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‘Thousands of Hoover Dams:’ Utilities request to spend $1.4 trillion through 2030
Charles Hua of PowerLines on energy affordability, regulator power, and the influence of data centers.
Lisa Martine JenkinsApr 15, 2026
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PJM’s emergency backstop auction won’t be an auction at all
Bianca GiacoboneApr 16, 2026
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Scoop: DOE sends a list of ‘retained’ projects to Congress
Maeve AllsupApr 15, 2026
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Tapestry is using AI to help PJM clear its interconnection backlog
Latitude StudiosApr 13, 2026
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Can Span turn homes into AI inference hubs?
Catherine BoudreauApr 13, 2026
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How Critical Loop uses microgrids to unlock industrial load
Led by a former SpaceX engineer, the startup just raised a $26 million Series A for more scalable storage-based microgrids.
Bianca GiacoboneApr 13, 2026 -
The natural gas ‘bridge’ becomes a highway
What’s behind the big natural gas bets from Meta, Microsoft, and Google?
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The illusion of returning to energy market fundamentals
The nation’s largest regional energy market is in turmoil — but giving data centers their own capacity auction won’t solve the underlying problems.
Elizabeth K. WhitneyApr 10, 2026 -
Xcel’s tricky work of building the first utility-owned VPP
Critics lament the novel Minnesota program’s design, arguing it doesn’t measure up to what the utility promised.
Lisa Martine JenkinsApr 9, 2026 -
What’s behind Soma Energy ‘bottom-up’ solution for grid utilization
The company emerged from stealth this month armed with $7 million and an ex-AWS executive at the helm.
Bianca GiacoboneApr 9, 2026 -
The rise of flexible data centers
Emerald AI’s Varun Sivaram explains how to enable data centers to operate as grid assets.
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ARPA-E awards record $135 million to speed commercial fusion energy
This marks the agency’s largest-ever investment in the moonshot technology.
Catherine BoudreauApr 8, 2026 -
Hyperscalers say gas is a bridge — but no one says where it ends
As hyperscalers lock in gigawatts of behind-the-meter gas, the line between a temporary fix and a permanent foundation is blurring.
Nick ZenkinApr 8, 2026














