The U.S. Department of Energy has won a green light from the Environmental Protection Agency for construction of new space for nuclear waste storage at DOE’s Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP) in ...

I have moved from Blogspot to Substack as the main platform for my blog. Because of my long relationship with Energy Central, I will continue to publish my new posts that have to do with the electric ...

The precautionary approach to climate risks and their impacts on finance. With most climate impact risk assessments ranging from 0% to -20% losses, more work and knowledge are sorely needed. A ‘race ...

You’ve just completed your FERC Form 1 quarterly reporting and you’re finally done with annual filing. When you step back to assess the impact on your teams, just how painful was your process this ...

Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) have traditionally operated in distinct silos. OT refers to the hardware and software that detects or causes changes in physical processes ...

BYD’s dominance in the EV battery manufacturing industry is no accident—it’s the result of a strategic blend of vertical integration, relentless innovation, and operational excellence that directly ...

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded grants to two entities to enable a deeper dive into tidal energy generation. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Nate Johnson who is ...

The Ethiopian Energy Utility's announcement of a significant electricity tariff hike, effective from July 2024 to 2028, represents a transformative shift in the country’s energy policy. This ...

The result is more than prediction. It’s insight. It’s the ability for utilities to align mitigation, operations, and capital planning with the true terroir of fire. For decades, wildfire risk has ...

The Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) program aggregates residential batteries into a dispatchable resource, already reaching the scale of a gas peaker with 500+ MW delivered in a July test. Brattle ...

Preamble: Utilities are highly risk adverse. They are generally not quick to try new things. An old saying goes: “They all want to be first to be second.” Meaning that they want someone else to learn ...

Electricity is the bloodstream of modern civilization. Without it, no factory runs, no hospital operates, no digital economy breathes. It is the system that sustains all other systems, the invisible ...