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Xcel Energy eyes the largest battery portfolio in the Upper Midwest https://t.co/fL3KDR6jwG

#Battery #Business #EnergyStorage #News #ProjectDevelopment #DTECH #Renewables

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Virtual power plants: A scalable and economical solution to strengthen grid resilience? https://t.co/ffrCIWQZky

#Battery #ElectricVehicles #EnergyStorage #EVCharging #News #PowerGrid #Residential #SmartGrids #Solar #ReliabilityandResilience #VPPs

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Inside NET2GRID’s approach to AI and AMI 2.0 with Emily Fisher https://t.co/OkWSufPOxC

#GridModernization #News #PowerGrid #AI #ReliabilityandResilience

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The best (and worst) states for virtual power plants and community power https://t.co/ND4kXUsrYZ

#Battery #Business #EnergyStorage #News #PolicyRegulation #Residential #Solar #DTECH #Renewables #VPPs

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California and Texas have found one thing both states can agree on: making significant investments in solar and storage. The two largest states in the country were able to meet record electricity demand this summer at “vastly reduced” wholesale electricity prices thanks to new solar and storage, per new analysis from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).

Read the full Brief: 🔗https://t.co/7hJc4jfWEr

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As the greater Houston area continues to expand commercially and in population, supporting that growth with the right utility infrastructure is a major priority. Providing Houston with reliable electricity means taking on infrastructure challenges head-on, which is exactly what CenterPoint Energy is focused on as part of its mission to build the most resilient coastal grid in the United States.

We catch up with Ed De Varona, Senior VP of CenterPoint Energy's electric business, following his keynote at Itron Inspire, to get into the details.

Learn more: 🔗https://t.co/iV6ZFpkVDn

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With wildfires in the Northeast and storms reaching levels never seen before, extreme weather is no longer confined to predictable seasons or regions. These shifts have made weather a year-round threat, challenging utility operations and infrastructure integrity alike. Sunny Wescott, a Chief Meteorologist and federal emergency response leader, sees and understands these challenges on a deep level.

We connected with her following her keynote at Itron Inspire.

Read the Q&A: 🔗https://t.co/JG2hpaGeNc

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#SunnyWescott #ExtremeWeather #Wildfires #SevereStorms #ClimateChange

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New England utility deploying AI planning tools to prioritize resilience investments https://t.co/VHVkpVgtn7

#GridModernization #News #OutageManagement #PowerGrid #SmartGrids #DTECH #DTECHNE #ReliabilityandResilience

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Inside CenterPoint Energy’s effort to build the most resilient coastal grid with Ed De Varona https://t.co/vqJEWHMLL8

#GridModernization #News #OutageManagement #PowerGrid #ReliabilityandResilience

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Minesto targets the Maldives for new tidal energy development https://t.co/Npxfw0XXBx

#Hydropower #News #TidalWaveEnergy #Renewables

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As a result of the passage of California Senate Bill 905 (2025-2026 session), the state government will be publicly sharing grid utilization metrics. By making the data publicly available, advocates like United's Brandon García, California Director, believe that the industry and those connected to it will do the planning research and work that would otherwise be the responsibility of the state government, or of utilities, saving money and creating a better framework for accountability.

We learn more about how the California state government is innovating in energy policy to support reliability and affordability, and where improvements can still be made, in this episode of the Factor This Policycast, produced in partnership with Advanced Energy United.

Watch: 🔗https://t.co/QroPnmBSA5

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Our top article of last week is a case study by PhotoVoltaic Windows SRL, demonstrating the viability of using photovoltaic windows to heat residential water.

Learn more: 🔗https://t.co/Vmy9yeBRMI

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Understanding the new era of utility weather risk with Sunny Wescott https://t.co/gr7NxRu7kN

#GridModernization #News #PowerGrid #Itron #ReliabilityandResilience #weather

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Australia’s huge Snowy 2.0 pumped storage project gets a sobering cost adjustment https://t.co/lPux2XDWfn

#EnergyStorage #News #PumpedStorage #Renewables

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AI for the grid, already at work. At OATI Energy Conference 2026: OATI AI Genie™ in production at California ISO, analyzing 500+ next-day outage requests in under eight minutes each night, and AI Genie™ for the distribution grid. The recap:

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The Trump administration is asking a federal judge to let it reconsider a major federal permit granted for a large offshore wind farm, making it the fourth project the Republican leadership has targeted in recent months.

Learn more: 🔗https://t.co/6m8a9qXjqH

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#OffshoreWind #WindEnergy #RenewableEnergy #TrumpAdministration #FederalPermits

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Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) responded to the City and County of San Francisco’s (CCSF) petition asking the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to determine the value of PG&E’s electric distribution grid in San Francisco, concluding that the CPUC-required costs of a CCSF takeover would be $22.5 billion.

Learn more: 🔗https://t.co/tevm90yiZE

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California's Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) program was launched only a few years ago in 2022 but has quickly grown to be the largest virtual power plant in the world. Sunrun's Lauren Nevitt explains how the program has accomplished both test and "merit" - actual live use - dispatches that break records for the amount of energy sent to the grid.

When the price of wholesale electricity exceeds $200 per megawatt hour, DSGS' fleet of customer-sited energy resources can be called upon to provide needed energy and ensure affordability. We learn all about it in this episode of the Factor This Policycast, produced in partnership with Advanced Energy United.

Watch: 🔗https://t.co/4YVHsKzB4i

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California and Texas are swimming in solar + storage | Factor This Brief https://t.co/VOdjmhU9GG

#Business #Finance #News #ProjectDevelopment #Renewables

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Trump again targets offshore wind, risking deal to speed approvals of new energy projects https://t.co/SadX6ESula

#Business #News #Offshore #PolicyRegulation #WindPower #Renewables