Jan 15, 2026
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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.
Dec 23, 2025
A year-end reality check on supply, transmission, and why the grid didn’t get what it asked for in 2025.
Dec 18, 2025
Fusion intrigue, data-center scapegoating, portable reactors, and why misunderstanding AI load is how countries lose industrial leadership.
Dec 16, 2025
Permitting delays, AI-driven demand, and why the grid’s biggest constraint is no longer technology.
Dec 11, 2025
7 min read
Washington talks resilience, states build nuclear, and AI load moves faster than the interconnection queue can keep up.
