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Forecast uncertainty tempers a banner 2025 for US energy storage: reports
Uncertainty around future load growth, federal guidance on foreign-sourced battery materials and other policy issues could shift deployment up to 52 GW by 2031, Wood Mackenzie said last week.
By Brian Martucci • March 31, 2026 -
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OpinionAI data centers are stressing power infrastructure. Storage is the answer.
No one wants to admit that a power system designed for normal data center behavior is struggling under AI behavior, writes TerraFlow Energy Chief Marketing Officer Amanda Simonian.
By Amanda Simonian • March 31, 2026 -
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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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Michigan, New York lawmakers consider virtual power plant bills
The proposals would prohibit utility ownership of participating distributed energy resources and require reasonable access for third-party aggregators.
By Brian Martucci • March 25, 2026 -
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Puget Sound’s vehicle-to-home charging pilot combines demand response, peak shaving, resilience
The test will use electric vehicle batteries for demand response and residential peak shaving while also making their storage capacity available during power outages.
By Brian Martucci • March 24, 2026 -
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Better grid utilization could save customers $170B: Brattle report
However, the report’s lead author said that “we need regulatory models that reward utilities for pursuing this opportunity.”
By Brian Martucci • March 23, 2026 -
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Tesla, LG to build $4.3B battery plant as part of supply agreement
The Michigan manufacturing facility is scheduled to open in 2027 and will provide batteries for Tesla’s Megapack 3 utility-scale energy storage systems.
By Antone Gonsalves • March 19, 2026 -
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Battery developers, local officials ask New York to roll back Con Edison BESS methodology
“The grid has been built to serve customers, not to host battery storage anywhere, at any scale,” a Con Edison official told Utility Dive.
By Brian Martucci • March 18, 2026 -
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OpinionTo strengthen power reliability in extreme weather, diversify grid resources
More expensive, less reliable power need not be our unavoidable fate, writes NextGen Energy CEO Kimberly Johnston.
By Kimberly Johnston • March 18, 2026 -
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New Jersey announces 355-MW storage procurement, solicits 645 MW more
State regulators also announced a 3-GW expansion of New Jersey’s community solar program, including 300 MW on area landfills.
By Brian Martucci • March 17, 2026 -
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Mass. governor orders state to pursue 15 GW of resources, including storage, VPPs
The executive order also calls for a review of existing gas and oil storage capacity and utilization, including how the Everett LNG import terminal helps meet the region’s energy needs.
By Robert Walton • March 17, 2026 -
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OpinionWhat technology, policy and energy-finance leaders all agree on
Risk, return and credible deployment pathways are key factors that infrastructure investors evaluate. Solar and storage meet these requirements, writes Brendan Bell of Aligned Climate Capital.
By Brendan Bell • March 16, 2026 -
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Germany’s RWE plans nearly $20B US investment, including gas peakers
RWE had put U.S. investment decisions on hold, in part due to tariff uncertainty, but officials credit the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year with jump-starting its plans to build fossil plants.
By Robert Walton • March 12, 2026 -
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EPB of Chattanooga deploys battery-based microgrids for savings, resilience
Within three years, the Tennessee distribution utility could have as much as 150 MW of energy storage on its system, representing more than 10% of peak load, an executive told Utility Dive.
By Brian Martucci • March 11, 2026 -
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Long-duration energy storage deployments rose 49% in 2025: WoodMac
Falling prices and robust supply chains mean lithium-ion batteries are becoming more competitive at longer durations than emerging technologies, it said.
By Brian Martucci • March 10, 2026 -
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SK Battery America lays off nearly 1,000 workers at Georgia plant
The company is slashing its Commerce site workforce to about 1,600, citing EV market conditions, as it pivots to stationary energy storage.
By Sara Samora , Nathan Owens • March 10, 2026 -
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OpinionReliability risk isn’t just about capacity anymore
Winter Storm Fern showed that the integration of flexible resources paired with improved weatherization and better market structures can materially reduce risk during extreme weather, writes Tapas Peshin of PCI Energy Solutions.
By Tapas Peshin • March 6, 2026 -
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World’s ‘largest’ grid battery part of Google-Xcel Energy agreement
Form Energy will supply iron-air batteries for the 300 MW/30 GWh deployment, which the parties say will bolster Xcel’s Upper Midwest grid with cost-effective multiday energy storage.
By Brian Martucci • March 4, 2026 -
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600+ GWh of US energy storage expected by 2030: Benchmark/SEIA
The U.S. saw record battery deployments in 2025 and likely will again in 2026, propelled by utility-scale installations, according to a report prepared for the Solar Energy Industries Association.
By Brian Martucci • March 3, 2026 -
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Declining solar, storage valuations drive increased M&A: Mercom
“When there is uncertainty, there are good deals to be had,” said Mercom CEO Raj Prabhu. “People are looking for late-stage, low-risk projects that are ready to go, and those are hot commodities.”
By Emma Penrod • March 3, 2026 -
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OpinionThe physics of reliability: Why gas peakers alone can’t save the modern grid
Most outages don’t start as a multihour energy shortage; they start as a frequency crisis. If you only have gas, you’re trying to stop a bullet with a shield that takes 10 minutes to lift, writes Arun Muthukrishnan from Arevon Energy.
By Arun Muthukrishnan • March 3, 2026 -
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Sunrun installation volumes fall in Q4 2025 as VPP capacity grows
Executives with the largest provider of residential solar and battery subscriptions in the U.S. said regulatory uncertainty and a business model shift impacted 2025 volumes and its 2026 outlook.
By Brian Martucci • March 2, 2026 -
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OpinionGovernors are promising lower power bills. Here’s the only credible path to deliver.
If we treat every new megawatt like it must be served with new poles, wires, substations and peakers, we will lock in another decade of rate shock, write Jigar Shah and Arnab Pal from Deploy Action.
By Jigar Shah and Arnab Pal • Feb. 26, 2026 -
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Massachusetts’ least-cost 2050 peak power mix is combustion-free: report
But a top official with a regional independent power producer group said the focus now, amid rising demand, should be on “energy addition, not retirement or replacement.”
By Brian Martucci • Feb. 25, 2026 -
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DOE loans Southern $26.5B for 5 GW of new gas, other grid investments
Calling it the largest loan in the agency’s history, DOE said it aims to deliver over $7 billion in cost savings for Georgia Power and Alabama Power customers.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 25, 2026 -
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Solar and wind PPA prices up 9% in 2025, set to continue rising with energy demand
Meanwhile, energy storage agreements have emerged as a fast-growing new product category.
By Emma Penrod • Feb. 25, 2026
