China’s new five-year plan doubles down on clean energy innovation, grid resilience, and high-tech manufacturing. (Volt Rush) The plan calls for accelerating wind, solar, nuclear, and hydro ...

The utility’s data center pipeline fell to 9.6 GW, down 400 MW since June, though 18 projects (1.6 GW) have advanced to final engineering. CEO Patti Poppe said the company remains focused on a “no big ...

A 300-mile transmission line once billed as serving Oregon’s public power needs may now deliver energy to a private data center—raising questions about who really benefits from the state’s largest ...

Below is a quick briefing on key items the California Public Utilities Commission is scheduled to consider at its October 30, 2025 voting meeting. PG&E Natural Gas Curtailment Procedures: This ...

FirstEnergy’s third-quarter results show flat sales, rising profits, and a grid about to get a lot busier. (Utility Dive) The utility predicts a 45% jump in peak load by 2035, driven almost entirely ...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is moving to fast-track grid connections for AI data centers and other large electricity users. (Latitude Media) Wright’s plan outlines 13 guiding principles, including ...

Energy: What kind of Brazil do we want? On paper and in speeches, Brazil is "the country" in energy. In reality, that's not quite the case. We're the most expensive in terms of price per kWh compared ...

The US Middle Atlantic and Southeast states experienced five days in a heat dome from June 23-27, 2025. This extensive heat dome stressed the electric generation, transmission and distribution ...

For years, the solar conversation has revolved around how much power we can produce — bigger panels, better batteries, cheaper installations. And while that progress has been incredible, we’re now ...

As the U.S. grid faces accelerating load growth from data centers and electrification, NERC’s Jim Robb warns of a “five-alarm fire” for reliability. The solution may lie in building smarter — not just ...

The explosive growth of data centers and smart city infrastructure represents the most significant transformation in electrical load characteristics since industrialization. Data centers, consuming 2% ...

The Department of Energy has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to federalize and streamline the connection of large data centers to the interstate transmission grid. DOE last week (Oct.