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Why the US grid will end up paying for Iran’s aluminum strikes
After putting tariffs on Canadian aluminum, the U.S. turned to Middle East imports. Now, the Iran war is creating a supply gap.
Bianca GiacoboneApr 20, 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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Base Power is adapting its distributed battery storage program for PJM
As the startup secures permission to operate in Illinois, it’s eyeing a product for data centers.
Maeve AllsupApr 14, 2026 -
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














