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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 Renew HomeWhat if demand response wasn’t so… demanding?
By empowering households to save, we can also create a massive, reliable grid resource.
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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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OpinionOutsmarting 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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OpinionWhy 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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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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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.
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MISO proposes demand response rule changes to stem market fraud, gaming
The proposal is in response to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission enforcement actions involving Voltus, Ketchup Caddy, Big River Steel and Linde.
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IRA repeal would increase energy costs, hurt jobs: Energy Innovation
However, the Cato Institute said the law could cost up to $2 trillion by 2035, in part due to uncapped tax credits.
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Cloud data centers get bigger, denser amid AI building boom
AWS, Microsoft and Google accounted for 59% of all hyperscale compute capacity as the number of large facilities grew to more than 1,100 last year, Synergy Research Group said.
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FERC approves SPP’s RTO West, plus 4 other open meeting takeaways
The White House has not directed the commission to bolster coal-fired generation, and the agency is eyeing reorganization possibilities, Chairman Mark Christie said Thursday.
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EPRI launches consortium to develop power sector AI applications
“AI has the great potential to revolutionize the power sector by delivering the capability to enhance grid reliability, optimize asset performance and enable more efficient energy management," EPRI’s Mansoor said.
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US deploys record energy storage in 2024, but Trump policies cloud outlook: WoodMac/ACP
Energy storage installations exceeded 12 GW in 2024 despite a 20% year-over-year drop in the fourth quarter, according to the latest Energy Storage Monitor.
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Nissan, SK On announce $661M EV battery supply deal
The automaker will use the batteries for electric vehicles manufactured at its assembly plant in Mississippi.
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MISO proposes framework to speed generation interconnection
But the Clean Grid Alliance said the proposed Expedited Resource Addition Study process “overcomplicates an already complex system.”
