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A reckoning for the ‘electro-bros’
Live from Transition-AI in San Francisco, we stress-test Silicon Valley’s energy assumptions.
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‘Thousands of Hoover Dams:’ Utilities request to spend $1.4 trillion through 2030
Lisa Martine JenkinsApr 15, 2026
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Trump called renewables a security threat, then put data centers in a war zone
Nick ZenkinApr 15, 2026
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Base Power is adapting its distributed battery storage program for PJM
Maeve AllsupApr 14, 2026
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How Critical Loop uses microgrids to unlock industrial load
Bianca GiacoboneApr 13, 2026
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Scoop: DOE sends a list of ‘retained’ projects to Congress
The agency appears to be reinstating a small number of previously terminated awards ahead of Wright’s appearance on Capitol Hill.
Maeve AllsupApr 15, 2026 -
Tapestry is using AI to help PJM clear its interconnection backlog
Page Crahan, general manager of Alphabet’s moonshot for the grid, digs into recent advances transforming grids around the world.
Latitude StudiosApr 13, 2026 -
Can Span turn homes into AI inference hubs?
Exclusive: The smart panel company is testing the XFRA Node, a module powered by excess grid capacity — and located at customer homes.
Catherine BoudreauApr 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.














