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Solar, batteries push down natural gas generation in California, EIA says (Tue, 25 Nov 2025)
New EIA data shows natural gas output falling 17 percent year-over-year as utility-scale solar and battery storage reshape California’s grid.
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Avangrid’s hydropower project gets final Maine permit despite losing referendum (Tue, 25 Nov 2025)
Maine voters rejected the project in a 2021 referendum after opponents ran a campaign alleging it would destroy woodlands in the state.
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FEMA under pressure to honor court mandate on Puerto Rico’s grid modernization (Tue, 25 Nov 2025)
Members of Congress sent a letter urging FEMA to comply with a landmark federal court ruling requiring the agency to fully evaluate rooftop solar, battery storage, and other distributed renewable options
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Regional collaboration and regulatory innovation define the path to a more resilient grid at DTECH Northeast (Tue, 25 Nov 2025)
Regulators from Maine, New York and Massachusetts took the stage at DTECH Northeast to discuss what it means to collaborate across the region.
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HIVE developing new hydroelectric-powered data-center campus (Mon, 24 Nov 2025)
HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd. recently announced it has signed a definitive agreement to develop an additional 100 megawatt ("MW") hydroelectric-powered data-center campus at its Yguazú site in Paraguay.
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Announcing the winners of the 2025 Grid Changer Awards at DTECH Northeast (Mon, 24 Nov 2025)
Presented at DTECH Northeast on November 19th, 2025, the 2025 Grid Changers Awards ceremony recognized this year's top innovators.
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Oil industry gears up for a comeback – This Week in Cleantech (Fri, 21 Nov 2025)
On this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, Amy Harder from Axios discusses an oil industry lobbying group's big spending to advertise during Paramount’s second season of “Landman."
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One key state remains in limbo on climate and clean energy policies as several others retreat (Thu, 20 Nov 2025)
Arizona, Connecticut, New York and North Carolina are backsliding on climate issues. But Massachusetts isn’t, at least for now.
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FERC should side with Voltus and Mission:data because residential demand response is blocked at PJM. (Thu, 20 Nov 2025)
Voltus and Mission:data filed a complaint at FERC against eight PJM utilities for blocking residential demand response by not sharing interval data.
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Oregon Gov. orders state agencies to move faster on clean energy projects, electrification (Thu, 20 Nov 2025)
Governor Tina Kotek directed Oregon state agencies to expedite renewable energy project permitting and strategies by September 2026 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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