Grid Strategies in the News
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Grid Strategies In The News
- The political cost of America’s surging electricity bills
Financial Times | February 3, 2026 - Trump claims blue states have less-reliable, more expensive electricity. Here’s the reality
CNN | February 2, 2026 - Trump Wants to Halt Almost All Coal Plant Shutdowns. It Could Get Messy.
New York Times | January 16, 2026 - How the White House and governors want to fix AI-driven power shortages and price spikes
Associated Press | January 16, 2026 - Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Latest Effort to Stop Offshore Wind Project
New York Times | January 12, 2026 - Inside America’s Surging Electricity Demand with Grid Strategies’ Sophie Meyer
T&D World Live | January 9, 2026 - Bernie Sanders and Ron DeSantis speak out against data center boom. It’s a bad sign for AI industry
CNBC | January 1, 2026 - For solar, a tale of two 2025s
Marketplace | December 31, 2025 - The Trump administration just ordered another retiring coal plant to stay open. It could cost ratepayers millions
CNN | December 31, 2025
- Maryland farmers fight power companies over AI boom
NBC | December 19, 2025 - The power crunch threatening America’s AI ambitions
Financial Times | December 8, 2025 - Georgia Power says it needs a huge increase in power capacity to meet data center demand
Associated Press | December 5, 2025 - Episode 194: Grid Strategies Director of Power Systems Sophie Meyer
USEA’s Power Sector Podcast | December 2, 2025 - Data-center power forecasts climb to unreachable heights
Canary Media | November 18, 2025 - AI Data Centers, Desperate for Electricity, Are Building Their Own Power Plants
Wall Street Journal | October 15, 2025 - Utilizing Dynamic Line Rating to Increase Reliability and Reduce Costs
Grid Forum Forward Podcast | October 5, 2025 - Episode 178: Grid Strategies Vice President Michael Goggin
USEA’s Power Sector Podcast | October 1, 2025 - Electricity Markets Aren’t Working Anymore
Heatmap | September 22, 2025 - Which form of energy is the cheapest?
CBS News | September 15, 2025 - Eastern Interconnection study pinpoints threats to grid reliability
E&E News | September 11, 2025 - Episode 171: Grid Strategies COO Gretchen Kershaw
USEA’s Power Sector Podcast | September 5, 2025 - Surging US electricity prices put Trump pledge in jeopardy
The Financial Times | August 27, 2025 - Why utility bills are rapidly rising in some states
CBS News | August 23, 2025 - $3.1B annual cost estimated for fossil fuel plants DOE won’t allow to retire
Utility Dive | August 14, 2025 - Episode 152: Grid Strategies Vice President Michael Goggin
USEA’s Power Sector Podcast | July 1, 2025 - Power bills are climbing—here’s what’s behind the spike
WUSA9 News | June 27, 2025 - Utilities must evolve their resource adequacy approach – here’s how
Utility Dive | June 16, 2025 - Stakeholder Soapbox: The Facts About FERC Order 1920 and Why It’s Essential
RTO Insider | May 26, 2025 - Google brings AI to grid teams slashing US connection times
Reuters | May 20 2025 - Trump’s coal revival could lead “tens of billions of dollars” in renewables stranded
PV Magazine | April 14, 2025 - Trump tells energy agencies, FERC to set expiration dates for regulations
S&P Global | April 10, 2025 - How to Save America’s Power Grid in 6 Steps
Heatmap News | April 4, 2025 - Economic Growth Now Depends on Electricity, Not Oil
Wall Street Journal | March 27, 2025 - Solar power is on a tear, even as President Trump looks to quell green energy growth
Marketplace | March 12, 2025 - The cheapest way to supercharge America’s power grid
MIT Technology Review | March 10, 2025 - Who’s footing the bill for new transmission?
PV Magazine | February 14, 2025 - Analysis: Sluggish PJM Reforms Cost Consumers Billions
RTO Insider | February 24, 2025 - Five Things to Know About AI’s Thirst for Energy
Wall Street Journal | February 1, 2025 - Power-boosting project for US grid to miss July deadline
Reuters | January 31, 2025 - Trump plans to declare a national energy emergency. Here’s what happens next.
