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Many utilities are exploring the role of AI in grid management, including for daily operations. Is this a viable application? UDC Executive Consultant Tom Helmer shares research and insights on the ...

A nine-year-old, massive utility bribery scandal in Ohio, which has so far sent a prominent Republican legislator to jail, indicted a former state utility regulator — now deceased — of accepting ...

A South Dakota utility CEO just laid it out plain: The AI boom is a lifeline for fossil fuels. (South Dakota Searchlight) NorthWestern CEO Brian Bird admitted the ravenous energy demand from data ...

New York is pushing for a timeout in the AI arms race: no new data centers. (TechCrunch) Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill to slap a three-year moratorium on new data center permits, warning the ...

As solar PV penetration increases worldwide, maintaining power quality and grid stability—particularly in weak and developing grids—has become a major technical challenge. Dr. Eng. Husam Ali Hadi has ...

Driven by both policies and market demand, technological innovation and corporate competition in the ESS industry have also entered a fierce stage. Sungrow Power Supply launched its 125kW hybrid ...

Though AEP Ohio recently cut its large load forecast from 30 GW to 13 GW with a new data center tariff, the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association (OMA) claims the utility is still inflating the numbers by ...

While many professionals utilize ChatGPT or Gemini for everyday tasks, such as decoding lengthy meeting minutes or staying on top of their inboxes, the true transformative power for the industry lies ...

Driven by an arid La Niña winter, Western utilities are increasingly using public safety power shutoffs to prevent wildfires. (Bloomberg) Control center operations have gone from simple load balancing ...

Since spinning off in 2024, the company’s stock has quadrupled, pushing its market cap to nearly $200B—higher than the market value of the entire GE conglomerate before leadership announced plans to ...

The Trump administration’s determination to lean into coal, including preventing any existing coal-fired power plants from shutting down, economics be damned, is getting pushback from the folks ...