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Octopus Energy’s Kraken nabs its first North American integrated utility customer

Exclusive: Canada’s Saint John Energy will migrate customers to the company’s energy management platform over the next year.

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Renew Home makes its debut in a crowded VPP market

The spinout highlights the market’s growing pains, from customer acquisition to challenges of scale.

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GE spinout ThinkLabs has a new copilot offering for the grid

The company is stepping out on its own with $5 million in seed funding and a “strategic relationship” with GE Vernova.

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How Southern Company is readying the grid for EVs

WeaveGrid’s managed charging programs with Alabama Power and Georgia Power are using AI to manage the incoming surge of demand.

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PG&E is getting closer to remote, autonomous line inspections

The utility’s remote drone program is making strides, but technical hurdles remain.

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Can AES rally utility support for dynamic line rating?

The company hopes its recent case study with LineVision will jumpstart the conversation about grid-enhancing tech.

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Tesla cut its charging team. What now?

The industry’s transition to Tesla’s charging standard is already underway, but this setback could mean delays — and opportunity for Tesla’s competitors.

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AI for the grid has potential, DOE says — but comes with pitfalls

In a sweeping report, the agency outlines four key areas to prioritize the tech's deployment in the near-term.

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How PG&E got creative in overcoming capacity limits

In 2023, the utility turned to batteries as an alternative to reconductoring, a move that saved money and time.

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Schneider brings BESS to its microgrid suite

The company hopes expanding its microgrid solution will help open up the conversation between utilities and customers about flexible resources.

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Reconductoring could help solve America’s grid problem

Advanced conductors can up to double transmission capacity on existing lines in a matter of months.

Hitachi Energy pours $1.5 billion into transformers

In the next three years, the Swiss company plans to build out its production capacity in an effort to shorten lead times.

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Electron, National Grid are pushing 'portable data' for UK flexibility markets

The partnership aims to encourage higher participation levels in National Grid’s electricity distribution network.

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ERCOT needs more distribution data to grow VPPs, says executive

The grid operator decided to keep the 80 megawatt cap on its groundbreaking ADER pilot and focus on collecting device-level data.