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The United States reached a major milestone in diversifying generation in 2024, as wind and solar combined to generate more electricity than coal for the first time. According to a new report from Ember, which analyzes a full year of U.S. Energy Information Administration’s electricity data, wind and solar accounted for 17% of total electricity generation, while coal fell to an all-time low of 15%.

Rapid energy demand growth in the U.S. is threatening an aging and fragile electric grid, says the American Society of Civil Engineers, resulting in the group dropping the energy sector’s 2025 Infrastructure Report Card grade to a D+ from the C- they gave it in 2021. 

Nuclear power’s long-term role in the U.S. electricity generation mix depends on still-unresolved questions about plant economics, technology selection, federal policy and financial support, fuel availability, waste disposal and public attitudes, analysts for strategic consultancy ICF said.

“Jonathan brings a wealth of experience and expertise to this key position,” stated Dean Hubbuck, Senior Vice President and Chief Energy Resource Officer. “Since United Power left its single wholesale power provider in 2024, it is vital to have the right talent on our team to oversee this essential function. 

El Paso Electric (EPE) and ev.energy, the leading provider of managed electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, have announced the launch of the EV Smart Rewards TX program, a pioneering initiative for EPE’s customers in Texas. This follows the successful sister program launch in New Mexico last year and continues the commitment to optimizing home EV charging for a more efficient and sustainable grid.

Southwest Power Pool (SPP) will soon be the first regional transmission organization (RTO) in the U.S. to provide full services in both the Eastern and Western Interconnections of the nation’s power grid. On March 20, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) unanimously approved Southwest Power Pool’s amended tariff, which includes provisions enabling Western members to join the RTO. The Commission’s approval paves the way for seven Western entities, all of whom are participants in SPP’s Western Energy Imbalance Service (WEIS) market today, to begin participating in SPP’s Integrated Marketplace, transmission planning, reliability coordination and other RTO services beginning in April 2026.

Researchers have developed cost-effective and efficient water-splitting catalysts to be used in the eco-friendly production of hydrogen. Catalyst performance surprisingly increases over time.

Moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind and solar will require better ways to store energy for use when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing. A new study by researchers at Penn State found that taking advantage of natural geothermal heat in depleted oil and gas wells can improve the efficiency of one proposed energy storage solution: compressed-air energy storage (CAES).

Fossil-fuel plants are increasingly being forced to stop and start production in response to changes in output from renewables. In a new study, researchers developed a dynamic competitive benchmark that accounts for start-up costs and other unit-level operating constraints.