California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed adding $18B to the state’s wildfire fund, with costs split between utility ratepayers and investor-owned utilities like Edison, PG&E, and Sempra. (Bloomberg) Here ...

Peak Energy just unveiled the first US grid-scale sodium-ion battery system at Colorado’s SolarTAC test center. (ESS News) The company says it’ll be the biggest sodium-ion battery project in the world ...

Fitch just confirmed what grid pros already know: Utilities now lead all sectors in capital expenditure. It’s a sign of growing momentum, and a chance to shape the future of energy.

The EU has placed the region into an economic box canyon. Generation resources using reliable and reasonably priced fuels have been run-out-town in favor of unreliable green energy. The inevitable ...

Nearly 300 state bills aimed at modernizing the grid were introduced in Q2, with energy storage deployment leading the charge, per NCCETC’s latest “50 States of Grid Modernization” report. (PV ...

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At least $22B in US clean energy projects have already been canceled or scaled back this year, with $6.7B in investments disappearing last month alone. (E&E News) Large-scale solar and storage ...

Southern California Edison is creating a program to compensate victims of January’s massive Eaton Fire near Los Angeles. (AP) Read the room: This Wildfire Recovery Compensation Program appears to ...

The Palisades nuclear plant is coming out of retirement, a move that marks the first time the NRC has given the go-ahead to restart a permanently-closed US nuclear power station. (Field Notes) The ...

PG&E—California’s largest utility—is finalizing an offtake agreement for 1.8GWh of battery storage capacity with Aypa Power. It’s one of the largest contracts of its kind in the US, designed to help ...

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UK Power Networks is using AI to detect and quantify “hidden” rooftop solar not directly measured by grid operators. (Energy Live News) Developed with Open Climate Fix, the tool analyzes voltage and ...