As utilities and regulators face unprecedented growth in power demand, figuring out how to plan and finance distribution systems has become a fast-moving target, according to speakers at the GridWise Alliance gridCONNEXT conference.

The use of hydrogen, both for transportation fuel and blended into natural gas, is a hot topic among engineers and power producers.

Parag Mitra of EPRI warned that the growth of data centers and cryptocurrency mining has created new risks for system modelers.

Load flexibility is the fastest and cheapest way to prepare for rising electricity demand, panel participants at a CEC-EPRI conference said.

To decarbonize homes in low-income communities, agencies need to remove administrative barriers, consider all types of housing and prepare for a hotter world, experts said.

Nine of the world's largest makers of building heating and cooling equipment have signed on to support California's goal of having 6 million new electric heat pumps by 2030.

ISO-NE anticipates little risk of energy shortfall in the summer of 2032.

Green Mountain Power and a Vermont manufacturer received a federal grant to expand the state's mobile battery fleet.