EIA preliminary data show U.S. battery storage reached nearly 52 GW of nameplate capacity after operators added 8.3 GW in the first half of 2026. More

Hull Street Energy completed its acquisition of the 677-MW Lee County plant in Illinois and the 586-MW Tait plant in Ohio for Milepost Power. More

ONE Nuclear signed a binding site-control LOI for Louisiana’s proposed 2.88-GW Project Cayman gas plant, 700-MW/2.88-GWh BESS and data center campus. More

AEP is advancing a $78B power infrastructure plan while securing gas-turbine supply for 13 GW and developing major transmission projects. More

Tallgrass and Kanin Energy have started an Ohio waste-heat power project expected to supply the University of Dayton under a 15-year agreement. More

DOE identified Utah, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Idaho as initial contenders to explore proposed Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses. More

NextEra reaches a $3.3 billion funding milestone for South Mon and Anderson, two gas-generation projects planned in Pennsylvania and Texas. More

Allstream Insiders Summary NET Power has signed two agreements intended to support approximately 123 megawatts of additional gas-fired power generation for the first phase of Project Permian in West Texas. The first is a deposit and exclusivity agreement covering a third party’s engineering, procurement and construction position and associated generation-equipment rights for an approximately 123-MW […] More

DOE directed MISO and Consumers Energy to keep the 1,420-MW J.H. Campbell coal plant available from August 17 through November 14, 2026. More