Microgrid & Distributed Energy Intelligence
DOE Gives PJM a Four-Day Emergency Order as 61,591 MW of Generation Sits Out for Autumn Maintenance
Energy Secretary Chris Wright issued Order No. 202-26-50 on October 12, 2026. The order gives PJM Interconnection emergency...
FERC Rejects PJM’s Curtail-First Plan for New Large Loads, and Keeps Only the 50 MW Definition and a Registry
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected the core of the large-load plan from PJM Interconnection on October 9,...
Indiana Approves AES’s Plan for Google’s 390 MW Monrovia Data Center, and Puts $73.8 Million of Upgrades in Rate Base
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission voted unanimously on October 7, 2026 to approve AES Indiana's plan to power...
AI & Data Center
AI power, cooling & grid interconnection
Shapiro Asks to Join Consumer Advocate’s PPL Data Center Case as the Complaint Flags a July 2027 Supply Risk
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro asked on Oct. 15, 2026, to join a Public Utility...
NERC’s Data Center Reliability Rules Pass Final Ballot, But Existing Sites Get 36 Months to Install Recorders
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) said on Oct. 15, 2026 that its...
AEP Puts $4 Billion Into a 702 MW Fuel Cell Plant for Google, But Has Not Said Its Offtake Conditions Are Met
American Electric Power (AEP) plans to invest about $4 billion in a 702 MW...
Oregon Pauses Data Center Air and Water Permits Until July 2027, and Amazon Says Billions in Investment Will Stop
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek acted on October 9, 2026. She told the Oregon Department...
Energy Storage
BESS, utility-scale & C&I storage
Flatiron Closes $850 Million for Its 1,200 MWh Chelsea Battery, Two Quarters Later Than Its July Contract Filing Said
Flatiron Energy has secured about $850 million in construction and term financing commitments for...
EPRI Finds Battery Storage Failure Rates Fell 98% Since 2018, But 22% of Its Incidents Are Not Public
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) says the global failure rate of lithium-ion battery...
Clearway Starts 210 MW of Honeycomb Phase II Storage in Utah for PacifiCorp, But Keeps the Contract Terms Private
Clearway Energy Group has secured financing and started construction on 210 MW of new...
Wood Mackenzie Puts Four-Hour Storage Below Gas Peakers in All 43 Modeled Markets, But Publishes No Prices
Four-hour battery storage now beats an open-cycle gas turbine on levelized cost in every...
Microgrids & Onsite Generation
Military, healthcare, gov & industrial microgrids
Black Hills Books $1.8 Billion and 564 MW for Google’s Cheyenne Data Center, But Owns None of the 2.1 GW Microgrid
Black Hills Corp. has signed definitive agreements to power Google's planned data center in...
North Carolina’s First Helene Microgrid Stores 68 kWh, and Component Rules Are Shrinking the $5 Million Program
Beacon of Hope Food Pantry in Marshall, North Carolina has switched on the first...
Hawaii Starts Two HDOT Microgrids Set to Generate 2.2 MWh a Day, With No PV Capacity or Cost Disclosed
The Hawaii Department of Transportation started construction on two solar and storage microgrids at...
PG&E Backs Three Dam-Free Pumped-Storage Microgrids in Lake County, But the Grant Only Funds Feasibility Work
Pacific Gas and Electric is paying for pre-development work on three pumped-storage hydro microgrids...
EV
Fleet depots, megawatt charging, V2G
US Fast Chargers Pass 80,964 Ports, But Utilization Stays Flat at 15.9% as Tesla Raises Prices
US fast-charging operators added 664 stations and 4,106 ports in the third quarter of...
FedEx Orders 2,000 Harbinger Electric Trucks for Over $300 Million, But No Charging or Grid Plan Is Disclosed
FedEx has ordered 2,000 battery-electric Class 5 and Class 6 trucks from Harbinger Motors...
LA Metro Buys 220 Battery-Electric Buses for $337.7 Million and Options 1,600 More
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority board voted 10-1 on September 24 to...
Shippers Order 2,500 Battery-Electric Class 8 Trucks Across Ten Freight Hubs, With No Charging Plan Disclosed
A shipper buying alliance called ZET SCALE has placed an order for 2,500 battery-electric...
Power Quality & Compliance
Harmonics, voltage, power factor & standards
NERC’s Data Center Reliability Rules Pass Final Ballot, But Existing Sites Get 36 Months to Install Recorders
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) said on Oct. 15, 2026 that its...
HelioVolta Inspects 1,500 US Solar Projects and Finds 87% Carry Major Defects
HelioVolta published its fourth annual SolarGrade PV Health Report on October 6. The report...
NYPA Wants $50 Million of Federal Money for a $270 Million Marcy STATCOM, But Construction Waits Until 2029
The New York Power Authority has asked the U.S. Department of Energy for $50...
A Georgia Power Transformer Burned for Five Hours in Norcross and Cut Power to 13,000
A transformer caught fire inside a Georgia Power high-voltage substation in Norcross, Georgia, early...
Grid Policy & Markets
FERC, capacity markets, demand response
Brattle Puts Residential VPPs at 35 GW and a 57% Cut in Bill Increases, in a Study Paid For by an Aggregator
Residential virtual power plants could cut the expected rise in U.S. household power bills...
DOE Puts $50 Million in Defense Production Act Money Behind 290 MW of Reconductoring on Appalachian Power Lines
The U.S. Department of Energy will spend up to $50 million in Defense Production...
Shapiro Asks to Join Consumer Advocate’s PPL Data Center Case as the Complaint Flags a July 2027 Supply Risk
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro asked on Oct. 15, 2026, to join a Public Utility...
FERC Votes 4-1 to Drop Air Dispersion Modeling From Gas Reviews and Proposes Blanket Approvals for LNG Expansions
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted 4-1 in Washington on Oct. 15, 2026, to...
Power Electronics
SST, SiC/GaN, MV switchgear, power conversion
Navitas and Microchip Put 20 kW of 800-Volt-to-6-Volt Conversion in One Stage, But Name No Price and No Ship Date
Navitas Semiconductor and Microchip Technology have built a 20 kW reference design that converts...
Wolfspeed Wins a $1.5 Billion Defense Loan Letter, But Must First Raise $750 Million of Outside Equity
Wolfspeed told the SEC on October 7 that it holds a conditional commitment letter...
Schneider Puts Software-Defined Control on MV Switchgear With Equinix, But Broad Availability Waits Until 2028
Schneider Electric unveiled what it calls the world's first fully software-defined medium-voltage switchgear at...
Infineon Puts a 500 kHz Control Loop in a Data Center Power MCU, But Discloses No Price or Sampling Date
Infineon released a microcontroller on September 22 that closes a power-conversion control loop 500,000...