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How home electrification could bolster the grid — and save households money
Exclusive: A report found that six state-level policies could be a “win-win-win” for utilities, commercial loads, and ratepayers.
Catherine BoudreauMay 7, 2026 -
Has Humble Robotics cracked the code on autonomous trucking?
Eyal Cohen, founder of Humble Robotics, digs into the company’s novel truck design and business strategy.
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Climate tech can’t scale on corporate generosity alone
Microsoft’s reported pull-back from carbon removal and even 2030 clean energy targets proves that the sector needs policy help.
Jack Andreasen CavanaughMay 6, 2026 -
The $6-trillion threat to climate tech finance
Toba Capital’s Susan Su on why founders must be “default alive” as geopolitical instability threatens global capital.
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Data center jobs aren’t at servers — they’re in energy
Why data centers create fewer jobs per dollar than the generation infrastructure built to power them.
Nick ZenkinMay 6, 2026 -
Scoop: Trump is sitting on an executive order pushing advanced transmission
The long-delayed order would call for deploying ATTs like dynamic line rating and reconductoring to supercharge existing wires.
Catherine BoudreauMay 5, 2026 -
In Indiana, an anatomy of data center opposition
High electricity rates, labor challenges, and black-box deals are colliding with longstanding mistrust of Lake County’s local utility.
Maeve AllsupMay 1, 2026 -
Gov. Shapiro to utilities: ‘The 20th century utility model is broken’
Shapiro said his administration will oppose rate case requests that don’t observe certain best practices for affordability.
Lisa Martine JenkinsMay 1, 2026
Markets
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What ‘zombie’ power plants miss about the grid’s real problem
Reviving old assets may ease short-term demand, but the more important challenge is using the grid we already have.
Jason KrausMay 12, 2026 -
Amazon and Google are paying a premium for coal capacity in Indiana
The companies aren’t procuring the capacity directly, but it will add to a pool of resources to meet the state’s data center load.
Maeve AllsupMay 11, 2026 -
How far have we really come on grid modernization?
Checking in on whether the AI boom is moving the needle on DOE’s pathway to liftoff for advanced grid tech.
Maeve AllsupMay 8, 2026 -
Utilities are in the crosshairs of the data center backlash
Governors are scrambling, communities are furious, and the 20th century utility model is under scrutiny.
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