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.
The US installed a record 20.2 GWh of battery storage in Q2 while oil returned to $97, rate hike odds neared 60 percent, and a new order targeted foreign grid equipment.
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.
Oil gave back its war premium this week while 50 percent tariffs raised construction costs and Canada put electricity exports on the table. The structural cost of power rose.
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.