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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 elec... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration ,battery
January 14, 2026•6 min read
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. ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
January 14, 2026•7 min read
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. ...more
Charging Tech & Innovation
January 14, 2026•5 min read
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. ...more
EV News & Trends ,Energy & Solar Integration &Charging Tech & Innovation
January 14, 2026•4 min read
Power Is the New Land: Google’s $4.75 Billion Intersect Deal Redraws the Map for “AI-Ready” Real Estate
Alphabet’s agreement to acquire Intersect Power is an infrastructure play — one that underscores how quickly electricity has become the gating factor for new development, especially anything tied to d... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
January 07, 2026•8 min read
EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (01/07/26 Edition)
If you only skimmed headlines this week, you probably saw a familiar mix: EV market share drama, warnings about “AI-era” grid constraints, and a steady drumbeat of local pushback against data centers.... ...more
EV News & Trends
January 06, 2026•6 min read
Megawatts at the Border: A Tesla Semi Charging Plan in Laredo Signals the Next Freight-Corridor Land Grab
A new Tesla project for semi-truck charging on Mines Road in Laredo, Texas is the kind of infrastructure that can reshape industrial land values, utility planning and site design along freight corrido... ...more
EV News & Trends
January 06, 2026•6 min read
VPP Goes Municipal: New Orleans’ $30 Million Neighborhood Battery Plan Is a Playbook for Multifamily and Master Plans
In December, the New Orleans City Council approved a $30 million, three-year “Neighborhood Power Plan” to pay for solar-tied batteries and coordinate those systems as a single, dispatchable resource —... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration ,battery
January 05, 2026•6 min read
Making Solar “Policy-Proof”: Why CRE Can’t Wait for Perfect Incentives
As subsidies wobble and rates stay volatile, the smartest landlords are designing rooftop solar that pencils out even if the politics change. ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
December 29, 2025•5 min read
Sunrun and NRG Want Texas Homes to Act Like a Power Plant. CRE Should Pay Attention.
Sunrun and NRG Energy are building a Texas-based virtual power plant (VPP) that will aggregate home batteries and dispatch them into the ERCOT market during peak demand. If you own or develop master-p... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
December 29, 2025•7 min read
EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (12/31/25 Edition)
If you only skimmed headlines this week, you probably saw a lot of “grid stress” anxiety and EV-market hot takes. Underneath that noise, the more useful signal for real estate, urban and commercial de... ...more
EV News & Trends
December 29, 2025•5 min read
Factorial’s Solid-State SPAC: A Boston-Area Battery Bet That Could Reshape EV Range — and Eventually Building Power
Boston area-based solid-state battery developer Factorial Energy is taking a swing at the public markets — not with a traditional IPO, but by merging with a SPAC. The deal is the latest signal that in... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
December 23, 2025•6 min read
New York Kills the “100-Foot Rule.” Real Estate Just Lost a Quiet Gas Discount.
New York quietly rewrote a line of development math that has shaped residential construction for decades: it is ending the so-called “100-foot rule,” a policy that effectively spread the cost of many ... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
December 23, 2025•6 min read
LAZ Parking’s 50,000-Charger Bet: The Parking Garage Is Becoming an Energy Asset
LAZ Parking is making a very specific wager about where EV charging will win: not on the side of the highway, but where cars already sit for hours — garages, lots, hotels, airports and municipal decks... ...more
Commercial Charging
December 23, 2025•5 min read
Texas’ Grid Queue Hits 226 GW: Why AI’s Thirst is Real Estate’s New “Actionable Intelligence”
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) dropped a number this month that reads less like a utility forecast and more like a fever dream: 226 gigawatts (GW). ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
December 22, 2025•5 min read
Your BMS Isn’t Enough: Why AI Is Becoming the Building Operating System
Energy management stands out as one of the highest-ROI use cases, but it’s also where the gap between promise and practice is most obvious. Treat AI not as a gadget, but as the operating system for yo... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
December 03, 2025•6 min read
DG Matrix’s Bridge Power to the Rescue
DG Matrix' “Bridge power” solution addresses energy demand gaps driven by AI data centers, fleet depots, and electrified campuses. ...more
EV News & Trends ,Charging Tech & Innovation
November 12, 2025•4 min read
From EV Chargers to Whole Meter: Why ChargedUp! Is Expanding to Electrification
ChargedUp! is expanding from EV charging to full electrification as rising power demand, grid constraints, and AI-driven loads make energy a business strategy. Integrated power, connectivity, and AI n... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
October 28, 2025•5 min read
EV Incentives Are Gone. What Happens Now?
On September 30th, the federal $7,500 EV tax credit quietly expired—and the ripple effects are already resonating through automakers, buyers, and the charging industry. For CPOs, site hosts, and prope... ...more
EV News & Trends ,Rebates & Incentives &EV-Blog
October 08, 2025•4 min read
Why Your Electric Bill Keeps Rising — and What CREs and CPOs Can Do About It
If your electricity bill feels higher every quarter, you’re not imagining it: Demand for power is rising faster than we can build power plants and power lines. This article summarizes key factors affe... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration ,Home Charging &Sustainability & Green Living
October 08, 2025•4 min read
Colorado Hikes “Cash-for-Clunkers” EV Rebates as Federal Credits Sunset—What This Means for Fleets, Dealers, and Site Hosts
Following expiration of federal tax credits last month, Colorado's expansion of point-of-sale rebates via its Vehicle Exchange Colorado (VXC) program are a a targeted lift for income-qualified buyers ... ...more
EV News & Trends ,Rebates & Incentives &EV-Blog
October 08, 2025•4 min read
