Only a bit past halfway through, and, 2026 has been no stranger to wildfires. Unfortunately, neither has it been immune from their effects on the […]
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Energy
The Traditional Electric Grid: Grid Balancing Hierarchy
This is part of a series on electric utilities in the United States. Follow along to learn more about both electric infrastructure and markets. […]
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Nuclear Renaissance: Small Reactors and Nuclear Innovation
Nuclear power has remained a dormant force in U.S. electric generation capacity since the Cold War. Once perceived as the revolutionary technology of the next […]
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The Pipeline That Could Bypass Hormuz
The ongoing US-Iran War of 2026 has disrupted the equilibrium of international oil trade. It is now five months since Operation Epic Fury began, with […]
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The Grid Modernization Challenge
The vast interconnected network that is the United States electric grid is one of the most important and impressive infrastructure projects in history. Since its […]
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Report: Ratemaking for a Reliable Grid
Executive Summary This paper finds that both requested and authorized electric utility Returns on Equity (ROEs) have trended downward rather than upward in the past […]
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New Aii Report Finds Utility ROEs Have Trended Downward
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Benjamin Dierker info@aii.org New Aii Report Finds Utility ROEs Have Trended Downward Over Two Decades, Challenging Claims That Returns Are Driving […]
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The New Solar Panel: Why Geothermal Energy is the Hot Topic of 2026
When the phrase “renewable energy” is brought up in conversation, one rarely imagines the geothermal industry: a market centered on highly innovative machinery that harnesses […]
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Who Governs Infrastructure Now?
United States infrastructure policy is shaped by many actors, including legislators, administrative agencies, and courts. In 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned “Chevron deference,” shifting […]
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A new Refinery may redefine American Oil
The year was 1977, and the last major oil refinery to be built in the United States began operations in Garyville, Louisiana. While smaller refineries […]
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Artificial Thirst: How Data Center Water Consumption Could Affect Rural Water Infrastructure
In July 2020, Amazon Web Services (AWS) purchased 56 acres of land in Gilroy, California. Five years later, the site is set to be transformed […]
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Deadlines Alone Won’t Fix Permitting
In 2025, The American Society for Civil Engineers gave the United States a C on its annual infrastructure report card, while nine out of 18 […]
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Public, Private, and Often Misunderstood: What P3s Are – and Are Not
P3s are a tremendous tool to help build large-scale complicated and critically important infrastructure. As useful as they are, they are also greatly misunderstood. […]
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The Rural Grid Squeeze
This analysis was originally featured in the Innovation & Infrastructure Review ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– How Data Centers, Copper Thieves, and Pipeline Physics Are Converging on America’s Cooperatives […]
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The Transitional Electric Grid: From Centralized to Distributed
This is part of a series on electric utilities in the United States. Follow along to learn more about both electric infrastructure and markets. […]
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