Senate proposes harsh tax on renewables

Former Trump senior adviser Elon Musk on Saturday said the Senate’s latest draft of the bill “gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future.”

By Diana DiGangi • June 30, 2025

Can oil and gas solve the AI power dilemma?

The convergence between oil, technology and utilities reflects a profound structural shift — energy and computing are no longer parallel industries but mutually dependent pillars of modern innovation.

By Joe Brettell • June 27, 2025

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The Energy Transition to Renewables

Rising demand for power is continuing to drive demand for renewables, but policy uncertainty and mixed signals from the Trump administration add to existing challenges.

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FERC’s Christie calls for dispatchable resources after grid operators come ‘close to the edge’

“You never know about the next time, and there's going to be a next time,” Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Mark Christie said about grid operators' ability to avoid blackouts this week.

By Ethan Howland • June 27, 2025

Senate negotiating IRA tax credits, aims to vote on budget bill Friday

Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., said there is “work being done” on the residential solar tax credit, which the House and the Senate Finance Committee voted to eliminate.

By Diana DiGangi • June 26, 2025

$1.4B in new clean energy factories, projects canceled in May: E2

Nearly $15.5 billion in clean energy investments have been canceled since the beginning of the year, representing 30 canceled, closed or downsized projects.

By Lamar Johnson • June 25, 2025

Utilities, energy developers back Senate’s more lenient tax credit timeline

A powerful coalition of trade associations and energy groups thanked senators for rolling back some of the House version’s deepest cuts, but the two chambers will need to agree on a final bill.

By Brian Martucci • June 25, 2025

As the GHG Protocol eyes the homestretch in its Scope 2 revisions, are the right voices being heard?

A requirement for hourly matching and the dramatic narrowing of the geographies in which companies can make clean energy investments could stifle the voluntary market.

By Roger S. Ballentine • June 25, 2025

How electric companies can reduce liability risks from climate change

Upgrading infrastructure, embracing renewables and collaborating with governments and communities are no longer optional if companies want to ease legal risks and maintain social license to operate.

By Aaron Rokstad • June 24, 2025

ChargeScape’s EV Virtual Power Plant ensures summertime grid reliability

ChargeScape is building the nation's largest electric vehicle Virtual Power Plant.

June 23, 2025

Senate Finance Committee reduces House IRA cuts, but few changes for wind and solar

Wind and solar projects must begin construction by the end of 2025 to qualify for the Inflation Reduction Act’s full 45Y and 48E tax credits in the Finance Committee's proposed budget bill.

By Diana DiGangi • June 18, 2025

‘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.

By Brian Martucci • June 17, 2025

Senate: 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.

By Dean Granoff • June 17, 2025

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.

By Lamar Johnson • June 17, 2025

Will 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.

By Herman K. Trabish • June 16, 2025

Utilities must evolve their resource adequacy approach – here’s how

Utilities must increasingly embrace an “all of the above” approach to resource adequacy.

June 16, 2025

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.

By Emma Penrod • June 12, 2025

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.

By Lamar Johnson • June 12, 2025

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.

By Diana DiGangi • June 12, 2025

Supercharging America’s power grid from the demand side

Microgrids with continuous AI-powered monitoring can significantly reduce the need for costly grid upgrades and lower the risk of power failures.

By James Richmond • June 11, 2025

Residential solar installer Sunnova files for bankruptcy, plans to sell and wind down operations

Difficult market conditions, including uncertainty created by the Trump administration, prevented the company from accessing needed capital, company officials said in the bankruptcy filings.

By Emma Penrod • June 11, 2025

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind asks to terminate project’s renewable energy credits

The New Jersey OREC termination is “the closing of a chapter, but not the end for Atlantic Shores,” CEO Joris Veldhoven said.

By Diana DiGangi • June 10, 2025

MISO submits revised fast-track interconnection process for FERC approval

NextEra, Sierra Club and other groups say, however, that the Midcontinent Independent System Operator failed to work with stakeholders on the proposal as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission directed.

By Ethan Howland • June 10, 2025

Baseload blind spot? Senate should unleash 24/7 clean-energy workhorses

As the U.S. Senate drafts a budget bill, it should value geothermal and hydropower appropriately to secure a stronger, more resilient and more dominant energy future.

By Malcolm Woolf and Bryant Jones • June 9, 2025

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.

By Ethan Howland • June 9, 2025

Tariffs to spike power generation costs: reports

Battery energy storage systems are especially vulnerable to tariffs, according to Wood Mackenzie and Anza Renewables. Data from the two firms showed a sharp increase in BESS costs last quarter.

By Brian Martucci • June 9, 2025