Surviving summer with demand-side solutions | Factor This Policycast
This episode of the Factor This Policycast, presented in partnership with Advanced Energy United, explores demand-side solutions that could help satisfy elevated summer electricity consumption. SPAN’s Richard Caperton and Sarah Steinberg of Advanced Energy United talk about the tools available to keep the lights on and bills manageable, and how utilities can use them to get more out of our existing grid without investing in costly, time-consuming infrastructure upgrades.
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DOE says we need more transmission, decides building less is fine
On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) is pulling the plug on the review process for the three remaining proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs).
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Hydropower reform comes to Capitol Hill
Several bipartisan bills have been introduced in the House and Senate aiming to shore up hydropower licensing and permitting processes.
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Enabling utility-grade AI and future grid resilience with Joe Matamoros from S&C Electric Company
Joe Matamoros, Chief Product Development Officer at S&C Electric Company, outlines what it means for utilities to addresses resiliency challenges in the present and for the future.
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Midwestern US utilities focus on restoration after severe storms and near-100 MPH winds leave hundreds of thousands in the dark
Severe storms this week knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of customers, mostly in the Midwest, and utilities are still scrambling response teams to fix downed utility poles and lines affected by fallen trees after winds of up to 99 miles-per-hour ripped through the region.
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Mark it eight, dude: Another Western utility joins the EDAM
BHE Montana has entered into a formal agreement to join the California ISO-managed Extended Day-Ahead Market in 2028, further enhancing the value of coordinating resources in the Western United States.
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How are redefinitions of reliability and resiliency impacting utilities and their customers?
DTECH Reliability & Resiliency will address evolving utility challenges that are being driven by increasing energy demand and extreme weather.
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PJM accepts over 700 generation projects in new ‘first-ready, first-served’ queue
PJM Interconnection announced 715 new generation projects, capable of over 200 GW, qualified for study under a reformed interconnection process.
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Redefining the utility playbook with PG&E’s Sumeet Singh
In this episode of the Factor This podcast, Sumeet Singh, CEO of Pacific Gas & Electric, details how utility leaders can balance cultural shifts with the economic imperative to maximize underutilized grid capacity and lower customer rates. He breaks down how PG&E processes billions of pieces of data to help predict wildfire risks in advance, and how AI-enabled camera networks can shave critical minutes off emergency response times.
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Can Trump’s new solar tariffs help the domestic supply problem? — This Week in Cleantech
On this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, Mark Chediak from Bloomberg breaks down Trump’s new 15% tariffs and price floors on imported polysilicon and its derivatives, including wafers, cells and modules.
With speed to power in mind, data centers are eyeing fuel cells – This Week in Cleantech
On this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, Heather Clancy from Trellis discusses why some data center companies see fuel cells as an attractive option for onsite power.
Scaling Renewable Energy Manufacturing—From Pilot Line to Production
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Join Factor This for an insightful webinar exploring how JR Automation helps manufacturers move battery, energy storage, and renewable production from pilot line to full-rate output without sacrificing throughput or quality.
Colorado River negotiations continue as states await fed decision
Nevada’s top Colorado River negotiator said lower-basin states are still pressing for adjustments and attempting to forge consensus-based alternatives before federally mandated water cuts are finalized.
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Maximizing electric vehicle incentives: A state-by-state guide
The biggest funders of industrial fleet electrification aren’t federal agencies. They’re the utilities already billing your facility every month, writes Max Khabur.
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‘One step forward, one step back’ – clean energy jobs growth stifled by canceled projects
Thousands of clean energy jobs were created, but project cancellations offset gains, according to advocacy group E2 and Atlas Public Policy.
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Case study: Preparing to power data-driven demand with solar and storage at the Appledale Energy Center
Global engineering consulting firm RINA was engaged by Hawthorne Renewable Energy to support the development of a planned 300 MW solar project combined with a 4-hour, 300 MW battery energy storage system.
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Hydropower faces unique challenges in a worldwide race to acquire transformers
A new report examines how the growing demand for transformers, dependence on imports, and low domestic manufacturing capacity are threatening the nation’s hydropower modernization efforts, and some unique challenges that the hydropower industry faces.
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CorPower Ocean wins world-first wave energy certification
The certification confirms the system meets DNV’s reliability and safety requirements and marks progress towards utility-scale wave energy.
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Hybridizing hydro could ease grid constraints says Ember
A new report from Ember shows that adding wind and solar behind the meter of existing hydro assets could bypass grid constraints.
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Arizona, California and Nevada would share cuts under federal proposal to manage the Colorado River
Three western U.S. states would take less water from the Colorado River under a federal proposal released Friday to stave off a crisis in the beleaguered waterway.
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Mocean Energy targets wave-powered offshore data centers
Scotland-based Mocean Energy plans to move data centers out to sea with power from wave energy, solar PV and battery storage.
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Can this senate bill make hydropower projects more affordable?
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Steve Daines, and Jim Risch introduced the Hydropower Licensing Affordability Act to reform hydropower licensing.
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Relief from energy bills unlikely as utilities request billions in rate hikes
Consumers are unlikely to see any relief in gas and electric bills as utilities proposed more than $18 billion in rate hikes across the country over the first half of the year.
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Aligning wildfire mitigation with utility operations and planning
New mitigation tools are allowing utilities to adjust what it means for them to evaluate wildfire risk
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Relieving grid congestion with advanced transmission technologies | Factor This Policycast
This episode of the Factor This Policycast, presented in partnership with Advanced Energy United, explores the offerings of advanced transmission technologies (ATTs), including grid-enhancing technologies (GETs) and advanced conductors, tools that can be quickly deployed to increase the capabilities and capacities of power lines.
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Dozens of utilities join pledge pledge to protect consumers from high bills from AI data centers
President Donald Trump announced a voluntary pledge with 23 governors and 187 companies to lower U.S. electricity bills amid AI growth concerns.
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Floridians are investing in reliability long before named storms show up
Utilities don’t always see how much resilience customers are building at the property level, independent of what’s happening on the grid side, writes contributor Tom Beard, longtime CEO of Palmer Electric.
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