August 7, 2024

The U.S. Department of Energy yesterday announced its second round of grants for the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships program, with $2.2 billion going to eight projects that could expand grid capacity, reliability and flexibility across 18 states. 

K Kaufmann reported on that, as well as on the General Services Administration last week issuing a solicitation for more than 1.1 million MWh of carbon-free electricity per year to power a significant chunk of federal buildings across five Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states within the PJM footprint. 

And the earnings calls continued, and with them the discussions of massive load growth. John Cropley covered Constellation, and Devin Leith-Yessian covered Exelon. 

Here’s what else we had this past week: 

• Feds Launch Appalachian Hydrogen Hub 

• Mass. Lawmakers Fail to Pass Permitting, Gas Utility Reform 

• New England States Delay OSW Solicitation to Account for DOE Funding 

• Opposing Sides Want to Speed, Slow NY Cap-and-invest 

• RMI Report Urges States to Adopt Performance-based Regulation 

• Summit to Focus on Developing Energy, Economy 

• Wash. Program to Offer EV Rebates up to $9,000 

See you next week!