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

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Energy Storage

The proliferation of energy storage in everything from utility-scale batteries to electric vehicles is a driving force in the transition to a cleaner, more distributed power system. This trendline includes the best Utility Dive reporting on this dynamic sector.

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Data center flexibility can save money but may come with higher emissions: MIT

In Texas, where renewable energy is booming, data center emissions fell by up to 40% in the MIT modeling of flexible data center workloads. In other regions, however, emissions rose.

By Robert Walton • July 30, 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

New York launches 1 GW bulk energy storage solicitation using new credit

The projects that bid into the solicitation will have to meet new storage safety codes following a series of battery fires. 

By Diana DiGangi • July 29, 2025

DTE Energy in talks with data centers for 7 GW of new load

Data centers are providing upside to the company’s long-term plan, potentially requiring investment in energy storage and generation, company officials said Tuesday.

By Robert Walton • July 29, 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

Reimagining the grid for the 21st century with virtual power plants

Why should we pay for new utility power plants when VPPs can meet our grid’s needs at far less cost?

By Richard Boehnke • July 28, 2025

AI infrastructure: The utility’s role in scalable, reliable data center power

Getting reliable and sustainable power at scale is one of the biggest challenges facing data centers.

July 28, 2025

Coal- and gas-fired power plants have a new best friend: data centers

The data center boom is here to stay, but so is climate change. Load growth is not an excuse to reverse progress and renew dependence on fossil fuel energy.

By Abbe Ramanan • July 25, 2025

GM, Redwood Materials sign deal to deploy energy-storage batteries

The partnership will create low-cost batteries to power AI data centers and other applications.

By Eric Walz • July 25, 2025

FERC orders changes to PJM’s grid interconnection process, plus 3 other open meeting takeaways

Required changes include cost allocation for network upgrades, consideration of grid-enhancing technologies and energy storage modeling.

By Ethan Howland • July 25, 2025

The IRA rollback is a disaster for energy. Industry leaders must move fast.

Project changes will require meticulous due diligence involving legal and finance teams. Those who can show robust tracking and tracing protocols may be among the biggest winners.

By Anna Shpitsberg • July 23, 2025

Electric utilities will invest more than $1.1T by 2030 to meet demand growth: EEI

The electric utility sector’s capital expenditures “are higher than any other sector in the U.S. economy,” Edison Electric Institute President and CEO Drew Maloney said.

By Robert Walton • July 23, 2025

Booming solar and storage are propping up Puerto Rico’s grid this summer

What started as a modest pilot program is now the first virtual power plant of its kind in the region, advocates say.

By Meris Lutz • July 22, 2025

The key to renewable energy development is building local trust

After a gigawatt’s worth of development, Arun Muthukrishnan now approaches each project not just as a technical or financial challenge, but as a deeply human one.

By Arun Muthukrishnan • July 18, 2025

So you’re thinking about buying an electric school bus

From working with a utility to choosing a charger, five insights to improve the decision-making.

By Linda Margison, Ryan Henderson and Linda Stevens • July 16, 2025

Georgia Power’s new IRP keeps coal plants online to serve data centers

The integrated resource plan approved by regulators on Tuesday also calls for up to 4,000 MW of renewable resources by 2035 and more than 1,500 MW of storage.

By Robert Walton • July 16, 2025

Lydian Energy lands $233M in financing for 550 MW/1.1 GWh of Texas storage

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas said it expects to have nearly 14,000 MW of storage on its system by September, up from about 10,000 MW last year.

By Ethan Howland • July 15, 2025

Ameren plans Missouri gas plant with 400-MW battery storage

The Big Hollow Energy Center will be Ameren’s first large-scale battery facility, but the utility’s long-range plans call for installing 1.8 GW of energy storage by 2042.

By Robert Walton • July 8, 2025

How retail energy suppliers can navigate the new federal energy policies

Key strategies include buying renewable energy certificates now, leveraging data and predictive analytics and growing market share.

By Nainish Gupta • July 8, 2025

Base Power, GVEC partner on 2-MW Texas VPP

Batteries will provide residential customers with power if there is a blackout while allowing GVEC to offer ancillary services and manage transmission costs.

By Robert Walton • July 2, 2025

Whatever happens with the IRA, energy storage is here to stay

The electric grid needs flexibility, speed and stability. Energy storage offers all three.

By Arun Muthukrishnan • July 1, 2025

New Jersey seeks 1 GW of transmission-scale storage

The Garden State’s solicitation is part of a plan to have 2 GW of storage by 2030.

By Brian Martucci • July 1, 2025

Federal agencies, including FERC and DOE, revoke environmental review rules

The agencies eliminated all references to consider climate change, environmental justice and other key environmental issues in their permit reviews, Earthjustice said.

By Ethan Howland • July 1, 2025