Marketplace | January 22, 2025 - Lots of demand, too little grid: The state of the US power sector
Canary Media | January 2, 2025
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Wall Street Journal | December 25, 2024
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Marketplace | December 10, 2024
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Bloomberg | December 6, 2024
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Good Morning America | December 6, 2024
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CNN | October 18, 2024
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MIT Technology Review | September 25, 2024
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Fox 5 DC | May 5, 2024
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New York Times | Brad Plumer | April 25, 2024
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Wall Street Journal | April 25, 2024
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New York Times | March 14, 2024
- The dangerous combination of aging utility infrastructure and rising wildfire risk
NPR | Julia Simon | March 11, 2024 - Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power
Washington Post | Evan Halper | March 7, 2024 - U.S.’s Biggest Renewable Project Is Under Way, Finally
The Wall Street Journal | Scott Patterson | January 13, 2024 - Podcast: Grid Reliability and the Future of Renewables with Transmission Expert Rob Gramlich
Let’s Clear the Air | August 16, 2023 - Why lasers could help make the electric grid greener
NPR | Julia Simon | August 13, 2023 - Podcast: Banking on Smart Grids
Energised | August 1, 2023 - New rules could unclog bottlenecks in connecting clean energy to the grid
CNBC | Catherine Clifford | July 31, 2023 - Podcast: America’s Electric Power Transmission Crisis
Energy Policy Now | July 25, 2023 - US grid congestion costs jumped 56% to $20.8B in 2022: report
Utility Dive | Ethan Howland | July 14, 2023 - Why the U.S. Electric Grid Isn’t Ready for the Energy Transition
The New York Times | Nadja Popovich and Brad Plumer | June 12, 2023 - Electricity Transmission Plan Likely to Get New Look in Washington
Wall Street Journal | Scott Patterson and David Harrison | June 9, 2023 - Podcast: Understanding the transmission bottleneck
Catalyst with Shayle Kann | May 4, 2023 - Here’s why the U.S. electric grid isn’t running on 100% renewable energy yet
CNBC | Catherine Clifford | December 29, 2022 - This little-known bottleneck is blocking clean energy for millions
Washington Post | Shannon Osaka | December 20, 2022 - After bipartisan rebuff, Manchin abandons private legislative deal to help fossil fuel projects
Los Angeles Times | Freddy Brewster and Nolan McCaskill | September 27, 2022 - Clean Energy Projects Surge After Climate Bill Passage
New York Times | Jack Ewing and Ivan Penn | September 7, 2022 - This Is the Case for Building a More Robust Power Grid
Bloomberg Odd Lots Podcast | Joe Weisenthal and Tracey Alloway | August 18, 2022 - How to move more power with the transmission lines we already have
Canary Media | Jeff St. John | July 29, 2022 - How Manchin-Schumer would change energy, from oil to solar
E&E News | David Iaconangelo, Heather Richards, Carlos Anchondo, Peter Behr | July 29, 2022 - Surprise Deal Would Be Most Ambitious Climate Action Undertaken by U.S.
New York Times | Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer | July 28, 2022 - Stitching together the grid will save lives as extreme weather worsens
MIT Technology Review | James Temple | July 28, 2022 - Rob Gramlich on U.S. Grid Reliability
C-SPAN | Pedro Echevarria | June 2, 2022 - The potential of wind turbines in America
WDET | Sam Corey | April 21, 2022 - Democrats’ climate plan languishes, putting hundreds of billions in private investment on hold
Washington Post | Jeff Stein and Steve Mufson | February 17, 2022 - Electric-Vehicle Charging Stations Win Jolt of Energy in Congress
The Wall Street Journal | Jennifer Hiller | November 8, 2021 - Why the US isn’t ready for clean energy
Vox | Madeline Marshall | September 21, 2021 - The $1 trillion infrastructure bill is a baby step toward the US grid we need
MIT Technology Review | James Temple | August 6, 2021 - Unfortunately, I care about power lines now
The Atlantic | Robinson Meyer | July 28, 2021 - Heatwaves and other extremes could force the lights off
The Washington Examiner | Abby Smith | July 8, 2021 - Rob Gramlich describes the importance of large-scale, interregional transmission to the Weather Channel
Weather Channel | Rob Gramlich | May 11, 2021 - Biden’s Big Infrastructure Plan Would Further Boost Renewable Energy
Wall Street Journal | Russell Gold and Katherine Blunt | April 1, 2021 - How Biden’s ambitious infrastructure bill will impact renewable energy
Yahoo! Finance | April 1, 2021 - Biden’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Aims to ‘Reenergize’ US Power Grid
S&P Global | Molly Christian, Ellie Potter, and Zack Hale | March 31, 2021 - Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Aims to Turbocharge U.S. Shift From Fossil Fuels
The Washington Post | Steven Mufson and Juliet Eilperin | March 31, 2021 - New Transmission Approaches Can Cut Billions in Decarbonization Costs: MIT, Clean Energy Coalition
Utility Dive | Robert Walton | January 13, 2021