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July 10, 2025

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Sage
Around the Corner: You Might Not Know the Drill; New Geothermal Technology is On the Doorstep
Until now, a carbon-free, load-following electric supply resource has been elusive, but that all may be about to change as a result of a resource that sits literally right below our feet, says columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler.
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Stakeholder Soapbox: Storms, Droughts, and Day-Ahead Markets; Now Hydropower’s Moment to Shine

Increased weather volatility isn’t just grabbing headlines; it's reshaping how we generate and trade electricity, writes Upstream Tech CEO Marshall Moutenot.

Georgia Power
Counterflow: Big Beautiful Expensive Uranium

The U.S. hasn’t built new nuclear plants over the past 50 years (other than the Vogtle disaster) because they haven’t made any economic sense, argues columnist Steve Huntoon.

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Stakeholder Soapbox: The Facts About FERC Order 1920 and Why It’s Essential

As the tides of deregulation swell, Gretchen Kershaw of Grid Strategies wants to "set the record straight" on FERC Order 1920 and why it's essential.

ERCOT
Editor’s Choice: Spain Outage; Texas Legislature; and Other Timely Opinion
Energy analysts provided their opinions on the Spain blackout; bills in the Texas Legislature; and the potential ramifications of a trade war as it relates to large power transformers.
ERCOT
Stakeholder Soapbox: The Unseen Costs of Subsidized Solar
Energy industry insider Doug Sheridan says subsidized solar may look economically attractive today, but its distortive impacts on energy markets tell a different story.
IESO
Around the Corner: Nobody Does Capacity Quite Like Ontario
The move was a big step for IESO, and one of the biggest tweaks to its market design in years.
CAISO
CPUC, Others Question Details of EDAM Congestion Revenue Proposal
Stakeholders and state energy officials continue to raise concerns about a draft proposal that would adjust how congestion revenues are allocated in CAISO's EDAM, with the ISO aiming for a vote on the final plan in the coming weeks.
Aurora Energy Research
Around the Corner: The Promise, Uncertainty and Unparalleled Risk of Data Center Load
Columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler writes about the explosion of data center load requests and the enormous risks to utilities and ratepayers of overbuilding assets.
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Counterflow: Groove on the Rubble
Columnist Steve Huntoon discusses the "apparently unintended irony" in the Trump administration's latest executive order on FERC.

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