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What It Takes to Curb Data Center Energy Use

Are data center energy forecasts overblown? Can energy efficiency trim megawatts and even gigawatts off predictions? And if so, what must data centers do to significantly curb their energy use? 

Elisa Wood
October 17, 2025
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Petition Filed with FERC to Protect Virtual Power Plants from “Death by a Million Pdfs”

A federal complaint filed last week alleges that utility data blocking hinders distributed energy within PJM.

Elisa Wood
October 12, 2025
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Yes, It Is Data Center Growth Causing High Costs in PJM’s Territory

Two new reports place the blame for PJM’s growing energy costs squarely on data centers.

Elisa Wood
October 5, 2025
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Consumers React, Policymakers Scramble, and Innovators Innovate as Electricity Prices Rise

Electricity prices are rising faster than policymakers can devise solutions. And US consumers are feeling the pain

Elisa Wood
October 5, 2025
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Your House Could Solve the AI Energy Problem

Virtual power plants and electrification offer ways to meet electric demand from AI.

Elisa Wood
October 2, 2025
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Is Utility Corruption Impeding Energy Innovation?

Activist and author Dick Munson explains how utility corruption impedes energy innovation, a conclusion from his new book, Power Corrupts: Cleaning Up America’s Biggest Industry

Elisa Wood
September 26, 2025
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Electrotech Reinvents the Energy Transition

Introduced by Ember, the term electrotech offers a more effective way to quantify the energy transition.

Elisa Wood
September 21, 2025
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Microgrids Aren’t What They Used To Be

What It Really Takes to Make a Customer-Centric Electricity System

As he retires from 40 years at NREL, energy researcher Bruce Nordman makes the case for a customer-centric grid.

Elisa Wood
September 7, 2025
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How Community Solar is Crossing Borders to Reduce Electric Bills

Synthetic community solar allows electric ratepayers to reduce their bills using tax credits from projects built in another state.

Elisa Wood
September 7, 2025
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What Elephants, Mice and Distributed Energy Have in Common

Are we focusing too much on energy supply and not enough on energy productivity?

Elisa Wood
August 22, 2025
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