When it comes to the levelized cost of energy (LCOE), “Unsubsidized renewable energy remains the most cost competitive form of new-build generation…. Wind, solar and storage are expected to continue ...
Commonwealth Fusion Systems is now the first fusion developer to brave a major US interconnection queue. (POWER) Yesterday, Commonwealth announced it had applied to plug a 400-MW plant (the Fall Line ...
The playbook: Everybody’s talking about the grid operator’s connect-and-manage framework. How it works: Resources don’t have to wait for the transmission upgrades required for “full deliverability.” ...
That is the largest commercial deal in the company's history. It followed a $5 billion partnership with Brookfield Asset Management in October 2025 to deploy fuel cells for AI data centers globally.
AEP, a major US utility with operations in both the PJM Interconnection and Southwest Power Pool footprints, is "suggesting" that it may leave both unless major changes are made, particularly in ...
After months of White House pressure, FERC is kicking off large-load interconnection reforms. Yesterday, the agency ordered all six regional grid operators to “justify”—or accordingly tweak—the rules ...
That was quick: In May, PacifiCorp and CAISO launched EDAM (which builds off the real-time Western Energy Imbalance Market). Two months in, EDAM is helping PacifiCorp improve resource planning. The ...
Reality check: It takes around five years, on average, for generation and transmission projects to move through review. “The current permitting system is broken,” Xan Fishman, vice president of energy ...
The federal government’s assault on the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act — pronounced in the Trump administration and abetted by the U.S. Supreme Court — continued yesterday (July 16) at the ...
The world is entering a new era of nuclear proliferation. As alliance loyalties wane, hostile and friendly nuclear weapons proliferation is becoming more likely. As in the 1950s and 1960s, security ...
Another round of mid-term reliability procurement. The Commission also approved a significant crude-oil pipeline rate increase and pushed several items to December. The meeting blended procedural ...
Smart meters have been deployed for decades at U.S. electric, water, and gas utilities, delivering business value from the customer to the operations side. One persistent challenge: the cellular ...