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    Germany’s RWE plans nearly $20B US investment, including gas peakers

    RWE had put U.S. investment decisions on hold, in part due to tariff uncertainty, but officials credit the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year with jump-starting its plans to build fossil plants.

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    When a buried marker starts talking back: Why RFID matters for marking + mapping underground utilities

    The dirt keeps secrets, RFID-enabled markers carry the story of what’s below.

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    New York needs more time to meet climate goals, Gov. Hochul says

    “We just need some breathing room,” said Gov. Kathy Hochul, noting high cost estimates for compliance with the 2030 goal. “My job is dealing in reality. This is the reality I have.”

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    EPB of Chattanooga deploys battery-based microgrids for savings, resilience

    Within three years, the Tennessee distribution utility could have as much as 150 MW of energy storage on its system, representing more than 10% of peak load, an executive told Utility Dive.

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    Opinion

    America’s power shortage is a market failure

    Early buildout of the U.S. rail system was fragmented, with local projects often failing to connect regions. Grid developers today should pay heed, writes Maria Martinez of the Clean Economy Project.

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    Long-duration energy storage deployments rose 49% in 2025: WoodMac

    Falling prices and robust supply chains mean lithium-ion batteries are becoming more competitive at longer durations than emerging technologies, it said.

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    FERC approves ComEd data center transmission agreements

    FERC Chairman Swett and Commissioner LaCerte pushed back on concerns over inadequate review of ratepayer impacts: “The Commission will always reject a rate that seriously harms the consuming public.”

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    NERC overstates reliability risks in long-term assessment: Grid Strategies

    The North American Electric Reliability Corp.’s analysis uses low generation and interregional power flow assumptions but a high demand forecast, including from data centers, the consulting firm said.

    Updated March 11, 2026
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    US entities face heightened cyber risk related to Iran war

    The military campaign against Iran is putting local governments, critical infrastructure providers and major U.S. companies at heightened risk of disruptive attacks.

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    Opinion

    4 affordability solutions states and utilities can implement now

    States can take steps to drive electricity cost savings more quickly as well as pursue long-term reform, write Allison Clements, a former member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Lori Bird of the WRI Polsky Energy Center.

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    SK Battery America lays off nearly 1,000 workers at Georgia plant

    The company is slashing its Commerce site workforce to about 1,600, citing EV market conditions, as it pivots to stationary energy storage.

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    Appeals court upholds California’s net metering 3.0

    “Petitioners do not sufficiently describe the benefits of the tariff that the Commission purportedly failed to quantify,” the court said. 

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    Power and capital constraints may drive shift to modular cooling, smaller data centers

    The wait for new large-scale data centers to connect to the power grid is approaching five years in major data center markets, according to a Feb. 26 report from JLL.

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    Energy Star is moving to DOE. Industry groups are hopeful.

    Both the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, which currently runs the program, had big staff cuts last year. At least one group has questions about DOE’s plans.

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    As Trump tariff refund process takes shape, importers remain uncertain

    Shippers face legal risks, unclear timelines and system gaps as they navigate a potentially complex rollout of tariff refund procedures.

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    MISO, SPP eye 500-kV cross-border projects to bolster reliability, save money

    The proposed interregional projects would increase transfer capacity across the southern seam between the Midcontinent Independent System Operator and the Southwest Power Pool.

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    Deep Dive

    Utilities are spending billions on the data center boom. What are the risks?

    “Data center demand is hard to project over the next few years,” said Advait Arun of the Center for Public Enterprise. “In a market correction, it's very possible that data centers ... will end up crashing out of their tariff arrangements.”

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    Arizona Corporation Commission ends state’s renewable energy standard

    “The mandates are no longer needed and the costs are no longer justified,” the commission said.

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    EPA properly awarded $1.5B of now-terminated grants, inspector general says

    Among the 80 impacted awardees were dozens of energy projects, including energy efficient housing retrofits and weatherization, solar, storage, microgrid and workforce development programs. 

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    Opinion

    Build smarter: Energy demand growth can benefit everyone

    It is imperative that our governing bodies act quickly to untie the hands of the energy industry and allow America to build, writes Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the American Gas Association.

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    2026 fire season off to ominous start after relatively mild 2025

    Total acres burned fell in 2025, but the Eaton and Palisades fires were hugely destructive and raise questions about the future of California's Wildfire Fund, one expert says.

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    Clean energy deployment alone doesn’t raise rates: CATF

    Data shows that renewable standard portfolio and net-metering programs can raise rates, but clean energy deployed outside of these programs has no discernible impact, said the Clean Air Task Force.

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    Washington, California and Québec collaborate on linking carbon markets

    The three jurisdictions released a draft agreement this week that would add Washington to the largest carbon emissions trading market in North America.

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    Opinion

    Reliability risk isn’t just about capacity anymore

    Winter Storm Fern showed that the integration of flexible resources paired with improved weatherization and better market structures can materially reduce risk during extreme weather, writes Tapas Peshin of PCI Energy Solutions.

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    Deep Dive

    Utilities lack tools to guard power grid from drone attacks

    Power grid asset owners and operators have growing concern around their ability to protect critical assets from drone attacks as the U.S. government warns energy companies to prepare for possible Iranian retaliation.

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    PJM market monitor opposes Maryland power plant sale to data center company

    TeraWulf’s plan to buy a power plant from GenOn faces opposition at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as hyperscalers at White House meeting pledge to bring their own generation.