January 14, 2025

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National Grid Diversity Officer Calls out ‘Talent Bias’ in Energy Sector
Natalie Edwards, global diversity officer at National Grid, said businesses must see their workforce and potential talent “as having infinite possibility.”
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Electric Customers Key to Decarbonizing the Grid
Reducing power plant carbon emissions may ultimately be in the hands of electric utility customers with the technology to automatically reduce their usage.
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Report: Geothermal Could Play Expanded Role in Decarbonization
Technological advances and refined regulatory processes could unlock U.S. geothermal capacity and contribute to decarbonization, according to an NREL report.
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Granholm Holds Court with Manufacturers to Discuss Decarbonization
Secretary Jennifer Granholm held a virtual roundtable with manufacturing companies to emphasize the role of the industrial sector in decarbonization.
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Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Offers Funding for Grid, EVs
The Senate began debating a bipartisan infrastructure bill that would fund grid improvements, alternative vehicle fueling and supports for nuclear plants.
Helion Energy
Washington Company Scales up Fusion Energy Efforts
A Washington-based fusion energy company is expanding its operation in the drive to become the first to develop a commercially viable fusion reactor.
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Overheard at NARUC Summer Policy Summit 2021
More than 600 people attended the NARUC Summer Policy Summit in person and hundreds more watched via livestream.
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DOE: Building Codes Key to Net-zero Economy
Updating building codes is “one of the easiest things we can do" to reduce emissions, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said at a DOE conference.
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Senate Committee Deadlocks on Biden Pick to Head BLM
Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination to head BLM has become a flashpoint, based on GOP claims that she lied about her involvement in a tree-spiking incident.
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NREL’s SolarAPP+ Slashes Rooftop Solar Permitting Times
A new app from the Department of Energy is aimed at cutting the soft costs that now make up about two-thirds of the price of rooftop solar systems.

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