US energy infrastructure gets a D+ from American Society of Civil Engineers

The energy sector’s 2025 Infrastructure Report Card grade dropped from the C-  it received in 2021, with ASCE citing several threats facing the aging grid.

By Diana DiGangi • March 27, 2025

Outsmarting outages: AI predicts disruptions before they happen

As the energy landscape evolves with renewable resources and electric vehicles, the predictive outage model equips utilities with the agility needed to prioritize maintenance based on real-time data.

By Michael Juchno and Zaki Arifulla • March 27, 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

Span unveils at-the-meter load control device for utilities

The SPAN Edge device will be used in a Pacific Gas & Electric residential customer virtual power plant this year.

By Ethan Howland • March 26, 2025

Trump executive order threatens transmission, interconnection initiatives: former FERC commissioners

President Trump’s executive order compromises FERC’s independence, is “unhealthy, unwarranted, and unprecedented,” threatens power system reliability and is “plainly illegal,” the former commissioners say.

By Herman K. Trabish • March 26, 2025

New England could connect 9.6 GW of offshore wind without new infrastructure: report

ISO New England's report recommends moving some offshore wind from Maine to Boston to maximize transmission cost savings.

By Diana DiGangi • March 25, 2025

FERC approves SPP’s RTO West, plus 4 other open meeting takeaways

The White House has not directed the commission to bolster coal-fired generation, and the agency is eyeing reorganization possibilities, Chairman Mark Christie said Thursday.

By Ethan Howland • March 21, 2025

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

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