Government shutdown could delay clean energy guidance, permitting: report

Shutdown plans could become hard to implement as agency staffing levels “are significantly lower than at the beginning of the year," said sustainable finance company Crux.

By Lamar Johnson • Oct. 3, 2025

The week in 5 numbers: DOE slashes clean energy funding following coal ‘investment’

Plus PJM’s data center woes, record storage deployment and new generation additions.

By Meris Lutz • Oct. 3, 2025

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Power demand is rising amid dramatic shifts in federal energy policy, but technology and markets continue to push the grid toward cleaner, more distributed resources. 

By Utility Dive staff

Texas PUC approves Entergy’s 500-kV SETEX transmission project

The Public Utility Commission also selected six projects to receive $381 million from the Texas Energy Fund's Outside ERCOT Grant Program.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 3, 2025

Shutdown furloughing federal workers imperils business-critical data

Just hours before most U.S. federal agencies closed, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said it would not release highly anticipated jobs data on Friday.

By Jim Tyson • Oct. 2, 2025

State frameworks are critical to addressing PJM affordability

Affordability concerns have risen in the PJM sphere due to “tightening supply and demand,” writes Senior Vice President Asim Haque. Supply has left the system due primarily to state policy and federal rules, he says.

By Asim Haque • Oct. 2, 2025

Data centers ‘primary reason’ for high PJM capacity prices: market monitor

Load from data centers drove up revenue in the PJM Interconnection’s last capacity auction by $7.3 billion, said Monitoring Analytics. It said it is “misleading” to say market results simply reflect tightening supply and demand.

By Ethan Howland • Oct. 2, 2025

DOE cancels $7.6B in clean energy awards in states that voted against Trump

“Our democracy is badly broken when a president can illegally suspend projects for Blue states in order to punish his political enemies,” said Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 2, 2025

Utility conferences to watch in 2026

See our annual list of notable power-sector conferences where industry leaders will share knowledge in a rapidly-changing landscape. 

By Meris Lutz • Oct. 1, 2025

Fallout from shutdown could impact energy sector construction

Halting federal projects will likely have downstream effects on private-sector confidence and costs of materials and labor. “The construction supply chain is tightly interconnected,” one contractor said. 

By Sebastian Obando • Oct. 1, 2025

Customers in 7 PJM states paid $4.4B for data center transmission in 2024: report

Transmission lines built for data centers fall into a "regulatory gap,” with utility customers on the hook for the costs, the Union of Concerned Scientists said.

By Ethan Howland • Oct. 1, 2025

DOE’s reactor pilot: A turning point for US nuclear energy?

The Department of Energy’s nuclear program could be transformational for the energy sector if even one reactor demonstrates commercial operation safely, writes Foley & Lardner partner Jocelyn Lavallo.

By Jocelyn Lavallo • Oct. 1, 2025

EPA mulls postponing coal plant wastewater compliance, changes to Regional Haze Rule

Extending compliance timelines for EPA’s effluent limitations rules would save between $30 million and $200 million annually, the agency said. Coal waste contains contaminants including mercury, cadmium and arsenic. 

By Robert Walton • Sept. 30, 2025

Democratic House bill would reverse Trump energy policies, bolster RTO oversight

The Trump administration is driving up the cost of electricity by creating barriers to clean energy investment to support higher-cost fossil fuel sectors, Rep. Sean Casten said.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 30, 2025

Utilities on ‘preliminary’ list of entities subject to California climate disclosure rules

So far, California’s climate reporting laws have survived court challenges. But the Trump administration’s retreat from climate data collection and monitoring could complicate enforcement. 

By Meris Lutz • Sept. 29, 2025

Lawmakers urge PJM to take steps so clean energy projects can meet tax credit deadlines

“Either we have a resource adequacy issue or we don't — and I believe we do — so we need to be getting all of this energy online as quickly as possible,” Maryland Delegate Lorig Charkoudian said.

By Ethan Howland • Updated Sept. 30, 2025

Á la carte energy market will give Western states choice, flexibility and reliability

The new Regional Organization for Western Energy will offer affordable, reliable energy services, and states can take what they need, writes Advanced Energy United’s Brian Turner.

By Brian Turner • Sept. 26, 2025

It’s all one system: Integrate transmission and interconnection planning to support load growth

Maintaining disparate planning processes for the wires needed to deliver power increases costs and delays, writes FERC Commissioner Judy Chang.

By Judy W. Chang, Steven Wellner and Kathleen Ratcliff • Sept. 26, 2025

This week in 5 numbers: Rising demand, rising rates

A wildfire settlement and lengthy transmission timelines are also among the notable numbers in the electric utility sector this week.

By Meris Lutz • Sept. 26, 2025

Cities and states split on EPA proposal to repeal endangerment finding

Mayors and attorneys general submitted opposing letters on the rule underpinning regulations that aim to cut emissions from the power, auto and fossil fuel sectors.

By Robyn Griggs Lawrence • Sept. 25, 2025

2.1-GW SOO Green transmission project advances with Iowa agreement

The project developers aim to bring low-cost clean energy from the Midcontinent Independent System Operator into the PJM Interconnection while bolstering grid reliability.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 25, 2025

PJM CEO Asthana responds to criticism, says states must address supply challenges

“If our [power] plants run into a hostile siting and permitting regime, they will not get built,” PJM President and CEO Manu Asthana said.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 24, 2025

Analysts see possible early signs of demand growth in EIA’s latest update

Total net electricity generation and retail sales were up 3.8% and 2.6%, respectively, this July compared with the same month last year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. 

By Meris Lutz • Sept. 24, 2025

GHG Protocol prioritizes looking good over doing good

The focus of the GHG Protocol should not be to back usage claims about what power a company is consuming, but to measure carbon emissions as accurately as possible, writes Lee Taylor, CEO of REsurety.

By Lee Taylor • Sept. 24, 2025

Carbon markets are incomplete without nuclear

Major carbon standards do not allow nuclear projects to generate credits, distorting the market, writes Guido Núñez-Mujica, director of data science at the Anthropocene Institute.

By Guido Núñez-Mujica • Sept. 23, 2025

States threaten to leave PJM without expanded role in grid operator

“If PJM refuses to change, we will be forced to go in a different direction,” said Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 23, 2025