Brrr: Xcel Energy has proposed freezing its Minnesota electric base rates for two years, pending approval from the Minnesota PUC. How? Xcel would draw on federal tax credits from planned energy ...
Hold onto your hats: Between Jan-Sep 2026, average monthly wind generation was 68% higher than over the same period last year. Those nine months brought 4.6 GWh of wind generation, slightly higher ...
Battery Recycling Expo is North America's leading trade show and conference dedicated to battery recycling, reuse, and sustainability. This technology-driven event connects manufacturers, recyclers, ...
Here’s one way to curb soaring energy costs: roll out virtual power plants. Utility VPP programs could slash residential bill increases by more than half, according to a new Brattle Group report ...
For over a century, grid operators have used an evolving set of technologies to manage power flows across the transmission system. From reactors and capacitors to phase-shifting transformers (PSTs) ...
In August, PJM filed its Interim Resource Adequacy Service (IRAS) proposal to bring data centers and other new large loads onto the grid. Now, FERC is back with some (harsh) feedback… The no’s: FERC ...
The end game may be emerging in the enormous and controversial proposed merger of Virginia-based Dominion Energy and Florida’s Next Era Energy. Announced in mid-May, the companies bill it as creating ...
What happened: The now-remedied blowout occurred in a well at Fervo’s Cape Station in Utah, a 500-MW project that’s still in development. Drilling rods broke apart as they were removed from a well, ...
The modern electricity grid is a complex system of systems, operating in a highly politicized monopolistic environment, that is bounded by the technical potential and economic realities of ...
The U.S. electricity market is sending several signals at once. Commercial demand is rising. Wholesale prices are elevated in some regions. PJM is trying to accelerate new generation and storage.
In the whitepaper “Digital Utility: From Pipes to Pixels,” we delve into the transformative landscape of digital utilities, reshaping traditional infrastructures into agile, data-driven ecosystems.
Last week, Microsoft filed a Ratepayer Protection Tariff with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission—and some energy pros are into it. The details: It would 1) require large-load customers to pay the ...