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The Energy Transition’s Sobering Present and Where to Go Next

Headwinds and tailwinds have left the energy transition pulled in two different directions. What can get it going the right way? And why is distributed energy well-positioned?

Elisa Wood
October 26, 2025
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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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What is Speed to Power? And How Can Data Centers Achieve It?

Speed to power now permeates the data center and power industry’s lexicon and has become the metric by which all data center development is measured.

Anna Demeo
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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