Power access defines winners in this week's energy market. Explore how surging utility rate hikes and local data center moratoriums are reshaping property economics, and why onsite generation is becoming a mandatory hedge in today's landscape.
A Kuwait airport strike has upended late-May optimism around a U.S.-Iran cease-fire, pushing oil risk, Treasury pressure, and refinancing uncertainty back into focus for commercial real estate owners and distributed energy investors.
Part 13 in our ongoing coverage of the Mideast conflict and its implications for property, infrastructure, and the built environment.
Andrew Dunn (FENECON USA) explains why 50–80% of U.S. interconnection sites never get built, what really breaks projects, and how CRE owners and planners can de-risk BESS and distributed energy decisions in 2026.
This week: Section 30C EV-charger deadline, EIA shift to commercial demand, transformer prices +77%, BESS at $117/kWh, data-center BYOP, CRE energy bills +15–40%.
What the NextEra and Dominion Energy merger means for PJM capacity, Virginia data centers, interconnection timelines, and commercial real estate underwriting.