How Data Centers, Copper Thieves, and Pipeline Physics Are Converging on America’s Cooperatives Executive Summary America’s 890 rural electric cooperatives own 42 percent of […]
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The Traditional Electric Grid: Centralized, One-Way Power
This is the first blog in a series on electric utilities in the United States. Follow along to learn more about both electric infrastructure and […]
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The Gap California Hasn’t Named: What California’s refinery crisis reveals about infrastructure cost management in every state
The Gap California Hasn’t Named What California’s refinery crisis reveals about infrastructure cost management in every state Introduction On March 19, 2026, the California Transportation […]
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The Gulf Coast Illusion: The Energy Vulnerability No One is Tracking
The Gulf Coast Illusion: The nation’s implicit fuel insurance policy is being sold overseas and nobody is watching the balance sheet. By Mothusi Pahl, Hartwell […]
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The Canary in California’s Coal Mine: Imminent Lessons From the Philippines
The Canary in California’s Coal Mine What the Philippines Energy Crisis Tells Us About What’s Coming to California and the Signals the Nation Should Not […]
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The Sovereignty Trap: Energy, National Security, and Federalism
The Sovereignty Trap How California’s Refinery Decline Exposes the State’s Most Valuable Asset to Federal Preemption Introduction The United States’ primary Air Force Base for […]
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Powering the AI Race: Treating Energy as Strategic Infrastructure
If there’s a single bottleneck preventing the U.S. from reaching its full potential with Artificial Intelligence (AI), it is energy. A recent report from the U.S. Department […]
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America’s Global Competitiveness Starts with Infrastructure at Home
Since 2013, when Communist Chinese President Xi Jinping first introduced his Belt and Road Initiative (“BRI”), it has become the largest infrastructure program in history, […]
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An Overview of ERCOT and Texas’s Energy Grid
There are three main interconnected power systems in the United States: the Western Interconnection, the Eastern Interconnection, and the Texas Interconnection. The Lone Star State’s […]
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Why Can’t the US Recycle Nuclear Waste?
A common criticism of nuclear energy is the need to store spent fuel. Another criticism, albeit a less common one, is the personal and environmental […]
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Cutting Carbon in DFW Without Cutting Energy
As the third fastest-growing metropolitan area in the U.S., Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) is experiencing a rapid rise in energy demand. This boom in residents and […]
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Aii Expert Panel Matching Tech Progress with Regulatory Flexibility
Don’t miss the latest Aii expert panel discussion entitled “Matching Technological Breakthroughs with Regulatory Innovation.” Read the transcript below or watch and listen. * * […]
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Is Distributed the Future of Infrastructure?
The United States has worked for many years to centralize its infrastructure, from sprawling power grids to extensive pipeline networks. However, as technological innovation has […]
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Project Plowshare – Nukes for Peace
In 1953, President Eisenhower gave a speech on “Atoms for Peace”, introducing a program to test the use of nuclear weapons for peaceful purposes. The […]
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Hydrogen’s Infrastructure Liability is the Very Asset to Jumpstart Demand
Development of scalable hydrogen has a critical liability – infrastructure. Despite growing interest and federal incentives, achieving large-scale, centralized production of hydrogen is simply infeasible […]
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