising capacity costs as simply a burden, energy users should understand them as incentives for more efficient and dynamic loads.

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    Google, Salt River Project partner on long-duration energy storage

    The tech giant will provide funding for a portion of long-duration energy storage projects developed for the Salt River Project’s electric grid, the partners announced Monday.

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    Conduit Power to supply ‘bridge power’ for Texas data centers at ENGIE battery sites

    Prometheus Hyperscale and Conduit expect the first site to come online in 2026. On-site gas generators and batteries will provide initial power as Prometheus awaits a grid connection.

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    Complaint over MISO’s $22B transmission portfolio faces widespread opposition

    Granting the complaint from five utility commissions could delay adding power supplies in the Midcontinent region and hurt reliability, according to comments filed at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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    Opinion

    Blaming data centers for PJM supply challenges misses the bigger picture

    Reliability will not be secured by focusing on a single industry. PJM and policymakers must take a comprehensive, solutions-oriented approach to grid management.

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    Electric grid growing faster than anticipated: EIA

    Utility-scale solar will lead the pack in generation growth this year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Tuesday, while natural gas generation is expected to decline due to high fuel prices.

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    Solar, storage are booming, but federal policy is driving costs higher: SEIA/WoodMac report

    Residential solar pricing is up 2% year over year, commercial systems are up 10% and utility-scale pricing is up 4%, according to new research.

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    FERC transmission rate decision sparks dissent over possible bill increases

    In the decision involving American Electric Power, Evergy and Berkshire Hathaway Energy, FERC Commissioner Lindsay See said she was open to transmission incentive reforms.

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    High costs, reduced staff hamper DOE’s tribal energy program: GAO

    The tribal energy finance program has closed on just one loan guarantee since 2018. The U.S. Department of Energy says program improvements are in the works.

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    Opinion

    Smarter data for a smarter grid: AI-powered lidar is transforming utility infrastructure

    With scalable, intelligent data classification, utilities can move beyond reactive maintenance and into predictive decision-making.

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    Indiana governor seeks lower utility rates: ‘We can’t take it anymore.’

    Utility companies that could be affected include AES, American Electric Power, CenterPoint Energy, Duke Energy and NiSource.

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    13 state governors join coalition to promote EVs

    The Affordable Clean Cars Coalition said it will push back against the Trump administration's policies of “putting polluters over people.”

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    Deep Dive

    Clean energy developers hope for clarity in upcoming FEOC guidance

    The foreign entity of concern rules in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are onerous and complicated, with “multiple traps for the unwary,” said Vinson & Elkins tax partner Lauren Collins.

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    Xendee and Eaton partner to expand microgrid solutions for facility, campus managers

    Eaton took a minority stake in the microgrid optimization platform as part of the deal, which Xendee said would add services and functionality for microgrid designers, developers and end users.

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    This 4-GW renewables joint venture aims to play the long game

    Two European renewable energy firms are teaming up to develop a significant portfolio of wind, solar and energy storage projects in the Western United States.

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    RE+ kicks off in Las Vegas under shadow of Trump’s war on renewables

    Technological and market advances have pushed renewable energy toward an ever-larger share of the energy mix despite policy shifts, tariffs and the hostility of the Trump administration, attendees said.

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    Opinion

    Alone we fail: The culture change needed to deliver the energy transition

    What would it look like if electric utilities borrowed the digital best practices exemplified by the film, banking and telecom industries?

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    Fed primed for rate cut as hiring slumps, unemployment inches up to 4.3%

    Traders in interest rate futures, responding to new labor market data, increased the odds that the Fed will cut the benchmark interest rate by at least 0.75 percentage point before next year.

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    Gas turbine manufacturers expand capacity, but order backlog could prove stubborn

    One expert said the industry moves are unlikely to “drastically reduce” wait times, which can stretch as long as seven years. “More skilled and engineering labor will be needed,” he said.

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    Trump’s FERC nominees pledge agency independence in Senate confirmation hearing

    Nominees Laura Swett and David LaCerte said they support the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s independence and the need to be agnostic on generating technologies.

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    Column

    FERC in Focus: Will the agency maintain its independence under Trump 2.0?

    With two Republican nominees preparing to join the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, former commissioners, experts and agency observers say they are watching several key areas to gauge whether the body will remain autonomous.