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Top headline at UtilityDive - always read @ethanhowl.bsky.social! www.utilitydive.com/news/us-grid...
February 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
tnorris.bsky.social
Me in UtilityDive today re: a new $10bn data center announced for NC (the same is true for most states) 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/growing...
July 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
tnorris.bsky.social
Today's top UtilityDive story is the deepest press treatment yet of "connect & manage" and opportunity to accelerate generator interconnection via better provisional/ERIS service. 🔌💡 www.utilitydive.com/news/ercot-c...
June 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
drpauldorfman.bsky.social
Global solar installations rise 64% to 380 GW in first half of 2025 www.utilitydive.com/news/solar-i... via @UtilityDive
Global solar installations rise 64% to 380 GW in first half of 2025
China led the pack in solar installations, adding 256 GW — more than twice as much solar capacity as the rest of the world combined.
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September 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
drpauldorfman.bsky.social
Renewables make up 91% of the 15 GW of generation the US added in first 5 months of 2025: FERC www.utilitydive.com/news/renewab... via @UtilityDive
Renewables make up 91% of the 15 GW of generation the US added in first 5 months of 2025: FERC
“Solar continues to deliver new power to the grid faster and cheaper than any other source of electricity,” said Stephanie Bosh, senior vice president of communications for the Solar Energy Industries...
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August 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
drpauldorfman.bsky.social
Nuclear power is failing, and AI can’t rescue it.
#nuclear #climate www.utilitydive.com/news/nuclear... via @UtilityDive
Nuclear power is failing, and AI can’t rescue it
Nuclear generation is expensive and slow to develop. Claims that past failures won’t recur have convinced politicians to socialize investments rejected by private capital markets.
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September 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
mathiasbell.bsky.social
New WeaveGrid Op-ed up on UtilityDive: www.utilitydive.com/spons/the-ev...
February 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
lawyers4goodgov.bsky.social
☀️Congress should preserve elective pay & undo early phaseouts for community-scale #solar & storage.

Read this op-ed of L4GG's Director of #CleanEnergy Edward Yim about why locally driven projects, which make up 20% of U.S. solar installed deserve continued federal support: L4GG.org/UtilityDive-Oped
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September 24, 2026 at 7:45 PM
drpauldorfman.bsky.social
#climate environmental sadism.
Trump administration halts all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in US www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-h... via @UtilityDive
Trump administration halts all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in US
The action affects five major offshore wind farms under development in federal waters, including the 2.6-GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind. The administration cited classified “national security risks...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
tnorris.bsky.social
UtilityDive: www.utilitydive.com/news/us-grid...
Existing US grid can handle ‘significant’ new flexible load: report
“Flexible load strategies can help tap existing headroom to more quickly integrate new loads [and] reduce the cost of capacity expansion,” Duke University researchers said.
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February 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
megawattnews.bsky.social
📋 Other New England states back Maine’s RTO adder complaint

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#EnergyPolicy #Climate
Other New England states back Maine’s RTO adder complaint
The complaint at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is part of a trend of states seeking to end an extra 0.5% return utilities can earn for voluntarily joining a transmission organization.
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September 22, 2026 at 10:01 PM
momscleanairforce.org
EPA yanks air quality permit for 1.5-GW Atlantic Shores offshore wind project www.utilitydive.com/news/epa-rem... via @UtilityDive
EPA yanks air quality permit for 1.5-GW Atlantic Shores offshore wind project
EPA Region 2 requested the permit remand as part of President Trump’s mandated review of offshore wind projects, the agency said.
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March 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
momscleanairforce.org
21 House Republicans oppose cutting clean energy credits to pay for tax cuts www.utilitydive.com/news/21-hous... via @UtilityDive
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.
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March 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
megawattnews.bsky.social
📰 New York audits utility AI use, cites risk in ‘growing dependency’

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#Energy
New York audits utility AI use, cites risk in ‘growing dependency’
Increasing use of AI systems to manage public utilities creates new risks for critical infrastructure, regulators said.
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September 24, 2026 at 4:02 PM
megawattnews.bsky.social
⚡ Exelon’s climate arm backs grid-planning firm Continuum

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#PowerGrid #Energy
Exelon’s climate arm backs grid-planning firm Continuum
"Technologies that help the utility be more efficient in terms of building infrastructure ... is a space that we're looking at," an Exelon executive said.
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September 24, 2026 at 10:02 PM
megawattnews.bsky.social
⚡ FERC has options for modernizing PJM’s governance

