US grid operators haven’t been practicing long-term transmission planning, but for the first time, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) just made it mandatory. FERC oversees interstate ...

If you’re like me, you wonder why Texas doesn’t bite the bullet and connect to the eastern and western electric grids. We are the energy capital of America. But no. Not going to happen. Federal ...

AI data campuses are not “loads” in the traditional sense of large industrial customers, but many regional grids continue to model these systems as they would inflexible steel mills. This results in ...