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April 16, 2026

Generation & Fuels

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N.Y. Energy Summit Discusses Renewables, Storage
Panelists at the New York Energy Summit offered assessments and strategies for the obstacles facing the state’s continuing efforts toward decarbonization.
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Another Mass Cancellation of Renewable Contracts Brewing in N.Y.
Renewable energy certificate contracts signed years ago did not contain cost adjustment mechanisms and New York is refusing to consider adding them now, after construction costs soared.
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N.Y. Energy Summit Examines Solutions to Permitting Delays, Cost Increases
Panelists at the 2026 New York Energy Summit discussed the challenges facing the state's power grid amid a constantly shifting landscape.
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Vineyard Wind Seeks to Force GE Renewables to Finish Work
Vineyard Wind is asking a court to block its turbine manufacturer from walking away from the nearly complete offshore wind project as the two squabble over hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns.
EIA
Coal-fired Generation Retirements Slow Under Trump
Coal generation retirements dropped to a 15-year low in 2025 as the energy industry tried to maintain existing capacity and the Trump administration sought to halt coal’s decline.
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Reports Flag Soaring Costs, Delays for New Gas-fired Generation
One new report flags risks entailed in the massive planned buildout of gas-fired generation, while another predicts a sharp continued rise in gas turbine prices.
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EIA Annual Energy Outlook 2026 Forecasts Major Demand Growth
The Energy Information Administration’s 2026 Annual Energy Outlook forecasts major demand growth in the coming years.
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Solar, Wind Developers Detail Federal Permitting Impacts
A new report quantifies what has been stated widely in general terms: The federal permitting process is delaying, downsizing and deterring clean energy projects.
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RFF Report Says 1.5-degree Climate Target No Longer Possible
Too many emissions are baked in to the atmosphere for the world to limit global average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, which was the target for the 2015 Paris Agreement, Resources For the Future said in its Global Energy Outlook 2026 report.
Rewiring America
When Electricity Becomes Variable: The Q1 Electric Flexibility Report
The electric power system can be built around variability. That could provide flexibility and affordability in the production and consumption of electricity. And the technologies are available now, writes columnist K Kaufmann.

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