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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 14m
⚡ Curious how EV managed charging can be deployed smartly?

Watch Energy Hub's on-demand webinar, breaks break down how utilities, grid operators, and program designers are aligning incentives and flexibility to make EV charging a grid-friendly load.

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EV managed charging: Finding a program design that works
Leaders from APS, Evergy, SMECO, and EnergyHub share how to design and pilot scalable, customer-friendly, and cost-effective managed EV charging programs.
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Catalyst w/ Shayle Kann @catalyst-pod.bsky.social · 2h
In our latest episode of Catalyst, Jamie Daggett — the energy storage and fuel cell lead at Ariel Green — talks with Stephen Lacey about how insurance is helping the energy storage sector mature and scale faster.
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How insurance can narrow the Valley of Death
Why technology performance insurance could unlock trillions in private capital for the energy transition.
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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 3h
Latitude Media’s piece found OCED still holds roughly $16.5 billion in unobligated funds — but what happens to that money now isn’t straightforward.

Billions could now sit idle unless Congress acts.

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Can DOE actually send canceled energy awards back to Treasury?
The agency appears to be leveraging tactics from the first administration, on a significantly greater scale.
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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 4h
Bianca Giacobone examines how state-level legislative actions are shaping whether data center growth will shift new costs to grid customers or internalize them within the tech sector.
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State lawmakers stand between ratepayers and data center costs
2025 saw over 60 pieces of legislation related to data center development introduced across 22 states.
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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 22h
In a report by the Edison Electric Institute, @alexckaufman.bsky.social reports, U.S. utilities are projected to invest $1.1 trillion from 2025–2029, with $208 billion slated for 2025 alone.

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EEI: US utilities are planning record capital expenditures
The trade group found that utilities are set to spend $1.1 trillion between now and 2029.
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Advanced Energy United @advancedenergyunited.org · 9d
In an interview with @latitudemedia.bsky.social's @stephenlacey.bsky.social, United’s President & CEO @honeill.bsky.social discussed how, with waning federal support, businesses must shift their focus to the states & regions.

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Alexander C. Kaufman @alexckaufman.bsky.social · 8d
New feature up on @latitudemedia.bsky.social on how Poland's polarized politics are stymying potential for geothermal at a moment when the country needs all the clean, domestic power it can get.

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In coal-addicted Poland, partisan politics throttle geothermal’s growth
Could the fast-growing market for American LNG be a market for startups like Zanskar?
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Heather O’Neill @honeill.bsky.social · 8d
Check out my conversation with @latitudemedia.bsky.social on how advanced energy is providing solutions to energy affordability and reliability challenges with @advancedenergyunited.org new advocacy playbook.
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Catalyst w/ Shayle Kann @catalyst-pod.bsky.social · 9d
A conversation with the CEO of Advanced Energy United on why states are the center of gravity for clean energy policy.

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Frontier Forum: A new playbook for clean energy growth
A conversation with the CEO of Advanced Energy United on why states are the center of gravity for clean energy policy.
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CHESSA @solarchesapeake.bsky.social · 5d
💫 Member Spotlight:
CHESSA member Madison Energy Infrastructure has acquired NextEra Energy Resources’ DG development platform—assets, pipeline & team—expanding MEI’s reach across industrial, municipal & co-op customers. Congrats, MEI!

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NextEra sells its distributed generation platform to Madison Energy Infrastructure
Exclusive: The purchase comes as Madison doubles down on DG, even as others in the space pull back.
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E2 @e2.org · 5d
Details from @latitudemedia.bsky.social:
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SCOOP: These are the 321 awards DOE is canceling
All of the awards, totaling $7.5 billion, are for projects in blue states.
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lisa martine jenkins @lisamartinejenkins.bsky.social · 5d
I spent time this week parsing the second list of (potential) DOE award cancellations that has been circulating DC, and it occurred to me that others would probably appreciate a clean, searchable dataset.

So I made one, for @latitudemedia.bsky.social :

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Chart of the number of awards DOE is poised to potentially cancel (647), and the funds awarded (nearly $24 billion), broken down by office
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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 1d
In an opinion piece for Latitude, Elizabeth K. Whitney argues that data center and AI growth are exposing deep flaws in how we price and plan for capacity — and that current market structures can’t keep up with hyperscale speed or scale.

