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FERC approves Duke Energy Carolinas' large-load transmission rules on a 4-1 vote, with three commissioners calling for further reform

FERC approved Duke Energy Carolinas' large-load tariff rules on 9 October 2026, requiring a 75% committed revenue contribution over 15 years - but commissioners say the floor may be too low.

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Virginia ratepayers dominate Fairfax hearing on $67 billion Dominion-NextEra merger

At a 9 October SCC public hearing in Fairfax County, officials and residents overwhelmingly opposed the $67 billion merger, citing rate hikes and data center cost allocation.

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PG&E warns up to 70,000 customers face a second PSPS event within a week as offshore winds return to Northern California

PG&E has expanded a new PSPS warning to 70,000 customers across 29 counties, beginning 15 October, just days after restoring power from a prior shutoff affecting 10,400.

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Senate permitting bill splits clean energy builders from green groups over fossil fuel trade-offs

The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 would overhaul NEPA reviews, expand FERC transmission siting, and force data centers to pay grid upgrade costs - but more than 200 environmental groups want it killed.

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Regulators push utilities to connect inspection data to risk models, not just file it

State commissions from Hawaii to Texas now want inspection findings fed into risk and ignition models. A new Utility Dive analysis shows what that shift looks like in practice.

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Utilities weighing private LTE face a three-way spectrum choice with no obvious winner

Private LTE, public carrier services, and satellite each offer utilities different cost and control profiles. A new analysis lays out how to frame the decision.

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Mast Reforestation sells out first biomass burial carbon credits in six weeks, targets 150,000 tonnes a year

Mast Reforestation buried 10 million pounds of fire-killed Montana trees in a clay-lined vault, issued 4,277 carbon removal credits, and sold them out in six weeks. The model is now scaling.

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EnerNex says conventional interconnection studies are no longer sufficient for AI mega-campus loads

EnerNex argues that AI training campuses reaching 1,000 MW or more have outgrown traditional power-flow studies, as NERC's May 2026 reliability guideline and a Level 3 alert push EMT analysis to the fore.

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DOE and EPA finalize Energy Star transfer plan, with full handover set for July 2027

EPA and DOE released a formal transition plan on 28 August 2026 to move Energy Star's trademark, leadership, and IT systems to DOE by July 2027, ending months of uncertainty over the program's survival.

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Cleveland-Cliffs redirects $500 million DOE grant to blast furnace reline and 70 MW cogeneration unit at Middletown Works

Cleveland-Cliffs will use a $500 million DOE Industrial Demonstrations grant to reline a 73-year-old blast furnace and install a 70 MW cogeneration unit, abandoning a hydrogen-ready DRI project.

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BPA dispatcher warns WECC-1 remedial scheme is blind to south-to-north flows on the California-Oregon Intertie

Speakers at the 18 August CAISO-SPP Market Seams workshop flagged that the Western Interconnection's primary automated protection scheme was designed for a grid that no longer exists.

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Hyundai Motor Group consolidates V2X services under AllDayEnergy brand, starting UK rollout in H2 2026

Hyundai Motor Group launched AllDayEnergy on 24 July 2026, unifying V1G, V2G and V2H services across Hyundai, Kia and Genesis vehicles under a single global identity.

19 Aug 2026

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