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Deep Dive: Puerto Rico’s Grid Reboot

Oct 20, 2025

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6 min read

Deep Dive: Puerto Rico’s Grid Reboot

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.

Marc Oestreich
Marc Oestreich
PJM’s Storage Math // NYISO Reliability Squeeze // Army’s Microreactors

Oct 16, 2025

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6 min read

PJM’s Storage Math // NYISO Reliability Squeeze // Army’s Microreactors

PJM says tens of gigawatts of batteries or prices go vertical, New York’s reserve margins erode without firm megawatts, and the Army lines up reactors for nine bases.

Marc Oestreich
Marc Oestreich
GridBrief: DOE Shake-Up // Microreactor Pivot // (Chart) Where Generation Moved This Week

Oct 14, 2025

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4 min read

GridBrief: DOE Shake-Up // Microreactor Pivot // (Chart) Where Generation Moved This Week

DOE signals a purge at clean-energy grant shops, Radiant ditches Wyoming for Oak Ridge over waste rules, and our map shows which grids carried (or shed) load.

Marc Oestreich
Marc Oestreich
GridBrief Explains: The Great Cable Swap

Oct 10, 2025

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2 min read

GridBrief Explains: The Great Cable Swap

Why the future of the grid depends on better wires, not bigger plans.

Marc Oestreich
Marc Oestreich
GOP Takes FERC // IEA Slashes U.S. Renewables Outlook // Renewables Top Coal

Oct 9, 2025

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6 min read

GOP Takes FERC // IEA Slashes U.S. Renewables Outlook // Renewables Top Coal

Senate hands FERC a Republican majority, the new global renewables outlook doubles capacity but cuts the U.S. forecast, and Ember says wind/solar finally edge out coal worldwide.

Marc Oestreich
Marc Oestreich
Data Centers Out of Space // Russian Hackers Hit Infra // Texas Gas Plants in Limbo

Aug 25, 2025

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4 min read

Data Centers Out of Space // Russian Hackers Hit Infra // Texas Gas Plants in Limbo

Vacancies vanish in colocation markets as power bottlenecks mount, Russian state hackers target U.S. critical infrastructure, and Texas regulators balk at Entergy’s gas buildout costs.

Marc Oestreich
Marc Oestreich
Rosner at FERC // EV Charging Revived // Eagles vs. Wind

Aug 18, 2025

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4 min read

Rosner at FERC // EV Charging Revived // Eagles vs. Wind

A temporary Democrat takes the FERC gavel, DOT revives stalled EV charging funds, and Interior sharpens its talons on wind developers. The grid sits at the center of every fight.

Marc Oestreich
Marc Oestreich
Tariff Reprieve // PJM’s Data Center Squeeze // Transformer Crisis

Aug 15, 2025

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6 min read

Tariff Reprieve // PJM’s Data Center Squeeze // Transformer Crisis

A short-term trade truce keeps imports flowing, PJM scrambles to handle hyperscale load growth, DOE greenlights nuclear pilots—and transformer shortages threaten to stall the grid.

Marc Oestreich
Marc Oestreich
Generation Dive: 6% Demand Drop

Aug 13, 2025

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7 min read

Generation Dive: 6% Demand Drop

Generation down 5.87% this week with an increasing demand gap to boot.

Marc Oestreich
Marc Oestreich
Generation Dive: US Power Generation by the Numbers

Aug 6, 2025

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4 min read

Generation Dive: US Power Generation by the Numbers

Generation down 5.87% this week with an increasing demand gap to boot.

Marc Oestreich
Marc Oestreich
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