Utility Industry Stories We're Tracking - February 25, 2025

Extra, extra-- read all about it. 'It' being the neverending hot stories in the world of utilities. Looking to keep you up to date, and please keep me honest if I'm missing any. What stories do you want to be reading? 

Theme 1: The geopolitics of critical minerals (needed for energy tech)

Assessing the Viability of a U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal

Theme 2: EV tech space is ripe for innovation

Mercedes' Solid-State Battery Prototype Comes Out Of The Lab, Onto The Road

Volue and Norway’s EV charging association incentivise grid-smart charging

Theme 3: The real costs of reversing clean tech progress as a political statement

Trump’s Threat to EV Trucking Rules Undermines Big-Rig Bets

Trump’s reversal of EV program could carry a hefty price tag

Can solar power avoid Trump’s culture wars?

Theme 4: Studying how to keep the grid costs down to save ratepayers

NV Energy seeks 9% rate increase in Southern Nevada

'Strength in numbers.' North Canton joins NOPEC to minimize electricity rate hike

NERC interregional transfer capability study lacks detail to drive transmission upgrades: EIPC

Planned retirements of U.S. coal-fired electric-generating capacity to increase in 2025

Utilities are flying blind on data center demand. That’s a big problem.