The North American Electric Reliability Corp. has filed a suite of reliability standards with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in response to the “Milestone 3” directives from Order No. 901, “marking a critical step forward in enhancing grid reliability through improved model validation and data sharing requirements for inverter-based resources (IBRs), NERC said.

Xcel Energy plans to build the Midwest’s largest battery energy storage site at the Sherco Energy Hub in central Minnesota. It wants to double the amount of battery storage adjacent to a coal plant from 300 megawatts of storage to 600 megawatts.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) issued a Request for Offer (RFO) seeking proposals from companies to build and power AI data centers on DOE’s Paducah site in Kentucky.

California Community Power, a joint powers authority representing nine community choice aggregators, recently issued a Request for Proposals to procure new cost-effective clean energy and reliability resources.

The Imperial Irrigation District, California’s third largest public power utility, is implementing technological upgrades throughout 2025 that directly benefit customers.

Heartland Energy announced that wholesale power rates will remain steady for 2026 -- marking the ninth consecutive year without an increase.