Maryland is preparing a heavy 2026 energy agenda—expanding utility-scale solar, tightening profit oversight, capping distribution costs, and deploying grid-enhancing software. (The Daily Record) ...

For over a century, energy has shaped geopolitics: determining who leads, who follows, and who becomes caught in the slipstream of other nations’ industrial ambitions. The West once held dominance in ...

Multi-unit residential buildings face a long-standing and well-known challenge: the main meter almost never aligns perfectly with the sum of all sub-meters. Even small discrepancies—caused by ...

JD Power’s 2025 report shows a clear shift: Long outages in the U.S. are rising sharply—from 8.1 to 12.8 hours since 2022—and in Southern states, outages now average over 18 hours. Nearly half of ...

A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data recently released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reveals that, during the first nine months of 2025 and for the past year, solar and ...

The projected increase in electricity demand is already stimulating solutions that combine traditional supply via the public grid with energy storage. The rationale is simple! Utility companies often ...

I was asked by Anna Ribiero from the Industrial Cyber Newsletter about the cybersecurity of Purdue Reference Model Level 0 control system field devices (process sensors, actuators, etc.). Level 0 ...

AAAS: “High-resolution climate model forecasts a wet, turbulent future.” Let me start with a story I heard yesterday. One of my writing groups meets remotely, weekly, including 2 participants who live ...

What actually happens to electricity prices when renewable generation increases by 1 GWh? New research from Imperial College London and the National Energy System Operator (NESO) answers this question ...

When even the New York Times reports that energy companies are returning to fossil fuels “to stabilize renewable portfolios,” the narrative is over. Solar delivers 0 W at night, wind is curtailed ...

Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin are pushing a bill that would cap residential utility bills at 2% of income. (WPR) The plan directs the Public Service Commission to create an income-based payment ...

Valar Atomics says it’s the first startup in DOE’s new fast-track reactor pilot to reach criticality, using a zero-power chain reaction to prove its core physics before moving toward a full prototype.