Week ending October 09, 2026

Passed in 2025, the Next Generation Energy Act requires Maryland to conduct at least two solicitations for a combined 1.6 GW of energy storage capacity.

Eligible projects must be designed to discharge at full power for at least four hours.

It’s crunch time for the electric power industry.

A surge in spending to meet the insatiable electricity demands of large-load data centers, as well as broader electrification, is fueling fierce competition for skilled labor, power generation equipment and grid components.

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The deal with Google is a “direct response” to PJM’s Bring Your Own Power proposal, and aligns with the White House’s ratepayer protection pledge, Constellation said in a statement. 

PJM Interconnection is short about 6.8 GW of new capacity, and is struggling to find resources as data center demand rises.

Gov. Healey’s executive order declared an energy emergency in Massachusetts, and directed the state’s Department of Energy Resources and Department of Environmental Protection to identify ACP funds that can be used to “augment federal funding for the Home Energy Assistance Program” this winter.

The order also directs the creation of a one-time benefit for middle-income households that don’t qualify for HEAP but rely on oil for home heating. 

The U.S. Department of Energy announced Monday that it has made a conditional loan commitment of $4.2 billion to Vistra Corp. to finance nuclear uprates and modernization across the company’s nuclear fleet in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Vistra announced in January that the company was pursuing a total of 433 MW of uprates at its Perry and Davis-Besse nuclear plants in Ohio and its Beaver Valley plant in Pennsylvania, in connection with a 2.6 GW power purchase agreement with Meta. 

Pecos Power Plant LLC is developing the project, which will add new natural gas generation to the West Texas power grid.

“Texas is the energy capital of the world because we build the power our economy needs,” said Governor Abbott.

Speaking Oct. 6 at the Energy Intelligence Forum in London, Wirth warned that restricting U.S. diesel exports could put additional upward pressure on prices in parts of the country while creating supply concerns for U.S. allies that rely on American refined products.

“You could see some upward pressure on prices in some parts of the country,” Wirth said at the event, according to Bloomberg.

Canada’s oil and gas sector accounted for a lower level of emissions in 2025, despite boosts in production, while the country’s overall emissions ticked up thanks to increased reliance on natural gas to heat homes.

Those are among the findings in the Canadian Climate Institute’s annual national emissions report, released Thursday.

Tropical Storm Isaias is forecast to strengthen into a Category 2 hurricane, with the northern US Gulf Coast in its crosshairs later this week.

The cone of uncertainty includes critical energy assets, such as offshore oil rigs and major refineries.