Fossil fuels, renewables, nuclear, and the grid. Read by investors, executives, engineers, policymakers, and more.
Nov 12, 2025
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6 min read
Grid-scale batteries are sprouting up across the U.S., quietly reshaping how the grid handles demand, disasters, and decarbonization—whether the market wants them or not.
Oct 20, 2025
After decades of political control and blackout after blackout, Puerto Rico’s grid is finally being rebuilt — and this time, physics and markets might win... let's hope.
Oct 10, 2025
2 min read
Why the future of the grid depends on better wires, not bigger plans.
Jul 22, 2025
3 min read
Why Some Turbines Don’t Spin—and Why That’s the Point
Jan 15, 2026
10 min read
FERC gets messier, New York goes bigger on nuclear, and Microsoft volunteers for a political narrative that won’t stay “voluntary.”
Jan 13, 2026
8 min read
Big Tech builds its own power, Illinois buys flexibility, and the first real wave of data-center backlash starts to crest.
Jan 8, 2026
Data centers push capacity markets to the limit, DOE steps in on reliability, and state power prices keep diverging.
Jan 6, 2026
9 min read
ISO-NE rethinks capacity markets, offshore wind hits a hard pause, and nuclear money finally shows up.
Jan 5, 2026
With Maduro removed, Washington now inherits Venezuela’s broken grid. Oil can wait. First we find out whether the lights can stay on.
Dec 29, 2025
The year electricity stopped humoring our assumptions.
