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

Texas law gives grid operator power to disconnect data centers during crisis

The new law pairs mandatory curtailment with a voluntary demand response procurement program.

By Brian Martucci • June 25, 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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Prevalon brings 80-MW battery storage online for Idaho Power

Idaho Power could add an additional 705 MW of storage in the next four years, per its draft integrated resource plan. 

By Ethan Howland • June 25, 2025

Pentagon-backed battery innovation facility opens at UT Dallas

“We want to have that supply chain resilience and independence from the Chinese supply chain,” said Kyeongjae Cho, the facility’s director.

By Diana DiGangi • June 24, 2025

Data centers could bring alternative battery types into the mainstream, developers say

Artificial intelligence data centers have unique energy needs, and industry insiders say that’s driving a renewed interest in energy storage technologies that have not caught on with utilities.

By Emma Penrod • Updated June 27, 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

Microgrids keep the lights on for wildfire-prone California facilities

But federal tax changes under consideration in Congress could make microgrids more expensive for schools and localities that provide services during emergencies.

By Brian Martucci • June 16, 2025

Batteries are making the grid more reliable: NERC

Last year in Texas, there were times when batteries provided all of the capacity for frequency regulation services, according to the watchdog’s 2025 State of Reliability report.

By Robert Walton • June 13, 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

US utility-scale energy storage to double, reach 65 GW by 2027: EIA

The U.S. Energy Information Administration published its Short Term Energy Outlook on Tuesday, forecasting rapid growth in battery storage and a decline in gas-fired generation.

By Robert Walton • 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

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

Large load tariffs have a problem. Clean transition tariffs are the solution.

These tariffs were designed to offer large loads access to renewable energy, but they could be expanded to baseload generation to remove at-risk generation from the utility’s books.

By Ben Hertz-Shargel • June 5, 2025

House budget bill would kill 330K solar, storage jobs: SEIA

The Solar Energy Industries Association is lobbying the Senate to revise the House’s rollback of IRA tax credits during budget negotiations, citing estimated job losses in every state.

By Diana DiGangi • June 2, 2025

Clean power deployments neared record in Q1, but development pipeline growth slowed: ACP

Utility-scale solar and energy storage have made inroads in the Midwest and South, but political uncertainty could quash the momentum, the American Clean Power Association said.

By Brian Martucci • May 30, 2025

IRA tax credits spur construction, manufacturing in red and blue states

Repealing the Inflation Reduction Act could slow our ability to build more power generation and increase the risk of rolling blackouts and higher energy costs.

By Emmanuel Martin-Lauzer • May 29, 2025

California could nearly double generation capacity using surplus interconnection: UC Berkeley report

The authors say about 16 GW of thermal capacity — dominated by gas — is operating below a 15% capacity factor, making it ripe for adding solar, wind or storage.

By Meris Lutz • May 29, 2025

Vistra solar, battery projects in MISO face supply chain delays

Vistra asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for two-year commercial operation deadline extensions for projects in Illinois totaling 833 MW.

By Ethan Howland • May 28, 2025

ABB launches BESS-as-a-service business model

ABB said BESS-as-a-service is “technology agnostic” and will support companies focusing on operational expenditures instead of capital expenditures.

By Diana DiGangi • May 27, 2025

The Vistra fires and the truth about lithium-ion batteries

A technology exists to mass-produce safer lithium-ion batteries that can prevent disastrous battery fires, at potentially lower cost.

By Karl Littau • May 27, 2025

House GOP budget ‘worse than feared’ for clean energy: analysts

The bill’s “unworkable” provisions raise barriers for projects to qualify for clean energy credits before an accelerated 2028 expiration, an industry association said. Jefferies analysts also called out its “intentional targeting” of residential solar.

By Brian Martucci • May 22, 2025

SEIA estimates budget bill could wipe out almost 300K clean energy jobs

Legislation that passed the House Budget Committee could jeopardize 287 U.S. solar and storage factories, says the Solar Energy Industries Association.

By Diana DiGangi • May 20, 2025