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Duke Energy is offloading its Tennessee Piedmont Natural Gas operations to Spire in a $2.48B deal. (Duke Energy) The sale, expected to close early next year, will help fund Duke’s $83B five-year ...

DTE Energy is in talks with hyperscalers and other data center developers representing 7 GW of potential new load—3 GW of which could hit the grid soon, tied to land-secured projects with local ...

Nearly 300 state bills aimed at modernizing the grid were introduced in Q2, with energy storage deployment leading the charge, per NCCETC’s latest “50 States of Grid Modernization” report. (PV ...

Summary: Your author has deep experience working with the California Energy Commission (CEC) on innovative grid resource programs. This experience started when I worked for Comverge in the early 2000s ...

The EU’s $750B energy promise to the US makes good politics, but not much logistical sense. Global energy expert Anne-Sophie Corbeau points out the math problem: In 2024, the EU imported about $89B in ...

Today in creative generation: The food waste from the 3M Open PGA Tour event in Minnesota last week is being turned into electricity. (Minnesota Star Tribune) How? All of the food trash (an expected ...

The Palisades nuclear plant is coming out of retirement, a move that marks the first time the NRC has given the go-ahead to restart a permanently-closed US nuclear power station. (Field Notes) The ...

Fusion startups just had their best year since 2022, pulling in $2.64B in new funding as investor confidence rebounds and pilot plants inch closer to reality. That’s up 178% from last year. (FIA) ...

When its market monitor raised red flags over a $22B transmission expansion, MISO tried to push them out of the process. FERC just said: not happening. (Utility Dive) FERC said the monitor’s review is ...

UK Power Networks is using AI to detect and quantify “hidden” rooftop solar not directly measured by grid operators. (Energy Live News) Developed with Open Climate Fix, the tool analyzes voltage and ...

After Maui’s deadly wildfire utility Hawaiian Electric Co (HECO) is being sued for not having de-energized its power lines in response to a combination of drought and high winds. Every investor-owned ...