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    The next-gen retail energy mix: Aligning supply portfolios with customer expectations

    Retail energy providers must move beyond managing kilowatt-hours and toward orchestrating portfolios that reflect both the realities of modern supply and the values of modern customers, writes Tamara Grose of VertexOne.

    Tamara Grose • Jan. 7, 2026
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    Programmatic alignment is key to scaling residential battery demand response

    Utilities, battery manufacturers, technology providers and customers all operate under different incentive structures, writes Uplight’s Sneha Vasudevan.

    Sneha Vasudevan • Jan. 6, 2026
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    Rooftop solar is booming, but not in the communities that need it most

    Prioritize community-led promotions and education strategies to have far-reaching impacts, writes Planno CEO Daniel Domingues.

    Daniel Domingues • Jan. 5, 2026
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    Using scenario modeling to address uncertainty in the clean energy transition

    Scenario modeling and forecasting gives us the ability to answer multiple “what-ifs” and explore many futures before committing to one, making it a crucial tool during the energy transition, writes Kaushik Telgaonkar.

    Kaushik Telgaonkar • Dec. 23, 2025
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    What the Western REC registry shake-up means for corporate clean energy

    The process of rebuilding the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System creates near-term uncertainties and risks, Roger Ballentine of Green Strategies writes. 

    Roger Ballentine • Dec. 22, 2025
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    Energy evolution: Meeting the demands of an AI-powered world

    By pairing human expertise with AI-driven insights and forging collaborations across industries, we can build an energy ecosystem that is reliable and affordable for all, EPRI’s Remi Raphael writes.

    Remi Raphael • Dec. 19, 2025
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    Hybrid heating: A bridge to decarbonization or a road to obsolescence for gas utilities?

    Combining heat pumps with gas furnaces can help manage winter peaks, lower energy costs and cut carbon emissions. But this approach requires well-structured regulatory frameworks and cost-recovery mechanisms, West Monroe experts write.

    Andrew Biondi, Margaret Oloriz and Estelle Mangeney • Dec. 18, 2025
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    New role for nuclear power emerges in New York energy plan

    New York’s recently-approved energy plan indicates that new nuclear power plants could lower the cost of reaching a carbon-free power system by 2040, Clean Air Task Force advocates write. 

    Kasparas Spokas and John Carlson • Dec. 17, 2025
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    Coordinating short-, ultra-long-duration storage unlocks maximum clean energy value

    The United States needs to integrate short-duration energy storage with multi-day storage to build a secure, reliable grid, Noon Energy’s Aric Saunders writes.

    Aric Saunders • Dec. 16, 2025
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    Thermal batteries are ready. Our electricity rules aren’t.

    Exposing thermal batteries to real-time market signals would help lower system costs and strengthen America’s manufacturing base and AI infrastructure, write Katherine Hamilton and Isaac Brown of the Thermal Battery Alliance. 

    Katherine Hamilton and Isaac Brown • Dec. 15, 2025
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    CCS generation projects are coming. New ways to track and claim their emissions must follow.

    Clean energy buyers need a mechanism to claim the low-carbon attributes of carbon capture and storage to advance this method of reducing CO2 emissions from electric generation, NorthBridge Group experts write.

    Iain Kaplan and Gustaf Michaelsen • Dec. 12, 2025
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    To power the AI revolution, we need a grid built for speed

    Advancing AI requires utility incentive reforms that value digital upgrades like advanced metering and distributed energy resource management systems, Schneider Electric’s Jeannie Salo writes.

    Jeannie Salo • Dec. 11, 2025
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    Permitting reform is critical to meeting our AI moon shot

    Congress can either deliver durable permitting reform or continue outsourcing America’s future to Moscow and Beijing, writes Tim Tarpley, president of the Energy Workforce & Technology Council.

    Tim Tarpley • Dec. 10, 2025
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    Certainty through transparency: A new planning paradigm for data center loads

    To keep pace with accelerating digital demand, we need utility frameworks that are more transparent, more flexible and more responsive, Stack Infrastructure’s Tim Hughes writes.

    Tim Hughes • Dec. 9, 2025
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    The SPEED Act is an opportunity to align permitting policy with grid reality

    Reform is overdue, and the House deserves credit for pushing it forward. But Congress should apply it to multistate transmission in its entirety, not in bits and pieces, says Christina Hayes, Grid Action executive director.

    Christina Hayes • Dec. 5, 2025
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    Google just backed carbon capture tech for data center energy providers. Will other tech giants follow?

    The fast-growing electricity demands of data centers could be a game-changer for carbon capture technology in the U.S. power sector, say experts from the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines.

    Anna Littlefield, Simon Lomax and Morgan Bazilian • Dec. 4, 2025
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    Why wireless monitoring belongs in every utility’s security plan

    Monitoring the radio frequency spectrum closes blind spots, supports critical infrastructure protection and speeds incident response, writes Brett Walkenhorst of Bastille, a security company for wireless communication.

    Brett Walkenhorst • Dec. 3, 2025
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    Solving PJM’s data center problem

    The grid operator must stop buying capacity for new data centers. Instead, it can provide them with only interruptible service until they bring their own capacity, write Tom Rutigliano and Claire Lang-Ree of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

    Tom Rutigliano and Claire Lang-Ree • Dec. 2, 2025
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    Beyond new wires: The untapped path to grid resilience

    The fastest, most affordable path to resilience lies in maximizing distributed energy resources already in homes and businesses, and incentivizing more installations, Uplight’s Hannah Bascom writes.

    Hannah Bascom • Dec. 1, 2025
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    Data centers are breaking the old grid. Let AI build the new one.

    Utilities that embrace artificial intelligence will set reliability and affordability standards for decades to come, writes Hari Vasudevan, founder and CEO of KYRO AI.

    Hari Vasudevan • Nov. 26, 2025
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    States must advance technology-neutral permitting to support clean energy

    A competitive environment is necessary for rapid innovation and cost reduction as federal support evaporates, say Leila Banijamali and Zachary Millimet of Symbium.

    Leila Banijamali and Zachary Millimet • Nov. 25, 2025
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    Utility operating systems at the grid edge pose an overlooked risk

    While utilities focus on network security and access control, underlying operating systems remain a vulnerable foundation, writes Andrew Rynhard, chief technology officer for Sidero Labs.

    Andrew Rynhard • Nov. 21, 2025
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    Texas is winning the energy war by ignoring the politics

    The Lone Star State is demonstrating an affordable and reliable path to achieving American energy resilience that prioritizes practicality over ideology, writes Amperon CEO Sean Kelly.

    Sean Kelly • Nov. 20, 2025
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    How renewable energy producers can navigate FERC’s new interconnection rules

    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reforms aim to accelerate interconnection, but regional differences can affect project timelines, write energy attorneys at Balch & Bingham.

    Kevin McNamee, Abby Fox and Ricky Cox • Nov. 19, 2025
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    Meeting America’s generation challenge: Why smarter permitting matters

    Efficiency, predictability, transparency and meaningful stakeholder input should be the principles guiding energy permitting reform, writes American Public Power Association CEO Scott Corwin.

    Scott Corwin • Nov. 18, 2025