The Iberian Peninsula experienced Europe's largest blackout on April 28, 2025, due to escalating grid oscillations and a cascade of system failures.

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The AI Energy Council recently met to address the critical need for power grid enhancements to support the escalating energy demands of artificial intelligence.

Europe's ambitious renewable energy targets face significant hurdles due to the complex and stringent regulations governing grid connections.

Australia's last paper mill, Boyer, faces a critical challenge in its decarbonization efforts as Hydro Tasmania indicates insufficient local grid capacity for its planned coal-to-electric boiler conversion.

Blackstone Inc. announced an $11.5 billion plan to acquire PNM, New Mexico's largest electric utility, and its parent company, TXNM Energy, pending regulatory approval.

Germany's coal phase-out by 2038 is driving significant investments in grid flexibility and energy storage to address renewable intermittency and grid congestion.

Texas' power grid operator, ERCOT, reports a significant drop in summer blackout risks, with emergency probabilities falling from 16% to under 1% this year.

FERC Chairman Mark Christie emphasized the need for dispatchable resources after grid operators narrowly avoided blackouts during a recent extreme heatwave.

Electricity demand in PJM Interconnection and ISO New England surged to multi-year highs on June 23 and 24, driven by a widespread heat wave across the Eastern U.S.