Michigan regulators have granted Consumers Energy a two-month delay in dealing with its controversial plan to sell 13 small and elderly hydroelectric plants to a Maryland-based private equity firm.

The administration’s unstated but operationally obvious policy of trying to prevent any U.S. coal-fired power plant from closing during Trump’s final term has suffered a major blow. In a scathing ...

The context: BPA was set on joining SPP’s day-ahead Markets+. But newly minted Administrator Travis Kavulla doesn’t seem so sure…and appears to be negotiating tweaks to EDAM. But it’s high time to ...

The top earner? PGE (around $300M/year), followed by Dominion ($241M) and Kentucky Power ($226M). The takeaway: These days, a 300-MW data center is starting to feel small…and payments from planned ...

BYONCE: Data centers and other large energy users must supply their own power while aligning with state renewable standards (which order DE utilities to source 40% clean energy by 2035). The package: ...

New funds: NY-based BESS developer Key Capture Energy closed a $300M loan last week to deploy its systems across the country. The destinations: KCE has a “near-term focus” on NY-ISO and MISO, the ...

New report from the Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative reveals the extent of the affordability crisis and outlines how utilities and regulators can help ATLANTA – August 20, 2026 – The Smart Energy ...

That stat comes from Duke’s 2026 Carolinas Resource Plan. The target includes nearly 14 GW of gas, 18 GW of solar, 13 GW of storage, and 4 GW of nuclear. Also on the agenda? Delaying coal plant ...

Energy efficiency matters to homebuyers. While they may not always receive the information and tools to make it a central part of their home-buying decision, the results of our most recent consumer ...

A familiar battery pitch deck has one especially attractive slide. It shows ancillary-service prices, multiplies them by the project's megawatts, and carries the result across the forecast period. The ...

Over the past decade, utilities have made tremendous progress in modernizing the electric grid. They have invested in smarter substations, connected field devices, advanced metering, edge computing, ...

Pricey pauses: Construction delays on the 704-MW Revolution Wind project have racked up millions in costs for Eversource shareholders. The culprit? The utility blamed two Trump administration ...