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Illinois’ 3-Gigawatt Storage Push Is a Signal: Batteries Are Becoming a Standard Building Upgrade

Illinois’ 3-Gigawatt Storage Push Is a Signal: Batteries Are Becoming a Standard Building Upgrade

Illinois’ 3-gigawatt target is evidence that the market is organizing around storage — and that the buildings that can manage peaks and ride through volatility will have an easier time delivering electrification without sacrificing NOI.

Power Bills Are Becoming the New Rent Increase. Here’s How Owners Can Fight Back.

Power Bills Are Becoming the New Rent Increase. Here’s How Owners Can Fight Back.

Electricity costs are rising in different ways in different places nationwide. Owners need to reduce the parts of the bill they can control.

Brooklyn’s Next Big Charging Hub Won’t Start With a New Substation. It Starts With a 9.5 MWh Battery.

Brooklyn’s Next Big Charging Hub Won’t Start With a New Substation. It Starts With a 9.5 MWh Battery.

New York has never had an “easy mode” for EV fast charging. The newest charging depot planned for Williamsburg, Brooklyn is taking a different approach.

Microsoft Data Center Energy: “We’ll Pay Our Own Way.” What That Could Mean for Commercial Rates and New Development.

Microsoft Data Center Energy: “We’ll Pay Our Own Way.” What That Could Mean for Commercial Rates and New Development.

Microsoft's five-point “Community-First” initiative signals the next chapter of how we finance and govern electrification.

The Data Center Gold Rush Hits Zoning Reality: How Towns Are Pressing Pause to Protect Power Bills

The Data Center Gold Rush Hits Zoning Reality: How Towns Are Pressing Pause to Protect Power Bills

Data centers are increasingly being treated as projects that can change a community’s utility bills, reliability profile, and long-term development math. For commercial real estate owners, developers and planners, the entitlement conversation is moving upstream into energy governance.

Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (1/14/26 Edition)

Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (1/14/26 Edition)

If you only skimmed headlines this week, you probably saw the usual AI-grid anxiety and EV-market hot takes. The useful signal for owners, developers and planners is more practical.