AI’s electricity demand is a challenge utilities can’t ignore, but subsidies aren’t the solution

Utilities need portfolios that balance renewables and natural gas with long-duration storage, writes Stefan Pastine, CEO of semiconductor materials company Thintronics.

By Stefan Pastine • Sept. 22, 2025

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.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 19, 2025

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Power demand is rising amid dramatic shifts in federal energy policy, but technology and markets continue to push the grid toward cleaner, more distributed resources. 

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The future of virtual power plants is technology agnostic

Interoperability is crucial for deploying certain consumer technologies efficiently at scale, writes Molly Podolefsky, a managing director at Clarum Advisors.

By Molly Podolefsky • Sept. 19, 2025

FERC orders New England transmission owners to give more info on upgrade projects

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission also advanced reliability standards and rules on Southwest Power Pool refunds at its open meeting on Thursday.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 19, 2025

Residential electricity rates up 6.6% over last year as gas prices rise

All sectors saw an increase in price, as measured in revenues per kWh. But the rise was not evenly distributed, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

By Emma Penrod • Sept. 19, 2025

New FERC Chairman Rosner outlines priorities: ‘We need to build, build, build.’

At the agency's open meeting, Commissioner Lindsay See highlighted the tension between issuing orders swiftly and ensuring those decisions are “worth their weight” in court.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 19, 2025

DOE seeks comment on large-scale generation, transmission development

The “Speed to Power” initiative could boost grid reliability and affordability, but only if all energy resources are included, said John Moore, director of the Sustainable FERC Project.

By Robert Walton • Updated Sept. 22, 2025

Fed trims main rate by quarter-point, forecasts two more cuts this year

Policymakers reduced borrowing costs for the first time in 2025 as concerns about a decline in hiring prompted them to put on hold efforts to curb inflation to their 2% target.

By Jim Tyson • Sept. 18, 2025

Keeping America’s lights on: a pragmatic path forward

Policymakers have a vital role in ensuring that a lack of energy does not become America’s Achilles’ heel.

By Brigham McCown • Sept. 18, 2025

Bipartisan House group releases permitting reform ‘framework’

This and other permitting reform efforts — supported by groups like the Edison Electric Institute — come amid rising electric demand and increasing electricity bills.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 18, 2025

Eversource faces financial risk over Trump administration’s offshore wind stop-work order: Fitch

At the same time, New Hampshire's governor signals that an Eversource Energy utility may face more regulatory challenges.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 17, 2025

Southwest Power Pool approves accelerated large load interconnection policy

The process aims to help the operator address a near-doubling of peak load expected in the next 10 years.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 17, 2025

Preparing for regulatory audits in an era of affordability scrutiny

For electric utilities, audits are about more than just compliance. They are reputational moments that can influence rate outcomes, regulatory relationships and public trust.

By Jim McMahon • Sept. 16, 2025

FERC ends effort to update its policy for reviewing gas pipeline, LNG proposals

The Department of Energy directive asking FERC to drop the rulemaking indicates that DOE may take a bigger role in the commission’s policymaking, according to Akin Gump lawyers.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 16, 2025

Arizona AG opposes APS’ 14% rate hike, says she may seek lower rates

If approved by state utility regulators, the rate increase would be the fourth in a decade for Arizona Public Service.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 16, 2025

Regional Western electricity market closer to reality following California vote

The passage of AB 825 caps a years-long push by many clean energy advocates to regionalize the Western energy markets and sets the stage for the creation of a regional transmission organization.

By Meris Lutz • Sept. 15, 2025

EPA plan to end GHG reporting would hurt carbon capture efforts: industry coalition

“The long-term success of the carbon management industry … rests on the robust reporting mechanisms in place through the U.S. EPA,” the Carbon Capture Coalition’s Jesse Stolark said.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 15, 2025

Bipartisan NEPA reform proposal gets electric utilities’ support

The Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act would shorten permitting timelines and establish judicial review limitations.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 15, 2025

DOE’s emergency orders create a moral hazard

The U.S. Department of Energy’s use of Federal Power Act authority to keep retiring fossil fuel plants online could trigger a vicious cycle that ultimately jeopardizes grid reliability.

By Jennifer Danis • Sept. 12, 2025

Senate panel approves FERC nominees Swett, LaCerte in party-line vote

The full Senate must approve the nominations of Laura Swett and David LaCerte before they can fill empty seats at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 11, 2025

As PJM prices rise, flexibility can’t be ignored

Rather than viewing rising capacity costs as simply a burden, energy users should understand them as incentives for more efficient and dynamic loads.

By Steve Doremus • Sept. 11, 2025

California legislation would expand wildfire fund, regional energy markets

The three new bills could transform Western energy markets if passed before the session ends on Friday, advocates say.

By Emma Penrod • Sept. 11, 2025

Complaint over MISO’s $22B transmission portfolio faces widespread opposition

Granting the complaint from five utility commissions could delay adding power supplies in the Midcontinent region and hurt reliability, according to comments filed at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 10, 2025

Blaming data centers for PJM supply challenges misses the bigger picture

Reliability will not be secured by focusing on a single industry. PJM and policymakers must take a comprehensive, solutions-oriented approach to grid management.

By Todd Snitchler • Sept. 10, 2025

FERC transmission rate decision sparks dissent over possible bill increases

In the decision involving American Electric Power, Evergy and Berkshire Hathaway Energy, FERC Commissioner Lindsay See said she was open to transmission incentive reforms.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 9, 2025