Maximizing Grid Efficiency Through Distributed Solar
ComEd
“We should avoid framing this as a choice between infrastructure and affordability. The real challenge is determining which investments produce the greatest customer value over time.”
Fortnightly Magazine - October 2026
Data Centers and Rising Electricity Costs
Clarum Advisors
Clarum Advisors talked with an array of industry leaders – utilities, data centers, developers, and vendors – to tease apart fact from fiction. In this article, we separate whether data center costs reach other consumers from the question of how, addressing both to inform solutions.
Medium- and Heavy-Duty EV Fleets: An Emerging Large Load Customer
IREC
“The pace of MHD fleet electrification depends in part on how quickly chargers can be energized. As demand for high-powered charging grows, regulators have a number of options to address barriers.”
Maintaining Water Source Quality
Health Effects of Drought
“We’re used to the lessons that history teaches of Yellow Fever outbreaks or Malaria due to the wet breeding grounds of swamps and standing water for mosquitoes, not dry weather conditions causing disease.”
Powering Rural Prosperity
Renewables Boost GDP
Renewables Boost GDP Without Harming Farm Output, Employment, Wages: “According to the first research study released by the Center for Rural Energy Security at the University of Missouri, renewable energy and agriculture can co-exist without harming rural economies.”
The View Looks Different From Somewhere Else
Global Lessons on Power Systems
Sitting across the table from the people who made the decisions gives the opportunity to ask about the tradeoffs, unintended consequences, and course corrections that rarely make it into a report.
From Nuclear Innovation to Optimization
Collaboration and Fuel-Cycle Readiness May Define the Next Decade
“The central challenge is no longer reactor design alone – it is the ability to translate diverse and evolving fuel concepts into reliable, scalable, and economically viable operational systems.”