Power and the Grid

4+ hour, 10+ min ago   (1662+ words) ALBANY - Republican lawmakers are calling for more transparency regarding how much discounted electricity data centers are receiving from the New York Power Authority. In an effort to spur economic development, the Power Authority allocates lower-cost energy from publicly owned hydroelectric…...

6+ hour, 10+ min ago   (893+ words) Tesla Megapack energy storage units sit at Tesla's Gigafactory Texas near Austin on April 22. Despite rising temperatures and a surge in demand as air conditioners blasted at Texans trying to keep cool, summer 2026 was anticlimactic for the state electric grid....

6+ hour, 10+ min ago   (208+ words) Artificial intelligence infrastructure provider 5C Data Centers, part of 5C Group, bought the Fred’s Inc. corporate headquarters in Memphis with plans to turn it into a data center. (Courtesy 5C Group) 5C Group’s filing of a $575 million permit recently will enable the company to…...

21+ hour, 45+ min ago   (444+ words) Congressman James Gallagher introduced the Affordable Power for Host Communities Act, legislation aimed at lowering electricity bills for families living in the rural communities that help power California. The Affordable Power for Host Communities Act amends the Public Utility Regulatory…...

22+ hour, 40+ min ago   (1195+ words) SlashGear 10 Downsides To Solar Farms Everyone Should Be Aware Of Solar power is one of the most promising and fastest-growing sources of clean, renewable energy on the planet — and it has had an interesting evolution. It has been available since…...

22+ hour, 29+ min ago   (970+ words) Home / News / Battery Storage Beats Gas Peakers. Is Canada Backing the Wrong Horse? And, in that change, there is a critical lesson for Canada at this point in our country’s economic evolution. I’ve been writing about technological change for four…...

20+ hour, 27+ min ago   (379+ words) Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is urging members of the Arizona Corporation Commission to investigate claims that Arizona Public Service shifted millions of dollars in costs tied to serving large industrial customers onto others. She says failure to investigate would…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (513+ words) (Bloomberg) -- The surge in electricity demand from data centers is raising questions over who should bear the cost of the grids and reliable generation needed to serve them, according to RWE AG. Europe urgently needs to expand its power grids…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (212+ words) CenterPoint Energy has deployed 355 employees and contractors, including line workers and vegetation management personnel, to assist Florida Power & Light with power restoration efforts following Hurricane Isaias along the Florida Gulf Coast. This mutual assistance effort aims to speed up recovery…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (698+ words) Higher electricity prices may not discourage companies from building new data centres as demand for power continues to grow, a consultant hired by Hydro-Québec told the province’s energy regulator on Friday. The comments came as the first phase of hearings…...