Labor-industry collaboration is key to US energy security, dominance and job growth

The power grid requires a workforce equipped to design, install and maintain a system that integrates increased energy production, new energy sources, smart grid technologies and energy storage.

By Calvin Butler and Kenneth Cooper • March 20, 2025

But first, eat your vegetables: A guide to smarter load management

Smarter load management optimizes grid performance and efficiency. Discover strategies for balanced growth.

By Kyle Kichura • March 18, 2025

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Grid Resiliency

Utilities and grid operators are facing increasing threats from climate change as well as cyber and physical attacks, and are deploying a variety of responses to meet the rising challenges.

By Utility Dive staff

Southwest Power Pool could need $263B generation investment by 2050: Brattle

The Southwestern grid operator could need up to to 48 GW of new wind generation, 130 GW of solar and 59 GW of battery storage in the next quarter century.

By Robert Walton • March 18, 2025

FERC reaffirms approval of Southeastern SEEM market

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected arguments made by Advanced Energy United, the Clean Energy Buyers Association and others that the market unfairly limits market access.

By Ethan Howland • March 17, 2025

California PUC approves battery storage safety rules

The rules require battery storage facility owners to develop emergency response and emergency action plans.

By Robert Walton • March 17, 2025

Bad data in, bad data out: Protecting your investment in ADMS

Modernize construction data collection to unlock the full potential of your ADMS and improve grid efficiency.

By Bob Schultz • March 17, 2025

MISO overstates transmission plan benefits by excluding Invenergy project: market monitor

Potomac Economics called for increased oversight of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s transmission planning in a filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

By Ethan Howland • March 14, 2025

Kentucky Power customers pay for AEP transmission without benefit, state officials say in complaint

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should order American Electric Power to overhaul a transmission cost-sharing pact among its Eastern utilities, Kentucky officials said.

By Ethan Howland • March 14, 2025

Growing demand for electricity requires new policy solutions

We need forward-thinking policies that allow public power utilities to finance and build critical infrastructure projects faster without raising costs for the communities they serve.

By Tom Falcone • March 12, 2025

Beating China on AI requires all available grid solutions

We will need all available transmission tools — including grid-enhancing technologies and high-performance conductors — to meet the growing demand for power from data centers.

By Neil Chatterjee • March 12, 2025

21 House Republicans oppose cutting clean energy credits to pay for tax cuts

“Both our constituencies and the energy industry alike remain concerned about disruptive changes to our nation’s energy tax structure,” the letter led by Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., said.

By Lamar Johnson • March 11, 2025

Proposed FERC price cap settlement will intensify looming electric capacity crisis

Artificially deflating PJM's capacity prices by lowering the price cap does nothing to fix the grid operator’s power-supply problems and could lead to blackouts.

By Anthony “Tony” Campbell • March 10, 2025

Hitachi Energy commits $250M to address transformer shortage

Electricity demand associated with artificial intelligence and data center development mean “the need for transformers has surged beyond initial projections,” Hitachi Energy said.

By Robert Walton • March 10, 2025

Utilities may subsidize data center growth by shifting costs to other ratepayers: Harvard Law paper

“The public faces significant risks that utilities will … profit from new data centers by making major investments and then shifting costs to their captive ratepayers,” the report’s authors said.

By Ethan Howland • March 10, 2025

IRA funding freeze has put ‘many’ clean energy projects on pause

The uncertainty created by the funding freeze has affected projects at “various stages of development,” a clean energy executive said on a recent press call.

By Lamar Johnson • March 7, 2025

Avista, PG&E, Ameren AI demonstrations show great potential – but are other utilities ready?

New artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms can optimize complexities across the power system if utilities and regulators can make data more accessible — and protect it, experts say.

By Herman K. Trabish • March 7, 2025

Bonneville opts to join SPP’s Markets+ day-ahead market over CAISO alternative

BPA’s draft decision sets the stage for having two intertwined day-ahead markets across the West with complex seams between them.

By Ethan Howland • March 7, 2025

Trump extends tariff pause to all USMCA goods

Imports from Mexico and Canada that are compliant with the trade deal will not be subject to tariffs until April 2.

By Philip Neuffer • March 6, 2025

Basin Electric urges Congress to support clean energy tax credits

Inflation Reduction Act tax credits support energy infrastructure needed to meet rising demand for electricity, an Iowa Republican said during a House hearing.

By Ethan Howland • March 6, 2025

LA County sues Southern California Edison for Eaton Fire damages

Court documents allege “clear evidence” that the fire was caused by SCE, which LA County says failed to de-energize all of its equipment despite warnings of extreme wind.

By Emma Penrod • March 6, 2025

Will Trump tariffs delay utility transmission, power plant plans?

FirstEnergy and other utilities warn they could be hurt by tariffs, but analysts see little immediate effect on utility capital expenditure plans.

By Ethan Howland • March 5, 2025

For transmission planning, FERC Order 1920 is our dragon

Instead of repealing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 100 to improve transmission planning, the focus should be on making Order 1920 as strong as possible.

By Claire Wayner • March 4, 2025

Striking true or overreaching? How a new executive order clouds FERC’s decisional authority

The agency's independence and credibility depend on careful adherence to the law, not alignment with shifting executive priorities, according to Lyle Larson, a partner at Balch & Bingham.

By Lyle Larson • March 4, 2025

New England, New York grid operators prepare to collect millions in tariffs on Canadian electricity

Whether the tariffs going into effect Tuesday apply to electricity imports — and what role the ISOs must play in collecting them — is unclear, they told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, but they need to be prepared.

By Robert Walton • March 3, 2025

FirstEnergy’s 5-year data center pipeline doubles to 3 GW

FirstEnergy shares fell nearly 10.5% in trading on Thursday after the company effectively lowered its earnings outlook, according to Jefferies analysts.

By Ethan Howland • Feb. 28, 2025