FERC

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August 31, 2026

Talk on Data Center Reform Is Cheap. Our Electricity Bills Are Not.

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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August 26, 2026

To Build a Reliable and Affordable Grid, We Need Better Data From Data Centers

Sandra Sattler
Senior Energy Modeler

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August 6, 2026

Data Centers Are Already Stressing the Grid. Regulators Are Playing Catch-up.

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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July 28, 2025

Smarter Integration of Renewables Could Have Prevented the Blackout in Spain and Portugal

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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June 11, 2025

To Build True Resilience, Grid Planners Must Seek Community Wisdom

Sital Sathia
Analyst, Energy Justice & Resilience

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June 3, 2025

Strength in Numbers: Why We Need More Climate Science in Power System Planning

Rachel Licker
Former UCS Staff

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June 3, 2025

Planning For Climate Change Isn’t Happening. It’s Putting Communities at Risk.

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

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March 17, 2025

Why I Don’t Buy Data Centers’ Claims They Can Leapfrog over Utilities

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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December 12, 2024

Power Moves: Billions in Benefits for the Midwest’s Transmission System

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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December 12, 2024

Massive Investments in the Midwest Grid Are Worth Celebrating

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

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December 3, 2024

$12 Billion Can Get You the Wrong Kind of Attention

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

Pike Electric service trucks line up after a snow storm on February 16, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas.

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May 15, 2024

FERC and NERC Review of Winter Storm Gas Failures Lacks Transparency and Key Details

Paul Arbaje
Senior Analyst

two workers and an electricity transmission line

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April 16, 2024

What’s Stalling the Transition to a Modern Electricity Grid?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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February 13, 2024

Grid Investments are Critical to Our Clean Energy Future

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

January 4, 2024

After The Lights Go Out, Then What?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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November 2, 2023

Who Are the Major Players in Electric Grid Reliability?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

Four men work together on the construction of a transmission tower, part of the Bonneville Power Administration in the US Pacific Northwest.

US Department of Energy/Flickr

July 17, 2023

States Can Plan Ahead for Clean Energy

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

Pedro Castellano

June 12, 2023

Fossil Fuels vs. Renewables: A Price on Reliability?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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September 7, 2022

Failure to Plan Could Create an Energy Crisis

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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June 24, 2022

What Firefighters Can Teach Us about Preparing the Grid for Extreme Weather

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

May 18, 2022

Why We Can Send A Rover To Mars, But We Can’t Send An Electron From New York to California

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

Western Area Power

March 30, 2022

Five Grid Plans to Cut Fossil Fuel Dependence

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

King County Housing Authority

December 2, 2021

Cutting Carbon Locally

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

November 4, 2021

What is the Supply Chain for Clean Energy and Climate Change?

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst