The six states in EIA’s PADD 1C subregion — Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia — consume massive volumes of refined products but produce very little themselves. That […]
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Data centers can tap batteries, microgrids for faster interconnection: NEMA
Dive Brief: Large data centers can boost on-site safety and reliability while providing significant grid benefits by shifting from proprietary electrical infrastructure designs to more standardized frameworks, a top National Electrical Manufacturers […]
CAISO shifts transmission focus to reliability to meet peak demand growth
The California Independent System Operator earmarked $1.3 billion less for transmission development in its 2024-2025 transmission plan than in the previous year’s plan as it focused more on reliability-driven projects and less […]
Winter Storm Fern disrupts North American solar in late January
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that January 2026 began with relatively mild, solar-favorable conditions across much of the eastern U.S., but ended with Winter […]
U.S. Power Boom Triggers Global Gas Turbine Shortage
The hyperscaler-driven surge in U.S. power demand is creating ripple effects in the global supply chain, with gas turbines becoming the most critical bottleneck to rolling out flexible baseload capacity to support […]
The path to market for new nuclear reactors
Spurred by a suite of executive orders and investments from the federal government, new nuclear reactors are coming soon. Or the announcements are at least. The advanced nuclear sector has found itself […]
Utilities face cost-recovery risk as infrastructure costs, demand rise: Morningstar
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Electric utilities are preparing for a major infrastructure buildout to meet growing demand while the cost for key […]
How Vulnerable is the US Electrical Grid to Winter Outages?
A winter wallop that delivered a blast of Arctic air to two-thirds of the United States last weekend brought with it power failures, partially due to snow, ice and falling trees or […]
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
In early January, the Trump administration quietly canceled $450 million in funding for grid resilience programs in Puerto Rico. It’s the final dismantling of the Biden-era’s distributed energy strategy for the island, […]
NRC Launches Major Reorganization as Licensing Deadlines and Reform Workload Intensify
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the federal agency responsible for licensing and oversight of civilian nuclear facilities, on Feb. 4 said it would launch a sweeping organizational restructure intended to consolidate […]