Thermal power plants more competitive than clean energy when considering reliability: Vistra CEO

Even so, in the near term Vistra President and CEO Jim Burke expects solar and batteries to do well because they can be built quickly.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 12, 2025

Entergy expects data centers to drive 13% near-term annual sales growth: CEO

With new gas-fired generation expected, Entergy faces challenges in meeting its 50% carbon reduction goal for 2030, CEO Drew Marsh said.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 12, 2025

Explore the Trendline➔

Top 5 Stories from Utility Dive

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. 

By Utility Dive staff

Amid policy pressures, clean energy investment is diversifying: Crux

Data from the first half of this year shows clean energy investment continuing to increase, but changing in shape, said Crux CEO Alfred Johnson.

By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 11, 2025

‘Green banks’ petition for rehearing in $14B EPA funding freeze case

A three-judge panel ruled 2-1 to uphold the EPA’s freeze on Inflation Reduction Act grants, but the plaintiffs have asked for a rehearing from the entire appeals court.

By Diana DiGangi • 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

Solar, storage are booming, but federal policy is driving costs higher: SEIA/WoodMac report

Residential solar pricing is up 2% year over year, commercial systems are up 10% and utility-scale pricing is up 4%, according to new research.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 9, 2025

RE+ kicks off in Las Vegas under shadow of Trump’s war on renewables

Technological and market advances have pushed renewable energy toward an ever-larger share of the energy mix despite policy shifts, tariffs and the hostility of the Trump administration, attendees said.

By Meris Lutz • Sept. 8, 2025

Clean energy developers hope for clarity in upcoming FEOC guidance

The foreign entity of concern rules in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are onerous and complicated, with “multiple traps for the unwary,” said Vinson & Elkins tax partner Lauren Collins.

By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 8, 2025

Fed primed for rate cut as hiring slumps, unemployment inches up to 4.3%

Traders in interest rate futures, responding to new labor market data, increased the odds that the Fed will cut the benchmark interest rate by at least 0.75 percentage point before next year.

By Jim Tyson • Sept. 5, 2025

Nuclear power is failing, and AI can’t rescue it

Nuclear generation is expensive and slow to develop. Claims that past failures won’t recur have convinced politicians to socialize investments rejected by private capital markets.

By Amory B. Lovins • Sept. 5, 2025

Trump’s FERC nominees pledge agency independence in Senate confirmation hearing

Nominees Laura Swett and David LaCerte said they support the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s independence and the need to be agnostic on generating technologies.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 5, 2025

This 4-GW renewables joint venture aims to play the long game

Two European renewable energy firms are teaming up to develop a significant portfolio of wind, solar and energy storage projects in the Western United States.

By Brian Martucci • Sept. 5, 2025

Global solar installations rise 64%, to 380 GW, in first half of 2025

China led the pack in solar installations, adding 256 GW — more than twice as much solar capacity as the rest of the world combined.

By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 4, 2025

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.

By Meris Lutz • Sept. 4, 2025

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.

By Jared Burden • Sept. 4, 2025

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.

By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 4, 2025

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.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 3, 2025

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.

By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 2, 2025

The growing need for EMT modeling for inverter-based resources (IBRs) for system reliability

With IBRs changing grid dynamics, EMT modeling is key to compliance, reliability, and stakeholder collaboration for a stable, resilient grid.

By Mariana Kamel, Principal Consultant at EnerNex • Sept. 2, 2025

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.

By Diana DiGangi • Aug. 28, 2025

Renewables make up 91% of the 15 GW of generation the US added in first 5 months of 2025: FERC

“Solar continues to deliver new power to the grid faster and cheaper than any other source of electricity,” said Stephanie Bosh, senior vice president of communications for the Solar Energy Industries Association.

By Meris Lutz • Aug. 27, 2025

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.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 27, 2025

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.

By Diana DiGangi • Aug. 27, 2025

Energy demand, permitting top of mind at Congressional renewables expo

Speakers from industry and national labs warned of obstacles to meeting the surge in energy demand expected in the next five to 10 years at July’s Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Expo.

By Lauren Schenkman • Aug. 26, 2025

Trump administration halts work on 700-MW Revolution Wind

Developer Ørsted said the project, located in federal waters about 15 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, is about 80% complete. The company’s shares tumbled to an all-time low following the news.

By Diana DiGangi • Aug. 25, 2025