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#PowerGrid #Energy
FERC has options for modernizing PJM’s governance
The commission's jurisdiction over transmission governance allows it to modify filing-rights allocations and adjust PJM Interconnection's nominating committee, writes Harvard Law's Ari Peskoe.
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September 23, 2026 at 4:02 PM
megawattnews.bsky.social
☀️ Second federal judge overturns $7B Solar for All cancellation by Trump administration

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#Solar #Energy
Second federal judge overturns $7B Solar for All cancellation by Trump administration
The decision in a suit brought by Harris County, Texas, follows a similar ruling last week. A Harris County judge called it "a really important victory for energy resilience."
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September 25, 2026 at 4:02 PM
momscleanairforce.org
😡😡😡😡😡

EPA grants exemptions to mercury, air toxics rule to more than a third of US coal capacity www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-e... via @UtilityDive
EPA grants exemptions to mercury, air toxics rule to more than a third of US coal capacity
Power plant owners receiving the largest exemptions are Southern Co., at about 11,285 MW; NRG Energy, at about 7,100 MW; and the Tennessee Valley Authority, at about 6,660 MW.
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April 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
aripeskoe.bsky.social
I have two pieces today on how a 1990s FERC policy intended to spur competitive markets is being understood to prevent data centers from covering their transmission costs.

FERC Comment: elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/fil...
UtilityDive: www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-tr...
An outdated FERC policy is undermining the White House’s ratepayer protection pledge
FERC should revisit its transmission pricing policy and require utilities to assign the full costs of service to power-hungry data centers, writes Harvard’s Ari Peskoe.
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April 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
megawattnews.bsky.social
⚡ It’s time for utility bill reform

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#PowerGrid #Energy
It’s time for utility bill reform
Programs that serve broad public purposes should be financed through state general funds rather than hidden in your electric bill, writes Marc Brown at the Consumer Energy Alliance.
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September 22, 2026 at 4:02 PM
johnffarrell.bsky.social
I appreciate the attention to utility regulators acting as rubber stamps and the high costs it puts on consumers. "The public service commission is broken" and so is the for-profit monopoly model of electricity service. vist.ly/43vag h/t Emma Penrod @UtilityDive
Lawmaker, AARP call for nationwide utility commission reforms to stop rising electric bills
A coalition of consumer and environmental advocates said public service commissions have become too closely aligned with utility interests. U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., reintroduced legislation this week to prohibit utility companies from using ratepayer dollars to fund political lobbying and advertising.
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August 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
jigarshahdc.bsky.social
I wrote more about this shift and what it means for utilities, developers, and regulators in my latest byline for @UtilityDive.

👉 hubs.la/Q03t0TBs0

#VPPs #DERs #GridModernization #EnergyAbundance #CleanEnergy #DCP
From backup to backbone: Why utility-led DERs must drive MISO’s resource adequacy plans
Jigar Shah says MISO states can use distributed energy resources to meet key goals: cost stabilization, faster time to power, community development and a reliable, resilient grid.
hubs.la
June 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
megawattnews.bsky.social
⚡ Texas PUC adopts softened rules on data center interconnection

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#PowerGrid #Energy
Texas PUC adopts softened rules on data center interconnection
The Public Utility Commission of Texas backed off the standards it proposed in March, eliminating a non-refundable interconnection fee, halving its financial security requirement and extending energiz
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September 21, 2026 at 10:02 PM
auntyalias.bsky.social
‘Rogue’ communication devices found on Chinese-made solar power inverters www.utilitydive.com/news/rogue-c... via @UtilityDive
‘Rogue’ communication devices found on Chinese-made solar power inverters
The devices could give adversaries a way to disable power grids, damage energy infrastructure and trigger blackouts, specialists say.
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May 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
profbobhowarth.bsky.social
RayaSalter nails it: "York cannot afford nuclear power and must not slow down its Climate Act" www.utilitydive.com/news/new-yor... via @UtilityDive
New York cannot afford nuclear power and must not slow down its Climate Act
Claims that small modular reactors will provide cheaper, safer and faster nuclear energy remain unproven, echoing the same empty promises that led to past failures.
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August 30, 2024 at 7:25 PM