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Grid conductor manufacturer opening second plant in South Carolina (Tue, 11 Mar 2025)
Production at the new facility, which will create high-efficiency conductors for electricity grids, is expected to begin by the end of the year.
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Florida is seeing record amounts of new solar installations. How is Duke Energy prepping the grid of the future? (Tue, 11 Mar 2025)
Duke Energy has plenty to share about the distribution grid of the future, DER management, and more at DTECH (formerly known as DISTRIBUTECH), convening from March 24-27, 2025 in Dallas, Texas.
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Ann Arbor’s sustainable energy utility aims to build the electric power grid of the future − alongside the old one (Tue, 11 Mar 2025)
An experiment is underway in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that could change how communities generate and distribute power in the future.
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NextEra CEO warns against scorning renewable generation amidst long lead times for gas and nuclear development (Mon, 10 Mar 2025)
John Ketchum, the CEO of NextEra Energy, underscored the importance of renewable generation at CERAWeek by S&P Global.
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Illinois’ utilities are juggling DER integration, increasing electrification, generative AI, and more. Hear about it all at DTECH (Mon, 10 Mar 2025)
Representatives from ComEd, and its parent company Exelon, will be featured in dozens of sessions stretching across the week of DISTRIBUTECH.
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With IRA tax credits in the crosshairs, 21 House Republicans urge leadership to keep them in place (Mon, 10 Mar 2025)
Twenty-one House Republicans have signed a letter advocating to keep the clean energy tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), threatening to oppose the Republican budget bill if their request is not met, POLITICO reports.
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US Energy Secretary trashes renewables, ‘quasi-religious’ climate policies at CERAWeek (Mon, 10 Mar 2025)
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told a gathering of global energy and finance leaders that wind and solar PV are driving up electricity prices and cannot replace natural gas.
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BPA announces intention to split with California and join new Southwest energy market (Mon, 10 Mar 2025)
The Northwest’s largest hydropower supplier announced it intends to join a new day-ahead energy market based in Arkansas over one based in California
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California utility exploring innovative microgrids, seeking collaboration on wildfire resilience strategies (Mon, 10 Mar 2025)
PG&E's Renata Bakousseva chats with Factor This content director Paul Gerke about what PG&E is working on ahead of DTECH in Dallas, Texas.
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You won’t want to miss these sessions at this year’s DISTRIBUTECH (Fri, 07 Mar 2025)
DISTRIBUTECH promises something for everyone working in transmission and distribution. Here are some sessions you can't miss in Dallas, Texas.
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