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    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.

    Updated 2 hours ago
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    Bridging the gap: How fuel cells enable utilities to capture new growth

    To bridge gaps in power and position themselves for growth, utilities are turning to fuel cells.

  • A worker watches as flared natural gas is burned off at Apache Corporations operations at the Deadwood natural gas plant in the Permian Basin in Texas.
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    Vistra announces Comanche deal, plan to add 860 MW of natural gas

    Vistra has inked a 20-year power purchase agreement for Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant and will expand Permian Basin Power Plant’s capacity from 325 MW to 1,185 MW.

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    Texas backs NRG’s 721-MW Cedar Bayou gas plant with low-interest loan

    It is the third loan finalized under the Texas Energy Fund’s In-ERCOT Generation Loan Program and the second to support an NRG Energy project.

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    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. 

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    Opinion

    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.

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    Opinion

    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.

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    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.

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    ERCOT launches grid transformation research initiative

    “We are seeing greater interest from industry and academia to collaborate on new tools and innovative technologies,” said ERCOT President and CEO Pablo Vegas.

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    Pending NRC guidance to streamline advanced reactor maintenance: experts

    The fresh approach to “in-service testing” of pumps, valves and dynamic restraints could slash field testing workloads by 75%, a TerraPower engineer said.

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    Deep Dive

    Is nuclear fusion for real this time? These utilities think so.

    Three years after a vital scientific breakthrough, Dominion Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority have struck deals with nuclear fusion startups. Some experts remain skeptical.

    Updated Sept. 26, 2025
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    Georgia Power seeks 500 MW storage, possibly with renewable component

    The resources should be online in 2028 at the earliest and no later than the end of 2031, the utility said in a draft request for proposals.

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    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.

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    Heat pump, solar and storage deployment could offset AI load through 2029: report

    Subsidies of 50% for heat pumps and 30% for solar and storage would free up well over 100 GW of grid capacity at a cost comparable to new gas generation, Rewiring America said last week.

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    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.

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    Opinion

    Heat pumps could be affordable for most — if rates were fair

    Massachusetts is making a good start by offering seasonal discounts for heat pumps. But it could do more, write authors from Green Energy Consumers Alliance and the Acadia Center.

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    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.

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    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. 

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    Opinion

    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.

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    Battery storage, spared from IRA cuts, poised to grow as power prices rise

    Price arbitrage is an increasingly popular use case for utilities adding energy storage resources, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Monday.

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    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.

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    Newsom signs California energy package into law

    The new provisions seek to address rising electricity costs, wildfire mitigation and climate funding. The package includes a revolving fund for transmission and a blueprint for a regional Western electricity market. 

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    Revolution Wind to resume construction after judge grants injunction

    The project’s developers are likely to succeed in their claims, and the project is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of an injunction, Judge Royce Lamberth ruled.

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    Opinion

    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.

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    House passes bill to fast-track dispatchable generation interconnection

    Power projects that are shown to address grid reliability needs could jump ahead in interconnection queues under the GRID Power Act.

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    Pilot, GM surpass 200 EV charging sites

    Pilot is building many of its chargers in rural areas because fewer than half of rural counties have any public EV charging infrastructure, the company said.