February 22, 2025

Transmission & Distribution

Bloomberg NEF
The 2025 Sustainable Energy Factbook in 7 Charts
The 13th edition of the BCSE Factbook comes, as always, packed with charts, figures and industry insights, many of which stand in sharp contrast to President Donald Trump’s focus on fossil fuels and U.S. energy dominance.
SEIA
Energy Innovation: US Needs New Approach to Grid Reliability
To build a reliable, affordable and clean electric power system, the U.S. energy industry and customers will need to shift their thinking about what a reliable system looks like, according to a study from nonprofit think tank Energy Innovation Policy & Technology.
Shutterstock
NY PSC OKs Partial Implementation Plan on Energy Storage
New York’s Public Service Commission has approved an implementation plan to push for installation of 200 MW of residential energy storage and 1,500 MW of retail storage.
Heitman
Judge Issues Restraining Order on Trump Admin over Funding Pause
D.C. District Court Judge Loren AliKhan issued a temporary restraining order on OMB from pausing all federal grants and loans.
NYPA
NYPA Finalizes Road Map for Renewables Development
NYPA said it is pursuing 37 solar and storage projects totaling 3 GW of nameplate capacity, most of them in partnership with private-sector developers.
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USEA Forum Charts New Focus on ‘All-of-the-above’ Energy Policies
The Energy Association's 21st Annual State of the Energy Industry Forum reflected the quickly shifting landscape of national energy policy and the resulting shift in industry priorities and narratives.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Burgum Criticizes ‘FERC Queues’ for Too Many Renewables
The 2,600 GW of wind, solar and storage sitting in interconnection queues across the U.S. represent a major imbalance in energy resources that could lead to brownouts or blackouts, former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) said during his Senate confirmation hearing. 
ACEG
ACEG: More Community Trust, Faster Transmission Development
A new report by Americans for a Clean Energy Grid lays out a framework for engaging communities during the development of transmission lines in order to ensure the industry can expand the infrastructure on time.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Trump DOE Nominee Wright Seeks to Assuage Senate Democrats
Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Energy, positioned himself as a supporter of an all-of-the-above approach to developing generation and transmission before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Switch
Biden Wants Data Centers, Clean Energy on Federal Land by 2027
With days left in his administration, President Joe Biden issued an executive order aimed at siting and permitting cutting-edge artificial intelligence data centers on federal land by 2027.

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