EV batteries could be major grid resources — IF utilities, EV makers and customers can solve for costs and complexities. Massachusetts' new vehicle-to-everything (V2G) pilot is giving free chargers to homes, schools and businesses to start that work:
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John Ketchum, the chief executive of NextEra Energy, one of the country’s largest power producers, said in an interview. “If you take renewables & storage off the table, we’re going to force electricity prices to the moon.”
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Renewables can’t be stopped! My comments on NPR this am. www.marketplace.org/2025/03/12/s...

California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont just met their collective goal to put 3.3M EVs on the road by 2025! www-f.nescaum.org/documents/te...

If the existing PJM gas fleet could increase reliability from its current 76% during winter storms to an achievable 90–95%, there would be no imminent capacity problem at all and no need to panic-approve new gas generation. tinyurl.com/avoidinggasf...

PJM’s inability to quickly connect new large-scale energy sources to the grid cost consumers $7 billion in latest capacity auction. blog.advancedenergyunited.org/articles/fau...

Phantom load, speculative generation projects, and overburdened interconnection queues need real reform or they threaten consumers costs and grid reliability. FERC will take up one issue (co-location in PJM), but we need more reform. tinyurl.com/LoadDemandOpEd
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Clean groups want PJM to push real solutions to its capacity crunch, like adding batteries to clean power projects and using grid space at closing coal plants — and not fast-track slow-to-build fossil power plants ahead of solar, wind and batteries: www.canarymedia.com/articles/tra... #energysky

Data centers need a lot of energy, but what if we could integrate 100 GW of new load *without* new generation by more efficiently using existing spare headroom? nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/publications...

NYT looks at U.S. coal plant retirements, but doesn't touch on costs to ratepayers/EJ communities. RMI's dashboard shows $234B in health costs and $1-2B that utilities could have saved since 2015 by using lower-cost/cleaner resources. tinyurl.com/CoalNYT
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The U.S. is paying more than ever for transmission. So why have long-range, high-voltage power lines that make power cheaper, cleaner and more reliable slowed to a crawl? Experts blame a "regulatory gap" in fed and state oversight — and they have fixes:
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Wind, solar, and battery power kept the lights on—and affordable—as demand for electricity surged during our recent cold snaps: www.nrdc.org/bio/christy-...

Hey y'all! Check out our latest report on the impact of renewables & storage in TX!

tl;dr - The current & expected fleet of renewable & energy storage projects is expected to pay almost $50B in lifetime landowner payments & local taxes! 👇

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How framing can cue – or avert – a partisan divide: www.resource-media.org/how-framing-...