Federal and state policy, interconnection, and permitting developments.
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Wood Mackenzie forecasts Latin America's energy storage capacity will grow from 2.5 GW in 2025 to 34 GW by 2035, led by Chile amid ongoing financing and regulatory barriers.
Source: pv magazine
NRDC projects Trump administration energy policies could cost the US between 390 GW and 540 GW of new wind, solar, and storage capacity over the next decade.
Source: Utility Dive
PJM is considering new rules to make its surplus interconnection service more workable after an earlier 2025 reform effort yielded little uptake, as the grid operator faces growing capacity shortfalls.
Source: Utility Dive
Duke Energy filed its 2026 Carolinas Resource Plan with South Carolina regulators, proposing 18.5 GW of new solar, 14 GW of gas and 13 GW of storage through 2041.
Source: Utility Dive
Industry experts speaking at a Regulatory Assistance Project webinar said virtual power plants are increasingly valued for affordability, reliability and resilience benefits, citing utility programs at National Grid and Xcel Energy.
Source: Utility Dive
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council released a draft regional power plan proposing 9 GW of renewables, 2.1 GW of gas and 5.2 GW of storage by 2032 to meet rising demand.
Source: Utility Dive
A Utility Dive review of more than two dozen Q2 2026 earnings calls finds utilities balancing data center growth pipelines against equipment backlogs, public backlash, and questions about cost recovery.
Source: Utility Dive
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has approved 16 pilot agrivoltaics projects totaling 52.06 MW, pairing solar generation with active farmland across eight counties.
Source: Solar Power World
Colorado's Dispatchable Distributed Generation program requires the state's largest utilities to buy at least 50 MW a year of community-scale solar paired with batteries in 2026 and 2027.
Source: Utility Dive
A June BLM geothermal lease sale in New Mexico raised more than $16.5 million and set a federal per-acre bid record, signaling rising competition ahead of upcoming Western state auctions.
Source: Utility Dive
A new FCC rule barring foreign-produced solar inverters could force utility-scale projects into costly interconnection re-studies if they need to swap equipment to comply.
Source: pv magazine USA