1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (513+ words) In a unanimous vote, the commissioners agreed that current regulations are lagging behind the data center surge, but declined to exert federal power over RTOs. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission acted today on the advanced notice of proposed rulemaking that…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (447+ words) FERC's long-awaited large load interconnection orders are here " but questions remain on how to best encourage flexibility. The most important near-term question in the wake of FERC's large load rulemaking is not jurisdictional; it is how utilities, RTOs, and regulators…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (558+ words) Founded by a former Space-X engineer, Critical Energy raised $22 million to build modular power plants for geothermal developers. Last month, Fervo went public. Other geothermal startups are crowding the market, each offering a slightly different twist on the technology. The…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1439+ words) Heat pumps do their job. The defaults we've wrapped around them don't. This is part two of a three-part series on the problem of home decarbonization in the U. S. Continue reading with'part one. Heat pumps have a messaging problem. Almost every…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1602+ words) The stakes are high in the debate over the fate of the nation's largest capacity market. It's been nearly a year since capacity market prices in the mid-Atlantic spiked, reaching the price cap and putting the region at the center…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1045+ words) How to encourage a U. S. -wide switch from air conditioners to heat pumps, according to one of the installers on the ground. Here's an uncomfortable truth about home decarbonization: We're behind schedule, and locking in even more delays every day. Roughly…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (588+ words) General Motors is validating the idea of sodium-ion as a "defining chemistry" for grid storage. General Motors is expanding its grid-scale storage capabilities by betting on sodium-ion, which remains a relatively niche battery chemistry. Earlier this week, the Fortune 500 company…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (1798+ words) New polling shows voters are furious about electricity prices, data centers, and utility profits. Can it become a mandate for change? The anger and anxiety over electricity in America is palpable. You can see it in packed utility commission hearings,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (720+ words) Across the city, David Energy is deploying small storage at small businesses " but is preparing to go much bigger. New batteries have been spreading across New York City, popping up at small businesses over the last year: bidirectional, plug-in, and,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (401+ words) The disclosure comes as communities demand more transparency over water and power use by AI data centers. At long last, Amazon has reported how much water its global data centers use: 2. 5 billion gallons in 2025. The company said it "returned" two-thirds…...