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Why capacity markets aren't equipped for the era of the hyperscaler
We don't need administrative constructs to keep the lights on or "send price signals." Do less.
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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 1d
Brookfield Assett Management is putting up to $5 billion behind Bloom Energy to deploy its solid oxide fuel cells for AI data centers — one of the biggest private investments ever made in fuel cells.

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Brookfield makes a $5 billion bet on Bloom’s fuel cells
The AI infrastructure deal comes as large power users like data centers increasingly rely on onsite generation.
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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 1d
The Trump administration’s shutdown layoffs arrive at DOE today under a cloud of uncertainty. As of Saturday, “no one [had] actually been RIF’d,” said one current employee. “OMB and the agency are using purposefully vague language to scare and confuse people.”
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Trump’s shutdown layoffs arrive at DOE
The rollout of yet another reduction in force appears designed to “scare and confuse people,” one employee said.
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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 1d
ev.energy has piloted a managed charging solution that saves customers money and reduces peak demand by using real-time pricing signals.

CEO Nick Woolley shares his vision for the next phase of optimized EV charging: www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-fut...
The future of optimized EV charging
Nick Woolley, ev.energy CEO, says evolving charging technology can make EV charging an opportunity, not a burden.
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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 5d
There are two lists of award terminations circulating Washington, D.C. Here’s a compilation of both — with a searchable dataset.

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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 5d
The DAC Hubs program once included 21 projects. Now, just two have managed to avoid DOE’s cancellation lists.

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Can domestic DAC survive without the help of DOE?
The DAC Hubs program once included 21 projects. Now, just two have managed to avoid DOE’s cancellation lists.
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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 6d
In a first-of-a-kind approach to distributed capacity procurement, Xcel Energy would deploy up to 200 MW of battery storage capacity, in partnership with DCP provider Sparkfund:

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Xcel proposes nation’s first distributed capacity procurement in Minnesota
The utility would deploy up to 200 MW of battery storage capacity, in partnership with DCP provider Sparkfund.
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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 6d
The DOE has released additional details about how it plans to allocate the $625 million in coal investments it announced last week. The vast majority of the funds — $525 million — will be distributed via 50% cost share awards, managed by OCED:

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How DOE is using Biden-era funds to keep coal plants open
The department is allotting $625 million, largely via cost share awards managed, ironically, by the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations.
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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 7d
Overture VC’s Shomik Dutta on why climate startups need political muscle — and how policy fluency can be a competitive advantage.

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This VC wants climate tech to play hardball in Washington
Overture VC’s Shomik Dutta on why climate startups need political muscle — and how policy fluency can be a competitive advantage.
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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 7d
Join us for our upcoming webinar on Oct 23 w/ QBi Solutions exploring how to meet increasing asset monitoring and management needs without growing headcount. Register for free here: www.latitudemedia.com/events/scali...
Scaling renewable asset management: Smarter tools, leaner teams
Moderated by Latitude senior reporter Maeve Allsup, this webinar will explore how renewable energy asset managers can meet increasing asset monitoring and management needs with smarter, data tools.
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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 7d
Amazon, Google, and Microsoft team up with Calpine, Constellation, and Talen to propose an alternative to PJM's potential new rules:

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Hyperscalers give PJM a counterproposal on load flexibility
Amazon, Google, and Microsoft team up with Calpine, Constellation, and Talen.
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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 8d
The Department of Energy may be planning to cancel even more awards, according to a leaked document reviewed today by Latitude Media.

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There’s a second DOE project cancellation list
According to a larger list circulating this week, DOE is planning to cancel many more awards.
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Latitude Media @latitudemedia.bsky.social · 8d
Could the fast-growing market for American LNG be a market for startups like Zanskar?

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In coal-addicted Poland, partisan politics throttle geothermal’s growth
Could the fast-growing market for American LNG be a market for startups like Zanskar?
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Open Circuit Podcast @open-circuit.bsky.social · 12d
On today's Open Circuit, we dig into whether the current clean energy, regulatory, and market pressures are shaping a fundamentally different path for distributed energy (DERs)

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Is this moment for distributed energy different?
DERs are finally acting like real power plants. But utilities are still treating them like side projects.
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