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Virtual Power Plants vs. Microgrids: What’s the Difference?

Virtual Power Plants vs. Microgrids: What’s the Difference?

Virtual power plants vs microgrids is an increasingly important comparison as utilities, businesses and energy customers deploy more batteries, rooftop

Entergy Starts $270 Million Jefferson Parish Grid Hardening Project

Entergy Starts $270 Million Jefferson Parish Grid Hardening Project

Entergy Louisiana began a $270 million Jefferson Parish grid hardening project this week, expanding work to strengthen electric infrastructure across

ERCOT Audit Will Review Up to 300 Large-Load Projects Before Texas Grid Connections

ERCOT Audit Will Review Up to 300 Large-Load Projects Before Texas Grid Connections

The ERCOT large load audit will examine roughly 250 to 300 proposed projects representing about 200 gigawatts of future electricity demand before they can advance

Western Grid Group Advances Common Large-Load Interconnection Framework

Western Grid Group Advances Common Large-Load Interconnection Framework

Western grid regulators and industry participants advanced a large load interconnection framework on Aug. 13, 2026, as the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body continued work

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PJM Data Center Plan Would Shift Emergency Load Cuts Toward Large Power Users

PJM Data Center Plan Would Shift Emergency Load Cuts Toward Large Power Users

The PJM data center plan for managing rapidly growing electricity demand would use a new large-load registry and state-led programs

Illinois Energy Storage RFP Reaches Final Bid Stage for 2026 Procurement

Illinois Energy Storage RFP Reaches Final Bid Stage for 2026 Procurement

Illinois' Illinois energy storage RFP reached a key procurement milestone Aug. 12, 2026, as qualified projects faced the deadline for

Colorado Plug-In Solar Law Takes Effect, Removing Utility Approval for Portable Systems

Colorado Plug-In Solar Law Takes Effect, Removing Utility Approval for Portable Systems

Colorado's Colorado plug-in solar law took effect Aug. 12, 2026, establishing statewide protections for qualifying portable-scale solar generation devices and

AEIC Grid Advancement Program Starts Today With Wildfire Resilience as First Utility Challenge

AEIC Grid Advancement Program Starts Today With Wildfire Resilience as First Utility Challenge

The AEIC Grid Advancement Program begins August 11 with a utility working session focused on building a weather- and wildfire-resilient electric grid, launching a 10-month

MICROGRIDS

Tata Power Says Rural Microgrids Now Serve More Than 18,000 Customers and Enterprises in Uttar Pradesh

Tata Power Says Rural Microgrids Now Serve More Than 18,000 Customers and Enterprises in Uttar Pradesh

TP Renewable Microgrid says its 4.5 MW rural microgrid portfolio in Uttar Pradesh now supports more than 18,000 customers and

Saint Paul Closes Design RFP for Solar-Battery Microgrid at Oxford Community Center

Saint Paul Closes Design RFP for Solar-Battery Microgrid at Oxford Community Center

The Saint Paul Oxford Community Center microgrid moved into its next procurement stage after the City of Saint Paul’s August

CPS Energy Closes Bidding for 20 MW San Antonio Battery Storage and Microgrid RFP

CPS Energy Closes Bidding for 20 MW San Antonio Battery Storage and Microgrid RFP

CPS Energy reached the August 7 proposal deadline for up to 20 MW of distribution-scale battery storage and a resilience

Solar & Renewables

Advanced Metering Infrastructure: Your 2026 Guide

Advanced Metering Infrastructure: Your 2026 Guide

Advanced metering infrastructure is already operating at utility scale, not pilot scale. The market was valued at USD 25.06 billion

A Guide to Combined Heat Power for Microgrid Developers

A Guide to Combined Heat Power for Microgrid Developers

A technology that operates at 65% to 75% efficiency in typical applications should not still feel niche. Yet combined heat

Future of Renewable Energy: A 2026 Professional Outlook

Future of Renewable Energy: A 2026 Professional Outlook

The most important renewable energy number for decision-makers isn’t a panel efficiency milestone or a headline investment tally. It’s over

Ohio’s Clean Energy Blockade Is Starting to Cost Residents

Ohio’s Clean Energy Blockade Is Starting to Cost Residents

A fight over power, prices, and permits Ohio has spent more than a decade slowing down wind and solar development.

Senate Republican Presses Pentagon Over Wind Energy Permit Delays as Reform Talks Hang in the Balance

Senate Republican Presses Pentagon Over Wind Energy Permit Delays as Reform Talks Hang in the Balance

A senior Senate Republican is pushing the Pentagon to stop slowing down wind energy permits, a move that could affect

Trump Order Keeps Indiana Coal Plants Open, but Utilities Warn Customers May Pay the Price

Trump Order Keeps Indiana Coal Plants Open, but Utilities Warn Customers May Pay the Price

The Trump administration says keeping old coal plants online will protect the grid and keep power affordable. Indiana utilities and

Energy Storage

Samsung SDI Takes Full Control of Indiana Battery Plant, Targets U.S. Energy Storage Market

Samsung SDI Takes Full Control of Indiana Battery Plant, Targets U.S. Energy Storage Market

Samsung SDI is acquiring General Motors’ 49.99% stake in their Indiana battery joint venture and says the New Carlisle factory

Arizona Hearing Opens Today on BayWa r.e.’s 200 MW Wild Stallion Battery Storage Project

Arizona Hearing Opens Today on BayWa r.e.’s 200 MW Wild Stallion Battery Storage Project

Arizona’s Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee is scheduled to open a multi-day hearing August 10 on the Wild

New Jersey Closes 645 MW Energy Storage Procurement as State Targets October Awards

New Jersey Closes 645 MW Energy Storage Procurement as State Targets October Awards

New Jersey closed bidding August 7 for the second tranche of its Garden State Energy Storage Program, seeking 645 MW

Duke Energy Closes Bidding for 400 MW South Carolina Battery Storage Procurement

Duke Energy Closes Bidding for 400 MW South Carolina Battery Storage Procurement

Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress closed bidding August 5 for approximately 400 MW of new four-hour standalone battery

We Energies Starts Construction on 125 MW of Wisconsin Battery Storage Alongside Solar and Wind Projects

We Energies Starts Construction on 125 MW of Wisconsin Battery Storage Alongside Solar and Wind Projects

We Energies says construction is underway on three Wisconsin energy projects, including 125 MW of battery storage at Darien and

Maryland Closes Public Comment on 1.24 GW of Battery Storage Proposals as October Decision Nears

Maryland Closes Public Comment on 1.24 GW of Battery Storage Proposals as October Decision Nears

Maryland regulators have closed the public-comment period for four transmission-connected battery projects totaling 1.24 GW, moving the state's first major