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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy is making $48 million available for projects aimed at enabling utilities to more effectively control power fluctuation in the nation’s electric grid. The program is called “ULTRAFAST,” an acronym for the much more... Read More

WASHINGTON — Federal officials will brief a new report outlining the key cybersecurity recommendations for clean energy integration, grid modernization and distributed energy resources on Monday, Nov. 7. The report was prepared by the Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity,... Read More

WASHINGTON — So-called “clean hydrogen” technologies and grid resilience were the subject of a notice of intent for potential funding filed by the U.S. Department of Energy last week. Kelly Speakes-Backman, principal deputy assistant secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable... Read More

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Thursday rolled out a proposed overhaul of long-standing policies governing how new power projects are connected to transmission lines. The intention behind the proposal from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is to unstop a bottleneck... Read More

With a series of reports released last Thursday by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the North American Renewable Integration Study aims to inform grid planners, utilities, industry, policymakers, and other stakeholders about challenges and opportunities for continental system integration of... Read More