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How Commercial Buildings Turn Peak Demand Into Revenue With Virtual Power Plants?
New Siemens-Voltus, PG&E and ComEd programs let commercial buildings cut demand charges and earn demand-response revenue through virtual power plants. Here is how it works and what to watch. ...more
Charging Tech & Innovation
September 29, 2026•5 min read
What Do Prologis, Kaiser Permanente and the U.S. Army Know About Microgrids That Most Landlords Do Not?
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. ...more
Energy & Solar Integration ,Microgrids
September 23, 2026•7 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (09/23/26 Edition)
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. ...more
EV Market Signals ,Energy & Solar Integration Charging Tech & Innovation &Electrification Roundup
September 22, 2026•9 min read
Why Fleet Depot Charging Takes Longer Than Buying the Trucks
Amazon runs 40,000 electric vans, but connecting a depot to the grid takes 6 to 18 months and transformers are scarce. Why power access is now a site selection and leasing variable. ...more
EV Charging in Real Places
September 16, 2026•8 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (09/16/26 Edition)
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 servi... ...more
EV Market Signals ,Energy & Solar Integration Charging Tech & Innovation &Electrification Roundup
September 15, 2026•5 min read
The Money for Charging Moved From the Tax Code to Your Utility Territory
Federal charging credits sunset but utility and state programs expanded. Cities draw on the same money, and their contracts are public records you can read first. ...more
EV Charging in Real Places ,Electrification Economics at the Property Level
September 09, 2026•24 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (09/09/26 Edition)
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. ...more
EV Market Signals ,EV Charging in Real Places Rebates & Incentives Data Center Demand and Innovation Solar, Storage and VPPs Local Governance and Federal Policy Grid Stress, Storms and Resilience Economics Policy and Market Rules Electrification Economics at the Property Level &Electrification Roundup
September 08, 2026•14 min read
A Charging Operator Just Leased Parking at 90 Shopping Centers. Read the Deal Terms Beyond the Press Release.
EVgo is adding 500 fast charging stalls at 90 Brixmor centers. Four contract terms, not the stall count, decide whether charging improves a landlord's NOI. ...more
EV Charging in Real Places ,Charging Tech & Innovation &EV-Blog
September 02, 2026•6 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (09/02/26 Edition)
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. ...more
EV Market Signals ,Energy & Solar Integration Charging Tech & Innovation &Electrification Roundup
September 01, 2026•22 min read
The True Cost of Power: Oil Just Gave Back Its War Premium. Why Did the Cost of Powering a Building Rise Anyway?
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. ...more
EV Market Signals ,Policy and Market Rules &True Cost of Power
August 26, 2026•11 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (08/26/26 Edition)
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. ...more
EV Market Signals ,Energy & Solar Integration Charging Tech & Innovation &Electrification Roundup
August 26, 2026•10 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (08/19/26 Edition)
A Northern Virginia outage, a 6 GW load surge, $75 billion in clean energy investment, and home batteries outselling home solar. This week's electrification roundup for property owners. ...more
EV Market Signals ,EV Charging in Real Places Data Center Demand and Innovation Solar, Storage and VPPs Local Governance and Federal Policy Grid Stress, Storms and Resilience Economics Policy and Market Rules Electrification Economics at the Property Level &Electrification Roundup
August 18, 2026•10 min read
The Last Federal Help for Building EV Charging Expired This Summer. Here Is the New Math.
The federal Section 30C EV charger credit, worth up to $100,000 per location, expired June 30, 2026. The new math for property owners: state and utility programs, the ROI, and still-rising demand. ...more
EV Charging in Real Places ,Policy and Market Rules
August 11, 2026•4 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (08/12/26 Edition)
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. ...more
EV Market Signals ,Energy & Solar Integration Charging Tech & Innovation &Electrification Roundup
August 11, 2026•8 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (08/05/26 Edition)
Record utility rate requests, a federal order to fast-track data center connections, coal running longer, and $1 billion-plus clean energy deals. This week's electrification roundup for property owner... ...more
EV Market Signals ,Energy & Solar Integration Charging Tech & Innovation &Electrification Roundup
August 04, 2026•7 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (07/29/26 Edition)
PJM's emergency power auction, a $375 million clean-energy merger, battery costs at a record low, and vehicle-to-grid income for fleets. This week's electrification roundup for property owners. ...more
EV Market Signals ,Energy & Solar Integration Charging Tech & Innovation &Electrification Roundup
July 28, 2026•8 min read
Your Parked Electric Fleet Could Earn Money. A New Program Shows Exactly How.
A new Massachusetts program pays EV owners to send power back to the grid during peak hours, building on a network that pays homeowners $1,000 to $4,000 a year. Why fleets and buildings can now earn. ...more
EV Charging in Real Places ,Solar, Storage and VPPs
July 28, 2026•7 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (07/22/26 Edition)
The grid watchdog's highest alert, $4.3 billion in data center costs on ratepayers, three states pulling tax breaks, and used electric cars outrunning the market. This week's electrification roundup. ...more
EV Market Signals ,Energy & Solar Integration Charging Tech & Innovation &Electrification Roundup
July 21, 2026•9 min read
The Used Electric Car Is Quietly Winning. Where Do Those Drivers Plug In?
Used electric cars are holding value far better than the market as a fuel hedge, and their buyers rent. Why charging demand is moving to apartment and workplace parking lots even as new EV sales fall. ...more
EV Market Signals
July 21, 2026•3 min read
Used Electric Vehicles Outperform the Entire Wholesale Market, and Charging Demand Changes Address
The Manheim EV Index rose 12 percent year over year against 1.7 percent for the rest of the market. Used EV buyers lack home charging, relocating demand to multifamily, workplace, and retail sites. ...more
EV Market Signals
July 15, 2026•4 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (07/15/26 Edition)
Four states moved against data center power subsidies in ten days, PJM finalizes interconnection rules, and brownfield sites with live grid connections become the most contested real estate in electri... ...more
EV Market Signals ,Energy & Solar Integration Charging Tech & Innovation &Electrification Roundup
July 14, 2026•12 min read
