Oct. 7, 2025
| This week’s storage news and insights for utility leaders
Interest in hydrogen fuel cells has grown as data centers and other large-load customers seek alternatives to diesel generators, said Frank Wolak, president and CEO of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association.
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Trade and environmental advocacy groups said adopting a virtual power plant deployment plan could have saved Californians $750 million a year. The governor vetoed it, citing financial strains on the state energy commission.
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Nearly nine out of 10 global executives reported experiencing energy-related disruptions in the last year, a Prologis survey found.
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This webinar explores how utilities can serve AI and data center loads with flexible onsite generation solutions instead of costly grid upgrades:
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Shutdown plans could become hard to implement as agency staffing levels “are significantly lower than at the beginning of the year," said sustainable finance company Crux.
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“The primary role of corporate offtake agreements [is] to mitigate the financial risk associated with earning revenue from the variable wholesale electricity market,” the Clean Energy Buyers Association said.
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“Our democracy is badly broken when a president can illegally suspend projects for Blue states in order to punish his political enemies,” said Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
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