Ken Sands
@kensands.bsky.social
Editor, top management. Former @chronicle, @bloomberg, @cq, @spokesman, currently SVP editorial @rtoinsider.com, a Yes Energy company. Up the Hogsback and through the Pearly Gates. IYKYK🔌💡
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The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $900 million each to three companies to help expand the country’s uranium-enrichment capabilities.
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Writer: John Cropley
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Writer: John Cropley
January 7, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $900 million each to three companies to help expand the country’s uranium-enrichment capabilities.
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Writer: John Cropley
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"Clean energy will continue to grow, but the more significant paradigm shift will be toward policies that promote flexible technologies, ensure they are valued and compensated appropriately and accelerate permitting." 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
The first time I heard an energy industry official mention the word “flexibility” was back in the early 2010s.
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Writer: K Kaufmann
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Writer: K Kaufmann
January 6, 2026 at 7:43 PM
"Clean energy will continue to grow, but the more significant paradigm shift will be toward policies that promote flexible technologies, ensure they are valued and compensated appropriately and accelerate permitting." 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
Why you need a subscription to RTO Insider.
A comprehensive, 54-page pdf report on regulatory issues around electricity generation, load growth and transmission. 🔌💡
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A comprehensive, 54-page pdf report on regulatory issues around electricity generation, load growth and transmission. 🔌💡
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January 6, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Why you need a subscription to RTO Insider.
A comprehensive, 54-page pdf report on regulatory issues around electricity generation, load growth and transmission. 🔌💡
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A comprehensive, 54-page pdf report on regulatory issues around electricity generation, load growth and transmission. 🔌💡
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What can we expect for electricity generation, load, and transmission in 2026? Read Peter Kelly-Detwiler to find out.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
What can we expect for electricity generation, load, and transmission in 2026? Read Peter Kelly-Detwiler to find out.
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Heading into 2026, the New England states, ISO-NE and energy industry stakeholders are counting on an increasingly collaborative approach to energy policy.
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Writer: Jon Lamson
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Writer: Jon Lamson
January 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Heading into 2026, the New England states, ISO-NE and energy industry stakeholders are counting on an increasingly collaborative approach to energy policy.
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Writer: Jon Lamson
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DOE says fix it and keep burning coal.
“Ludicrously, the coal plant isn’t even operational right now, meaning repairs — to the tune of millions of dollars — just to get it running..." 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
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“Ludicrously, the coal plant isn’t even operational right now, meaning repairs — to the tune of millions of dollars — just to get it running..." 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
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January 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
DOE says fix it and keep burning coal.
“Ludicrously, the coal plant isn’t even operational right now, meaning repairs — to the tune of millions of dollars — just to get it running..." 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
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“Ludicrously, the coal plant isn’t even operational right now, meaning repairs — to the tune of millions of dollars — just to get it running..." 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
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With data center developments already taking up much of the grid's headspace, this research paper shows what regions could site more of the facilities in the near term. 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
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January 2, 2026 at 2:46 PM
With data center developments already taking up much of the grid's headspace, this research paper shows what regions could site more of the facilities in the near term. 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/121784-icf-p...
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Wireless EV charging embedded in the roadway? Fascinating.
A Purdue university research team designed a wireless charging system and it delivered 190 kilowatts to a heavy-duty electric truck going 65 miles per hour earlier this month marking a terrific advancement in the possibility to electrify all of our transportation 🔌💡
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Red States Pitch The Wireless EV Charging System Of The Future
Indiana is among the states embedding EV chargers directly into roadways, enabling motorists to top off their batteries while in motion.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Wireless EV charging embedded in the roadway? Fascinating.
And at a time when interconnection queues are measured in years, integrating batteries can enable developers to build larger renewable projects than the interconnection point otherwise would allow. 🔌💡
Energy storage is the great enabler of the clean energy revolution, moving electricity in time, much like transmission moves it in space.
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Writer: Dej Knuckey
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Writer: Dej Knuckey
December 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
And at a time when interconnection queues are measured in years, integrating batteries can enable developers to build larger renewable projects than the interconnection point otherwise would allow. 🔌💡
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Because you get things like this special edition with the top stories in 2025 in electricity regulation. 🔌💡
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December 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Why subscribe to @rtoinsider.bsky.social ?
Because you get things like this special edition with the top stories in 2025 in electricity regulation. 🔌💡
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Because you get things like this special edition with the top stories in 2025 in electricity regulation. 🔌💡
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Why solar, still?
No one is likely to build new coal or large hydro. Nuclear is far off; new gas turbines are expensive and backlogged for years. New wind power has slowed to the point that solar is poised to surpass it as the largest U.S. renewable resource by nameplate capacity. 🔌💡
No one is likely to build new coal or large hydro. Nuclear is far off; new gas turbines are expensive and backlogged for years. New wind power has slowed to the point that solar is poised to surpass it as the largest U.S. renewable resource by nameplate capacity. 🔌💡
Photovoltaic solar is expected once again to account for a significant percentage of U.S. generation capacity additions in 2026.
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Writer: John Cropley
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Writer: John Cropley
December 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Why solar, still?
