Arizona public power utility Salt River Project on April 30 announced an agreement with NextEra Energy Resources to develop 3,000 megawatts of new solar generation by the end of 2034.

The Department of Energy’s Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office recently announced it will soon resume negotiations to issue nearly $430 million in payments to American hydropower facilities.

President Donald Trump’s recently released proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2027 includes $375 million to establish a targeted, performance-based program within the Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office/Office of Electricity to rapidly expand U.S. manufacturing capacity for transformers and other critical electric grid components.

Acting Under Secretary of Energy Alex Fitzsimmons has named Robin Furrer as Acting Administrator and CEO of the Bonneville Power Administration following the federal retirement of John Hairston on April 30.

How this town near North Carolina’s Research Triangle is building out its grid to meet the needs of a rapidly growing community.

The U.S. data center electrical equipment market is projected to surge from $20 billion to $65 billion by 2030, with data centers capturing up to 40% of the total U.S. electrical equipment market under accelerated scenarios -- a dramatic rise from just under 2% in 2020, according to a recent Wood Mackenzie analysis.