Energy & Grid
Schneider Electric and Retail Giants Launch Collective to Clean Up Fashion's 10% Global Carbon Footprint
Levi Strauss, Marks and Spencer, and Schneider Electric form the Fashion Renewable Collective to cut factory emissions through aggregated green power.
2026.10.02
Unlocking Section 48E Tax Credits: How Facility Managers Turn Energy Storage into Cash
A practical breakdown of how hospitals, schools, and factories use Section 48E investment tax credits, direct pay, and credit transfers to fund battery microgrids.
2026.10.01
The Data Center Boom Hits a Brick Wall: How Gridlock, Fines, and Local Protests Are Stalling Megaprojects
High-profile data center campuses from Microsoft, Google, and Oracle face sudden halts as local resistance, power shortages, and utility bottlenecks choke AI infrastructure expansion.
2026.09.30
The Twenty Billion Dollar Backup Trap: How AI Data Center Generators Threaten Public Health and Grid Stability
A comprehensive investigation into how relaxed emissions rules for AI backup generators threaten local communities, invite legal shutdowns, and expose operators to rising costs.
2026.09.29
The $5.3 Billion Grid Overhaul: How Reconductoring and Smart Lines Beat New Transmission
The U.S. Department of Energy commits $1.9 billion to unlock 23 gigawatts of grid capacity without building new power corridors, cutting project lead times by years.
2026.09.28
FERC Rejects Oklo's Grid Appeal: Why Interconnection Queues Threaten the AI Power Boom
Federal regulators sided with PJM against advanced nuclear developer Oklo, stalling a critical 750 MW Virginia energy project and exposing the harsh reality of grid interconnection bottlenecks.
2026.09.27
Federal Courts Restore the $7B Solar for All Pipeline: What Energy Planners Need to Know
Back-to-back federal rulings block the EPA freeze on $7 billion in IRA community solar grants, protecting local grid resilience projects and shifting clean energy risk models.
2026.09.26
Exelon Backs Continuum to Cut Power Line Siting Bottlenecks as Data Centers Overheat the Grid
Exelon's climate venture arm has backed Continuum to roll out automated grid planning software across the PJM region as surging power demand collides with multi-year permitting delays.
2026.09.25
The One-Dollar Power Bill: How a $20 Billion Data Center Stalled the US Grid
FERC rejected ComEd's contract cancellation for an 80-acre, 1.8-gigawatt Illinois data campus backed by a single dollar, triggering national grid reforms.
2026.09.24
Breaking the Gridlock: How FERC Can Overhaul PJM Governance to Fast-Track Power for AI
Surging data center energy demand has exposed PJM's slow decision-making machinery. Here is how federal regulators can legally reshape grid governance, curtail utility gatekeeping, and unblock transmission.
2026.09.24
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