Utility Industry Stories We're Tracking - April 14, 2025

Hot off the press, stories we're watching! Check them out and leave your thoughts in my comments below.

Theme 1: Grid hurdles and roadblocks, and current plans to fix them

NERC proposes cold weather reliability standard

PJM, Google partner to speed grid interconnection using AI

The case against freaking out about AI's climate toll

These charts reveal the daunting challenge facing the ERCOT power grid in the next five years

Report: Energy leaders present six big ideas to help avoid US electricity crisis

Theme 2: 2025 Gifts coming to the nuclear sector

Surveys show US public support for nuclear energy

Avalanche prepping $100M raise for tiny fusion reactors

DOE agrees to give HALEU to 5 advanced nuclear companies

Theme 3: Energy and climate policy for the states—sign of the future?

Climate action is up to states. Trump wants to stop them.

‘States are not powerless’ against federal clean energy pushback. It’s community solar’s time to shine