AAAS: "Proposed new satellite fleets could overwhelm the night sky." Orbiting data centers + sunlight reflectors would ...

Let's Go! is back for the fourth year, and this fall we're gathering in the Mile High City. Join leaders from across the energy sector for sessions that discuss and demonstrate how regulatory ...

I don't think this is a good idea, but the New York legislature has passed a moratorium on data center construction in the state. It is not clear to me whether this will only apply to private data ...

For most utilities with wildfire exposure, the era of relying on the USFS' Wildfire Hazard Potential (WHP) maps is ...

For decades, utility inspection meant one of two options: expensive helicopter flyovers or slow, risky ground and climbing crews. Neither scales well against today's grid reliability demands, and ...

Improving Wind Farm Reliability with AI-Driven Drone Inspections Wind power's growth has been hard to miss lately it's one of the fastest-expanding renewable sources out there, giving utilities and ...

July is here, and so is our latest batch of Energy Central Top Contributors—community members who are starting compelling ...

In today’s episode, the Substack Shipping News follows the major project-fantasyland adventures of anti-oil, net-zero-carbon ...

Over the past decade, regulators have pushed utilities to justify capital plans in terms of risk. In California, the Public ...

AEP Texas will use those funds to build, repair, or reconductor nearly 3K miles of transmission lines—and support up to 41 GW of load growth. The utility predicts nearly $700M in ...

NERC pointed out that most of the US has enough capacity for normal summer conditions…but warned that New England and the Northwest could face “elevated risks” of supply shortfalls ...

Households are set to pay $460 more on average in 2035 (and $490 in 2040), per a recent Energy Innovation report. And that’s a “conservative” estimate, the authors noted. The drivers: A ...