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Our increased dependence on safe, reliable and affordable electricity comes at a time when massive electrification and the needs of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are driving dynamic growth of the ...
Recent geopolitical tensions—particularly President Trump’s threat of secondary sanctions against buyers of Russian oil—have repositioned geopolitical risk as a central variable in oil pricing. While ...
MISO could save $27B in system costs by 2035 by adding 11 GW of battery storage, according to a new report. (Utility Dive) MISO currently has about 125 MW (with an M) of batteries on a grid with a 127 ...
A federal inspection found a “chilled work environment” that kept employees from reporting safety concerns at Florida Power & Light’s St. Lucie nuclear plant. (Tampa Bay Times) Staff feared ...
Google will reduce AI data center load during grid stress events under new agreements with Indiana Michigan Power and Tennessee Power Authority. (Reuters) These deals represent Google’s first formal ...
How much is a kWh saved worth? Companies and institutions seeking to reduce costs need a benchmark to evaluate the solutions under consideration. How much is a kWh saved worth? This is an important ...
The New York Power Authority’s updated strategic plan adds 20 new renewable generation projects and 156 storage installations, bringing the total to more than 200 projects with nearly 7 GW of capacity ...
Multinational mining giant Rio Tinto's Kennecott Utah Copper is shutting down its last remaining coal-fired power plant, in Magna, Utah, and replacing it with 1.5 million megawatt-hours' (MWh) worth ...
ATLANTA – July 24, 2025 – About two-thirds (68 percent) of homeowners would participate in a solar-plus-storage program where the technologies are installed at little to no cost, are used to help ...
DOE jobs could be in jeopardy after recent proposed budget cuts. (Utility Dive) National labs (like the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) are reportedly ...
July 22, 2025 the US House Committee on Homeland Security held a hearing, “Fully Operational Stuxnet 15 Years Later & the Evolution of Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure”. Stuxnet was not an ...