1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (548+ words) “The Department’s reading of ‘emergency’ invites frequent federal interventions that are unsupported by the statute and threaten the stability of the energy market,” the ruling said. A federal appeals court on Friday vacated the U.S. Department of Energy’s emergency…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (469+ words) The Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s proposal would fast-track reviews for generating projects that supply large loads that are served by the same substation, including colocated loads. MISO’s proposal is a partial response to FERC’s mid-June “show cause” orders finding that…...

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4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (500+ words) The U.S. Department of Energy under the Trump administration has financed three plant restarts and made other conditional commitments to bring nuclear power online. The U.S. Department of Energy has closed on a $1.9 billion loan to NextEra Energy to support the restart…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (416+ words) Image created using AI Google Gemini The rapid emergence of AI is changing that equation. Traditional data centers typically consumed power at a steady rate. Thousands of small IT loads smoothed out variations, allowing planners to model facilities using static…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (953+ words) Deep-pocketed tech companies and mission‑critical defense customers are emerging as the earliest adopters of advanced reactors, but utilities see potential if cost recovery issues can be resolved. Advanced nuclear developers are pitching small modular reactors and microreactors as firm,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (586+ words) The Aug. 26 executive order, previous executive actions and the Treasury Department’s Foreign Entity of Concern guidance are likely to hit battery and inverter supply chains particularly hard. Trump’s executive order seeks to prevent certain foreign-made batteries, transformers, inverters and related…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (578+ words) Manufacturers say the changes would create a more predictable process to set appliance standards but should not “apply retroactively to standards already finalized.” The Trump administration’s proposed changes to how appliance energy efficiency standards are updated has drawn arguments around…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (533+ words) Grid equipment manufacturers say more clarity will be needed, particularly around rules for software and digital products where the country of origin may be difficult to determine. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order preparing to block utilities…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (444+ words) “We lose more than half of everything that we expected to be able to build with the combination of market forces and proactive policy,” said Amanda Levin, NRDC’s director of policy analysis. An August report from Global Energy Monitor counts…...