NERC data shows the U.S. grid is better prepared to handle summer heatwaves this year compared to last year. Credit goes to “a substantial influx of solar and battery” resources — not the coal plants Trump has forced to stay open:
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Third-party demand response provider Voltus and nonprofit Mission:data say utility barriers to accessing smart meter data are blocking gigawatts of grid relief in PJM, the biggest U.S. energy market — and they're asking regulators to step in:
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Electric vehicles can power homes and the grid — if installers, utilities, automakers and charger manufacturers can agree on how to make that happen en masse. This 120-home pilot project in California is working out the kinks:
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Is Frito-Lay categorically refusing to buy potatoes grown on farmland that has hosted solar installations? No, the company says.
That hasn’t stopped lawmakers in Michigan and Pennsylvania from spreading the false claim.
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"Generative AI is catnip for hall monitors, snitches, toadies, and any other group that hates work and loves talking down to others. Put another way, it ingratiates losers who believe that learning to do or being good at something is a waste of time."
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California’s new cap-and-invest overhaul plan is under attack from lawmakers and environmental groups who say it could wreck 2030 carbon-cutting targets and shift up to $4B from state funds to polluting industries—all to satisfy oil industry demands:
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Demand response companies say utilities in the biggest U.S. energy market are blocking gigawatts of grid relief by withholding data meant to help…
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Nationwide grid reliability has improved since last summer — and new solar and batteries, not aging coal plants, are the main reason.
Can electric vehicles finally start working as backup batteries for homes and the grid? This 120-home pilot project in California is working out the kinks.
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Changes suggested by state regulators could put 2030 emissions goals out of reach and shift billions of dollars from state programs to polluters, critics…
Misinformation about renewable energy fuels local pushback to proposed energy installations and could threaten farmers’ livelihoods.
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Dynamic line rating tech can find hidden grid capacity to move more power when it's cold and windy—if multiple utilities can coordinate how they use it. OATI says this project, running on software used across North American grids, can make that happen:
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Most U.S. grid operators already use OATI’s software. Now the firm wants to tap AI and data to boost transmission capacity — and it’s asking the DOE for…
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California regulators are poised to weaken a crucial climate program next week, undermining the state’s ability to meet its 2030 emissions reduction goal: www.canarymedia.com/articles/emi... via @jeffstjohn.bsky.social
California air regulators have OK'd big changes to the state's cap-and-invest program, pledging they won't let a novel allowances-for-decarbonization projects scheme wreck emissions targets and defund vital state programs. Critics aren't convinced:
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Changes suggested by state regulators could put 2030 emissions goals out of reach and shift billions of dollars from state programs to polluters, critics…
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Air regulators say the new plan balances industry needs and environmental goals — but critics worry that the state has just undermined its own emissions…
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Changes suggested by state regulators could put 2030 emissions goals out of reach and shift billions of dollars from state programs to polluters, critics…
