Trump escalates war against offshore wind as Danish developer strikes back

The administration moved to revoke another offshore wind permit as the developer of a different blocked project filed a lawsuit.

Swift Current lands $242M in financing for PJM’s largest storage project

The clean energy developer will sell the output from its Prospect Power project to Dominion Energy Virginia under a 15-year contract.

Solar industry looks to third-party ownership as 25D tax credit winds down

A third-party ownership structure allows residential solar installers to claim the 48E investment tax credit and pass on those savings to the homeowner.

Energy meets urgency: Solving the data center power problem with solar

For years, data center developers built with confidence that the grid would keep up. That’s no longer the case.

PJM stakeholders overwhelmingly pan proposal for data center interconnection

Amazon and others urged PJM to drop the proposal and instead focus on how to improve load forecasting, bolster the grid interconnection process and strengthen regional transmission planning.

With tax credits expiring, a home electrification nonprofit is racing against the clock

Rewiring America has launched a national campaign to help homeowners take advantage of clean energy and efficiency incentives that will expire soon.

Tennessee Valley Authority signs agreement for 6 GW of small nuclear

The initiative will utilize small modular reactors developed by NuScale Power and deployed by ENTRA1 Energy.

Rising natural gas prices expected to drive up electricity costs: IEEFA

Price volatility and sticker shock could trigger public backlash against utilities, an Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis expert says.

Prominent groups launch coalition around distributed energy resources

Common Charge, under the leadership of acting Executive Director Katherine Hamilton, seeks to “drive consumers and policymakers to unlock the full potential of distributed assets."

It’s time for customer-oriented approaches to generator interconnection

The electric power system requires seminal reform. Open access should remain a vital principle of grid regulation.

EV charger reliability improves, but high costs still dent satisfaction

Just 14% of EV owners visited a charger without being able to successfully charge their vehicles, down from 19% last year.

Trump administration axes $679M in offshore wind infrastructure funding

“Where possible, funding from these projects will be recompeted to address critical port upgrades and other core infrastructure needs of the United States,” said the Department of Transportation.

PJM faces possible long-term ‘energy emergency’: DOE

The Department of Energy ordered Constellation to keep running units in Pennsylvania while groups challenge the emergency orders. “A ‘growing … concern’ is not an emergency,” consumer advocates said.

JEA plans $1.6B, 675-MW gas plant

Consumer and environmental advocates say the plant could stick Jacksonville, Florida, residents with increased rates and a reliance on natural gas for decades.

Appellate court rules Trump’s global tariffs illegal, but delays action

The court intends to strike down the tariffs by mid-October, pending a Supreme Court review of the ruling.

Rethinking transmission policy for an energy emergency

While a bidding process is often presumed to deliver consumer benefits, bidding efforts for transmission have not followed that pattern.

IEP plans 944-MW behind-the-meter gas plant to power PA data center

Energy storage will be built alongside the gas plant, and there will be a backup grid connection, project partners said. It’s unclear what regulatory approvals are needed for the project to move forward.

Illinois regulators, others urge FERC to dismiss Ameren push to build $1.9B in MISO projects

Ameren Illinois contends it has the right to build 765-kV transmission projects in Illinois that are part of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s Tranche 2.1 regional plan.

Palisades becomes first decommissioned US nuclear plant to reach ‘operations’ status

The plant still requires extensive work, including reassembling the main generator and turbine, before it can resume generating electricity, owner Holtec International said.

Tariffs pose ‘elevated risk’ of unleashing high inflation: Atlanta Fed

“Firms with supply chains that rely on imported goods have revised up their year-ahead [price] expectations markedly,” economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said.

Unconstitutional: Utilities are funding political speech with captive ratepayer funds

When ratepayers are forced to subsidize utility political activity through state-set rates, utilities and the state compel objecting ratepayers to fund a private company's political speech.

3.5 GW of offshore wind in New England could offset natural gas price spikes: report

Offshore wind in the region could have offset the surge in natural gas prices last winter and saved ratepayers $400 million, according to a report from Daymark Energy Advisors.

Which households care most about energy efficiency?

Gen Z and millennial consumers are more attuned to energy consumption and bills than previous generations at that age, and they’re using energy-management technology, according to a recent survey. 

Trump administration to revoke approval for 2.2-GW Maryland Offshore Wind

The Interior Department said it will “reevaluate under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act” its decision to approve the project’s construction and operations plan and move for a remand by Sept. 12.

MISO’s fast-track interconnection review draws 26.6 GW in proposals, dominated by gas

Proposals for the expedited study process include about 19.7 GW of gas, 4 GW of storage and a 675-MW nuclear project in Iowa.