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Google, CTC Global partner to deploy advanced conductors
To find out where advanced conductor deployment could best bolster transmission, the companies are issuing an RFI.
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Sponsored by KrakenUnleashing the demand-side revolution: The case for a unified VPP platform
Consumer low-carbon device spending is soaring, but utilities struggle with siloed management. Unified VPPs can unlock flexible capacity for a decarbonized grid.
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NERC upgrades MISO reliability risk after ‘data mismatch’ discovered
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator faces an elevated risk of energy shortfalls over the next few years but had been classified by NERC as facing a more dire “high risk.”
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OpinionAI is coming for grid-decision making. Here’s why governance can’t be an afterthought.
In the 20th century, infrastructure decisions — where to put highways, site power plants or make upgrades — often reinforced inequities. AI threatens to replicate that pattern — at scale and at speed.
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‘Shoulder season’ reliability a growing concern in ERCOT, other ISOs: Aurora Energy Research
Batteries, gas peaker plants and data centers will provide critical system flexibility by 2030 as load growth, aging infrastructure and weather volatility increase planning uncertainty, Aurora said.
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NRC speeds timeline for Dow/X-energy reactor permit review
The 18-month timeline halves NRC’s “generic schedule” for a construction permit application. But Dow is unlikely to greenlight the Texas project before 2028, a spokesperson said.
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State regulators, utilities support SPP fast-track interconnection plan
But NextEra Energy Resources, clean energy trade groups and others contend it would give utilities a pathway to exclude independent power producers from the process.
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NRG, LS Power ask FERC to approve $12B gas-fired power plant, demand-response deal
NRG’s capacity in the PJM Interconnection would jump to 9.5 GW from 2.1 GW under the deal, which doesn’t pose market power risks, the companies said.
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Deep DiveWill ERCOT’s streamlined connect-and-manage approach work for other markets?
ERCOT’s single-state, energy-only interconnection process doesn’t include other markets’ deliverability requirements and generator cost certainty needs.
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Meta signs geothermal power deal for New Mexico data centers
The tech and social media giant entered an agreement with XGS Energy to help develop 150 MW of geothermal power generation.
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OpinionSenate: Don’t fumble the energy future
Ending clean energy tax deductions would limit power supply and raise electricity prices. It would be like sending a great football team to compete in the Super Bowl without cleats.
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States, ratepayer advocates urge FERC to reject MISO petition to limit market monitor oversight
The dispute grew out of Potomac Economics’ criticism of assumptions the Midcontinent Independent System Operator used to justify a roughly $22 billion transmission expansion plan.
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Microgrids keep the lights on for wildfire-prone California facilities
But federal tax changes under consideration in Congress could make microgrids more expensive for schools and localities that provide services during emergencies.
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Michigan regulators order reliability improvements for Consumers Energy, DTE
The Public Service Commission ordered the utilities to tackle 75 recommendations identified in an audit completed last year, focused on reliability and storm restoration times.
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LCOE has ‘significant limitations’ and is overused, says CATF
The levelized cost of electricity metric “often does not account for the full electricity system cost necessary to deploy a generator at a large scale,” said a report from the Clean Air Task Force.
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GOP lawmakers reiterate asks for clean energy credit tweaks in reconciliation bill
Rep. Jen Kiggans, a Virginia Republican, said “there remains significant room for improvement in preserving the clean energy tax credits” in the Senate’s version of the budget bill.
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Solar industry posts record Q1 growth but projects longer-term decline
Prematurely ending federal tax credits for renewable energy and manufacturing risks project cancellations and a possible energy shortage, SEIA says.
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Batteries are making the grid more reliable: NERC
Last year in Texas, there were times when batteries provided all of the capacity for frequency regulation services, according to the watchdog’s 2025 State of Reliability report.
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OpinionMeeting the challenge of FERC Order 881: Why open source matters for AAR implementation
With ambient-adjusted ratings compliance deadlines set for mid-July, TROLIE offers an open, vendor-neutral standard for the secure, efficient exchange of transmission line rating data.
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EPA proposes slashing power plant carbon, mercury emission limits
However, the Environmental Protection Agency’s rationale behind the move may be legally flawed, according to environmental and other groups.
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Maryland residential solar loan program sees success in rough market
“In just a few months, we saw enough loan demand to meet our entire annual budget,” said Rokas Beresniovas, a senior director with the Montgomery County Green Bank.
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Meta-Constellation virtual PPA could be first of many deals for existing reactor output: experts
Aging plants in Illinois, New York, New Jersey and other states with expiring nuclear subsidy programs may turn to deep-pocketed tech companies for relicensing and operating support, ClearView Energy Partners said this week.
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New York demand response capacity up 16% this summer: ISO
New York’s grid needs more transmission, generation and flexibility in the face of declining reliability margins and sharp load increases, according to the state’s independent system operator.
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Talen to sell Amazon 1.9 GW from Susquehanna nuclear plant
The “front of the meter” arrangement doesn’t require Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval, according to Talen Energy.
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Using energy-as-a-service to lower costs, add predictability
The model can work on a per-therm basis as much as a per-kilowatt-hour basis for companies that generate a lot of waste heat, says Charlie Lord of Renew Energy Partners.
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MISO resource outlook improves; surplus expected next summer
The potential surplus for the Midcontinent Independent System Operator ranges from 1.4 GW to 6.4 GW next summer, but uncertainty clouds the longer-term outlook, according to the OMS-MISO survey.
