WEEK OF APRIL 10, 2026

“Iranian-affiliated [advanced persistent threat] targeting campaigns against U.S. organizations have recently escalated, likely in response to hostilities,” CISA said.

Hackers disrupted PLCs through “malicious interactions” with software and configuration settings, and by manipulating data on human machine interface and supervisory control and data acquisition displays, “resulting in operational disruption and financial loss,” the advisory said, without providing details about the target or targets.

The United States installed a record amount of energy storage in 2025: 18.9 GW/51 GWh across all customer segments, according to a Wood Mackenzie report released last month. 

Utility-scale installations accounted for 16 GW/47.3 GWh, up 48% and 40% over 2024, WoodMac said.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued a “request for information” for generation and storage projects that could be eligible for state backing in a fast-track grid connection process proposed by the PJM Interconnection, the DEP said Friday.

“The Department is interested in collaborating with a wide range of entities capable of developing one or more eligible large-scale energy generation or storage projects within this Commonwealth,” the DEP said in a notice. 

“More than 80% of respondents reported intentionally siting projects to avoid triggering federal permitting requirements,” the report said.

“Projects that never break ground do not show up in permitting data, which means the true cost of federal permitting is systematically undercounted.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should put a hold on a decision that will require New England utilities to pay their customers about $1.5 billion in refunds for transmission charges going back to 2011, according to utility companies Eversource and Avangrid.

Eversource’s utilities — Connecticut Light and Power, NSTAR Electric and Public Service Co. of New Hampshire — owe about $880 million in refunds while Avangrid’s New England utilities — Central Maine Power Co. and The United Illuminating Co. — owe about $203 million, according to an April 2 filing at FERC.

With nearly 3,000 new data centers planned or under construction in the U.S., industrial and utility companies will face electrical power supply chain constraints.

The U.S. switchgear market is projected to grow from $17.8 billion in 2024 to $31.8 billion by 2034.

The NRC's approval follows a transparent and public process through which the agency determined that Diablo Canyon is safe and environmentally sound to operate for another 20 years, though extending operations past 2030 would require action from the California Legislature.

The three-year license renewal process also included approvals from state and regional agencies including the California Public Utilities Commission, the State Lands Commission, the California Coastal Commission and the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board.

Energy-hungry companies in Nova Scotia are heading toward the light.

New statistics from the province’s private power utility show that commercial-scale players — which includes municipalities and First Nations — grew their capacity to generate solar energy by 82 per cent last year.

The Strait of Hormuz has been closed for business for well over a month now.

The effective blockage of the waterway that typically hosts the passage of at least one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas resources on the average day has sent global energy markets into a tailspin.

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