No one is likely to build new coal or large hydro. Nuclear is far off; new gas turbines are expensive and backlogged for years. New wind power has slowed to the point that solar is poised to surpass it as the largest U.S. renewable resource by nameplate capacity. 🔌💡
No one is likely to build new coal or large hydro. Nuclear is far off; new gas turbines are expensive and backlogged for years. New wind power has slowed to the point that solar is poised to surpass it as the largest U.S. renewable resource by nameplate capacity. 🔌💡
Reposted by Ken Sands
With 16 binding participants and 58 GW worth of load committed, the Western Power Pool’s Western Resource Adequacy Program aims to build on the momentum in 2026 and prepare for more members.
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Writer: Henrik Nilsson
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Writer: Henrik Nilsson
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
With 16 binding participants and 58 GW worth of load committed, the Western Power Pool’s Western Resource Adequacy Program aims to build on the momentum in 2026 and prepare for more members.
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Writer: Henrik Nilsson
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Writer: Henrik Nilsson
The best preview for 2026 of electricity generation, transmission and distribution, from Peter Kelly-Detwiler and @rtoinsider.bsky.social 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
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December 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The best preview for 2026 of electricity generation, transmission and distribution, from Peter Kelly-Detwiler and @rtoinsider.bsky.social 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/122184-the-y...
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I've known Jess for darn near 40 years. He knows how to spin a yarn. This should make a good Netflix series.
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December 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I've known Jess for darn near 40 years. He knows how to spin a yarn. This should make a good Netflix series.
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No large coal-burning plant has been built in the U.S. in more than a decade, and most objective observers do not expect any future construction.🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
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Coal’s Decline Slows Amid Demand Growth in 2026, Trump’s Support
After a long decline in the U.S., coal-fired generation is enjoying strong policy support in the second Trump administration.
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December 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
No large coal-burning plant has been built in the U.S. in more than a decade, and most objective observers do not expect any future construction.🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
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Although there have been significant signs of progress for new nuclear power heading into 2026, it also faces a long timeline and plenty of potential obstacles. 🔌🔌 @yes-energy.bsky.social
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Nuclear Power Retains Great Potential in 2026
Commercial nuclear energy in the U.S. begins 2026 with strong momentum toward future expansion — “future” being the key word.
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December 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Although there have been significant signs of progress for new nuclear power heading into 2026, it also faces a long timeline and plenty of potential obstacles. 🔌🔌 @yes-energy.bsky.social
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The U.S. hydropower sector is approaching an inflection point as increasingly large numbers of facilities near the end of their federal licenses. (Salmon cautiously optimistic.)
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U.S. Hydropower Faces Prospects for Growth, Contraction in 2026
The U.S. hydroelectric sector is approaching an inflection point as 2026 begins: Demand is driving proposals, but not always for large scale.
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December 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The U.S. hydropower sector is approaching an inflection point as increasingly large numbers of facilities near the end of their federal licenses. (Salmon cautiously optimistic.)
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Natural Gas Generation in Demand, and Priced Accordingly:
The first of many 2026 preview stories from @rtoinsider.bsky.social @yes-energy.bsky.social
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The first of many 2026 preview stories from @rtoinsider.bsky.social @yes-energy.bsky.social
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December 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Natural Gas Generation in Demand, and Priced Accordingly:
The first of many 2026 preview stories from @rtoinsider.bsky.social @yes-energy.bsky.social
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www.rtoinsider.com/122379-natur...
The first of many 2026 preview stories from @rtoinsider.bsky.social @yes-energy.bsky.social
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DOE Orders Two Indiana Coal Plants to Stay Open through Winter. 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
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December 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
DOE Orders Two Indiana Coal Plants to Stay Open through Winter. 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
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All U.S. Offshore Wind Construction Halted as Administration Cites National Security Risks. The order is the harshest move yet against offshore wind, and potentially very disruptive. 🔌💡
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December 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
All U.S. Offshore Wind Construction Halted as Administration Cites National Security Risks. The order is the harshest move yet against offshore wind, and potentially very disruptive. 🔌💡
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FERC Directs PJM to Issue Rules for Co-locating Generation and Load. Any existing plant used to serve co-located load must complete transmission upgrades to ensure reliability. 🔌💡
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December 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
FERC Directs PJM to Issue Rules for Co-locating Generation and Load. Any existing plant used to serve co-located load must complete transmission upgrades to ensure reliability. 🔌💡
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FERC today allowed co-location of data centers and power plants, a significant development that @rtoinsider.bsky.social will explore in detail. Stay tuned. @yes-energy.bsky.social
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December 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
FERC today allowed co-location of data centers and power plants, a significant development that @rtoinsider.bsky.social will explore in detail. Stay tuned. @yes-energy.bsky.social
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www.ferc.gov/news-events/...
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Reposted by Ken Sands
Determining where to build new data centers is increasingly high stakes and complex with developers having to navigate electric grid infrastructure.
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Writer: James Downing
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Writer: James Downing
December 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Determining where to build new data centers is increasingly high stakes and complex with developers having to navigate electric grid infrastructure.
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Writer: James Downing
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The PJM capacity auction is the third in a row to clear at record prices. 🔌💡
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December 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The PJM capacity auction is the third in a row to clear at record prices. 🔌💡
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Reposted by Ken Sands
When surging seawater inundated Con Edison’s 13th Street substation during Superstorm Sandy in 2012, explosions lit up the New York City sky.
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Writer: Dej Knuckey
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Writer: Dej Knuckey
December 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
When surging seawater inundated Con Edison’s 13th Street substation during Superstorm Sandy in 2012, explosions lit up the New York City sky.
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Writer: Dej Knuckey
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