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    Renewable revolution: How corporations are driving the energy transition

    How companies are turning clean power strategies into competitive advantage.

    July 28, 2025
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    Opinion

    Coal- and gas-fired power plants have a new best friend: data centers

    The data center boom is here to stay, but so is climate change. Load growth is not an excuse to reverse progress and renew dependence on fossil fuel energy.

    By Abbe Ramanan • July 25, 2025
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    Top 5 Stories from Utility Dive

    Power demand is rising amid dramatic shifts in federal energy policy, but technology and markets continue to push the grid toward cleaner, more distributed resources. 

    By Utility Dive staff
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    FERC orders changes to PJM’s grid interconnection process, plus 3 other open meeting takeaways

    Required changes include cost allocation for network upgrades, consideration of grid-enhancing technologies and energy storage modeling.

    By • July 25, 2025
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    DOE’s national labs reportedly consider layoffs amid budget cuts

    Proposed budget cuts could lead to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory each laying off around a thousand employees.

    By • July 24, 2025
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    Meta to power Texas data centers with 600-MW solar plant

    The facility’s owner, Enbridge, will invest $900 million to finish the power plant near San Antonio. 

    By Lamar Johnson • July 24, 2025
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    Opinion

    The IRA rollback is a disaster for energy. Industry leaders must move fast.

    Project changes will require meticulous due diligence involving legal and finance teams. Those who can show robust tracking and tracing protocols may be among the biggest winners.

    By Anna Shpitsberg • July 23, 2025
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    PJM capacity prices set another record with 22% jump

    The Trump administration will likely seize on the auction results to justify keeping thermal power plants, namely coal, in PJM from retiring, according to analysts with Capstone.

    By • July 23, 2025
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    Electric utilities will invest more than $1.1T by 2030 to meet demand growth: EEI

    The electric utility sector’s capital expenditures “are higher than any other sector in the U.S. economy,” Edison Electric Institute President and CEO Drew Maloney said.

    By • July 23, 2025
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    Booming solar and storage are propping up Puerto Rico’s grid this summer

    What started as a modest pilot program is now the first virtual power plant of its kind in the region, advocates say.

    By • July 22, 2025
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    Opinion

    The key to renewable energy development is building local trust

    After a gigawatt’s worth of development, Arun Muthukrishnan now approaches each project not just as a technical or financial challenge, but as a deeply human one.

    By Arun Muthukrishnan • July 18, 2025
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    Utilities may speed renewable projects under new tax credit timeline: Jefferies

    Utilities “with renewables-heavy plans” may accelerate wind and solar projects by several years in order to qualify for the new one-year safe harbor period, according to Jefferies.

    By • July 17, 2025
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    With Blackstone venture, PPL is ‘biggest winner’ from data center summit

    The Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, which President Trump attended, touted heavy investments in AI and power infrastructure. Jefferies analysts said PPL scored a victory there.

    By • July 17, 2025
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    Law judge calls for Minnesota PUC to reject $6.2B Allete private equity deal

    The proposed private equity model isn’t in the public interest, an administrative law judge said.

    By • July 16, 2025
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    Georgia Power’s new IRP keeps coal plants online to serve data centers

    The integrated resource plan approved by regulators on Tuesday also calls for up to 4,000 MW of renewable resources by 2035 and more than 1,500 MW of storage.

    By • July 16, 2025
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    Opinion

    Natural gas: The workhorse of American energy dominance and security

    Natural gas is a vital export to allies in Europe and Asia, a backstop for grid reliability during peak demand and a bridge fuel that complements the integration of renewable resources.

    By Brigham McCown • July 15, 2025
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    Google to buy up to 3 GW of hydro power from Brookfield

    The technology company will begin by buying power from dams totaling 670 MW in the PJM Interconnection, where power supplies are tight.

    By • July 15, 2025
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    Oregon legislature passes first-in-nation microgrid framework

    Supporters say the Oregon model could set an example for other states concerned about grid reliability and rising costs.

    By Brian Martucci • July 14, 2025
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    Solar generation expected to rise by a third this summer: EIA

    Solar is expected to account for 7% of total U.S. generation in 2025 and 8% in 2026, the Energy Information Administration said Tuesday.

    By • July 10, 2025
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    Trump seeks tighter restrictions on wind and solar with executive order

    The order seeks to “ensure that policies concerning the ‘beginning of construction’ are not circumvented” by wind and solar projects.

    By • July 9, 2025
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    Opinion

    How retail energy suppliers can navigate the new federal energy policies

    Key strategies include buying renewable energy certificates now, leveraging data and predictive analytics and growing market share.

    By Nainish Gupta • July 8, 2025
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    JPMorgan launches carbon market blockchain app

    In a bid to boost data standardization and transparency, the bank is working with three global carbon registries to test the viability of tokenizing the voluntary carbon market.

    By Lamar Johnson • July 7, 2025
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    FERC rejects MISO, SPP plan to broaden scope of interregional transmission planning

    One dissenting commissioner said regulators "should not stand in the way of simple solutions" that would improve study accuracy.

    By • July 7, 2025
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    Trump signs budget bill slashing clean energy tax credits

    President Donald Trump promised additional executive branch restrictions on wind, solar and EV projects in exchange for Freedom Caucus members' support of the bill, Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., said.

    By • Updated July 7, 2025
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    Airloom Energy to pilot novel wind power tech at Wyoming site

    The shorter, more compact turbine design will be cheaper to produce, faster to deploy, more suitable for height-restricted areas and less likely to trigger local opposition, the Laramie-based company says.

    By Brian Martucci • July 2, 2025
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    Opinion

    How regulators can protect hydrogen customers while enabling innovation

    By asking key questions, regulators can distinguish between fruitful and wasteful hydrogen projects. And by taking a holistic view and engaging with others, they can bring stability to the industry.

    By Dan Esposito and Mike O’Boyle • July 2, 2025