New Jersey delays JCP&L offshore wind transmission project by 30 months

The Trump administration has moved to slow or halt the development of renewables, including New Jersey's first offshore wind project, the 1.5-GW Atlantic Shores 1.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 14, 2025

ISO-NE should make its governance transparent, accessible and accountable

With a leadership change coming in January, ISO New England has a chance to launch a new era of governance that engages with the communities it serves.

By Mireille Bejjani and Steven Botkin • Aug. 13, 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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Renewable power purchase agreement prices rising in wake of One Big Beautiful Bill Act

The average price of new wind and solar power purchase agreements is up 4% since the OBBBA’s passage. Almost a third of developers surveyed said they plan to suspend or cancel projects as a result of the reconciliation bill.

By Emma Penrod • Aug. 13, 2025

Multidirectional flows of power and information are the grid’s future

In the frenzy to meet rising energy demand, utilities and others often overlook the value of power system innovations, industry participants say.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 12, 2025

Allete sale would help fund clean energy investment for Minnesota

The proposed sale would inject a massive infusion of private capital into Minnesota Power, capital guided by a long-term perspective rather than short-term market pressures.

By Jigar Shah • Aug. 12, 2025

3 Arizona utilities set peak demand records

After years of stagnant demand growth, rising electricity consumption is showing up on the U.S. power grid.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 12, 2025

Managing new political risk for renewable energy projects

Clean energy developers face multiple risks from the Trump administration — but there are pathways for easing them.

By Jason Kosek and Peja Breuler • Aug. 11, 2025

Sunrun battery attachment rate hits 70%, up 54% from year ago

Executives with the largest U.S. home energy systems installer said Sunrun is doubling down on energy storage and grid services to offset the loss of federal tax credits for residential solar arrays.

By Brian Martucci • Aug. 8, 2025

Solutions to the energy talent gap are hiding in plain sight

To meet clean energy hiring challenges, employers will benefit from working toward a strategic, industrywide vision for attracting talent.

By Janell Hills-Thomas and Courtney Haynes • Aug. 8, 2025

In wind and solar dispute, Sens. Grassley, Curtis delay Trump nominees

“The idea is, when you do this, it will get a certain amount of attention from the administration," said Tim Hagle, a political scientist at the University of Iowa.

By Diana DiGangi , Meris Lutz • Aug. 7, 2025

EPA considers terminating $7B Solar For All program

If the Trump administration moves forward to claw back the funding, “we will see them in court,” said Kym Meyer, litigation director at the Southern Environmental Law Center.

By Diana DiGangi • Aug. 6, 2025

Solar and storage financing is down, but dealmaking is up

Despite an early phase-out of renewable energy tax credits, knowing what the policy landscape looks like going forward should help investors identify the companies that are best positioned to pivot, said Raj Prabhu, CEO of Mercom Capital Group.

By Emma Penrod • Aug. 6, 2025

Interior halts offshore wind leasing, claims industry was favored by Biden administration

Secretary Doug Burgum rescinded designated offshore wind energy areas and directed the department to prioritize capacity density when permitting energy projects on federal lands.

By Diana DiGangi • Aug. 5, 2025

Environmentalists target biogas as ‘false’ climate solution

In California and New Mexico, environmental groups are ramping up their efforts to slash the strong carbon intensity scores that farm biogas receives through clean fuels programs. Nevertheless, the biogas industry continues to grow.

By Jacob Wallace • Aug. 5, 2025

Texas think tank petitions to revoke permits for Vineyard Wind 1 project offshore Nantucket

The Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative group, petitioned the Trump administration to revoke the project’s permission a day after Nantucket, Massachusetts, leaders issued their own set of demands. 

By Diana DiGangi • Aug. 5, 2025

MISO could save $27B in system costs by 2035 with 11 GW of batteries: report

Battery storage could reduce average Midcontinent wholesale power price growth by $1.40/MWh, according to a report drafted for the American Clean Power Association.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 5, 2025

Dominion’s 2.6-GW offshore wind farm sees slight price hike from tariffs, CEO says

The added expenses will increase customer bills by an average of three cents a month over the entire life of the project, said Bob Blue, Dominion’s president, CEO and chairman.

By Diana DiGangi • Aug. 4, 2025

Move fast, adapt faster: A distributed generation playbook for turbulent times

Distributed generation can go from development to construction to operation in months, not years, even under compressed timelines.

By Goksenin “Goksi” Ozturkeri • Aug. 4, 2025

AEP expects to add 24 GW of load by 2030, mainly from data centers

More than half of the pending load is in Texas, where AEP Texas is set to interconnect 5 GW of cryptocurrency operations, per William Fehrman, AEP president and CEO.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 1, 2025

CleanCapital acquires 64-project solar portfolio from Greenbacker

The deal for 51.2 megawatts of operational solar systems will expand CleanCapital’s portfolio to include more than 350 solar and energy storage projects.

By Lamar Johnson • July 31, 2025

5 utility commissions ask FERC to undo MISO’s $22B multi-value transmission portfolio

The Midcontinent Independent System Operator overstated the benefits of transmission projects approved in December, according to a complaint at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

By Ethan Howland • July 31, 2025

NYPA’s updated renewables plan would more than double capacity to 7 GW

The New York Power Authority’s draft plan includes new renewable and energy storage projects totaling more than 3.8 GW.

By Robert Walton • July 31, 2025

PPL utilities reach agreement on adding 1.3 GW of gas-fired power, mainly for data centers

The agreement also pushes out the retirement date of a 297-MW coal-fired unit and withdraws an earlier proposal to build a four-hour, 400-MW battery electric storage system at another gas plant. 

By Ethan Howland • July 31, 2025

Want abundant energy? Ask who benefits from scarcity.

Achieving energy abundance requires reforming electricity markets, refreshing electric utility regulation and rethinking the way we pay for grid infrastructure.

By Arjun Krishnaswami • July 30, 2025

The hydrogen industry is failing. Here’s how to fix it.

The industry should build reasonably-sized, modular electrolyzer systems that can be deployed on-site, expanded over time and matched to actual needs.

By Gabriel G. Rodríguez-Calero • July 29, 2025