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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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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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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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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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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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 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
This analysis was originally featured in the Innovation & Infrastructure Review The Gap California Hasn’t Named What California's refinery crisis reveals about infrastructure cost management [...]
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The Gulf Coast Illusion: The Energy Vulnerability No One is Tracking
This analysis was originally featured in the Innovation & Infrastructure Review The Gulf Coast Illusion: The nation’s implicit fuel insurance policy is being sold overseas [...]
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The Canary in California’s Coal Mine: Imminent Lessons From the Philippines
This analysis was originally featured in the Innovation & Infrastructure Review ____________________________________________________________________________________ The Canary in California’s Coal Mine What the Philippines Energy Crisis Tells Us […]
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The Sovereignty Trap: Energy, National Security, and Federalism
This analysis was originally featured in the Innovation & Infrastructure Review The Sovereignty Trap How California’s Refinery Decline Exposes the State’s Most Valuable Asset to [...]
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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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