Data centers pioneered onsite microgrids. Now Prologis, Kaiser Permanente, Princeton and the U.S. Army are using the same model to protect NOI, bypass grid queues and add asset value.
This week: FERC rewrites large-load rules, PG&E launches a VPP, EV share holds near 6 percent, and hyperscalers chase power the grid cannot deliver.
This week in electrification: diesel tops $6 a gallon, the Fed nears a rate hike, a California virtual power plant scales, and the nation's largest bidirectional electric school bus fleet enters service.
Federal forecasters cut Texas load growth from 14 percent to 6 percent, a 200 megawatt Ohio campus was rejected, and used EV prices rose against the depreciation curve.
This week's NYMHM tracks PJM's capacity shortfall, new state data center rules, distributed solar financing, and EV market signals across all eight ChargedUp! pillars.
A federal grid deadline, record capacity prices, North Carolina's data center tax repeal, the expired EV charger credit, and the threefold state power gap. This week's electrification roundup.