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US-Canada trade war threatens electricity imports, prices
2+ week, 5+ day ago (357+ words) If Canada opts to reduce or eliminate electricity exports to New England, the impact would be largely financial — at least under typical weather conditions, according to the region’s grid operator. An escalating trade war between the United States and Canada…...
Trump declares emergency, moves to block some foreign-made equipment from grid
2+ week, 3+ 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…...
Bonneville eyes switch to CAISO’s EDAM from Southwest Power Pool’s Markets+
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (580+ words) BPA’s Travis Kavulla outlined governance-related criteria that need to be met for the federal power marketer to join the Extended Day-Ahead Market run by California’s grid operator. BPA participates in the CAISO-run Western EIM, which offers real-time balancing between electric…...
The Western energy market must shift as power flows evolve, say experts
3+ week, 4+ day ago (445+ words) The WECC-1 RAS “does not consider south-to-north flows, and frankly, it is something I’m worried about,” said Bonneville Power Administration system dispatcher Chris Sanford. Moderator Raja Thappetaobula, director of RC West Operations at CAISO, said Sanford “brought up a good…...
Drones are the next big security challenge for critical infrastructure
2+ week, 4+ day ago (666+ words) The same capabilities that make drones operationally valuable for utilities also make them effective tools for threat actors, writes SkySafe Chief Revenue Officer Melissa Swisher. Melissa Swisher is chief revenue officer at SkySafe, a provider of airspace intelligence. In recent…...
Property risk in natural resources: The shift from severity to duration
1+ week, 6+ day ago (13+ words) Utility Dive...
California sues Trump administration over offshore wind ‘extortion racket’
1+ week, 6+ day ago (414+ words) TotalEnergies agreed to invest the $928 million into U.S. oil, natural gas, and liqueified natural gas production....
Trump’s energy policy could cost US 540 GW of renewables, says NRDC
2+ week, 4+ 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…...
People + Vertical AI: The new operating model for energy and utilities
2+ week, 6+ day ago (976+ words) For generations, the energy and utility industry has depended on the judgment of its people. Across the industry, people keep energy and water running and serve the communities that depend on them. Their expertise shapes reliability, resilience, customer experience and…...
A VPP is a garden. Let’s make them flourish nationwide.
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (519+ words) Load is growing again for the first time in two decades. Data centers, electrification, heat. The two traditional answers, more generation and more network, both arrive with a queue attached: the median wait from interconnection request to switch-on now runs…...