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FERC's Office of Energy Projects has released the final environmental impact statement for Black Canyon Hydro's proposed 972-megawatt Seminoe Pumped Storage Project at Reclamation's Seminoe Reservoir, a docket prepared with eight cooperating federal, state, and local agencies.
Energy
FERC has accepted PacifiCorp's exemption-from-licensing application for the Ashton Hydroelectric Project on Idaho's Henry's Fork and declared the docket ready for environmental analysis, opening a comment window that closes August 14, 2026.
Energy IP
A published Samsung SDI application is directed to a high-voltage battery split into two series strings, each fed by its own DC/DC converter and watched by its own cell-supervision loop. It is a pending application, not a granted patent, classified in the power-architecture branch H02J rather than the cell-chemistry classes that dominate the rest of the drop.
Energy
Oncor Electric Delivery filed rate changes to its tariff for transmission service to, from, and over certain interconnections, effective June 1, 2026, under Section 35.28(e) (Docket NJ26-8-000).
Energy
The Commission withdrew its 2021 notice of inquiry and terminated the rulemaking on whether to revise the demand-response opt-out for aggregators of retail customers in RTO and ISO markets (Docket RM21-14-000).
Energy
Confirming the effective date of Order No. 915 over a coalition's rehearing request, FERC reaffirmed the removal of the rule that had paused construction authorizations for gas infrastructure pending rehearing (Docket RM25-9-000).
Energy
A Chairman-led technical conference on July 23 (Docket AD26-7-000) targets PJM's governance and stakeholder processes, with a stated focus on whether the RTO can act fast enough to meet operational and market needs.
Energy
In Docket RM24-8-000, FERC approved 11 modified Critical Infrastructure Protection standards and a wave of new NERC glossary definitions, clearing a regulatory path for virtualized and cloud-style architectures in grid cybersecurity.
Energy
The Commission has noticed its annual Commissioner-led Reliability Technical Conference for October 21, 2026, in Docket AD26-8-000 to weigh policy on the reliability and security of the Bulk-Power System.
Energy
A grant issued today gives Sungrow protection for an MPPT control method that steers a solar inverter using its own internal losses — DC-side and conversion losses — rather than panel output alone. It is a small idea with a direct line to harvested energy.
Energy
A grant issued today gives SK On protection for a nickel-rich cathode defined by how little its crystal lattice deforms during cycling — measured by in-situ X-ray diffraction. The limitation is precise, and it tells you where the company thinks the durability fight is.
Energy
FERC reopens comment on the FERC-725N collection covering NERC standard TPL-007-4, which requires utilities to plan transmission performance against geomagnetic disturbance events.
Energy
A Paperwork Reduction Act notice for the FERC-725B collection covers changes to CIP-002-8, the NERC standard that classifies bulk-power-system cyber assets, with comments due July 13.
Energy
Texas's largest transmission utility submits a tariff filing for service to, from and over certain interconnections, with rate changes effective June 1 and a June 15 deadline to intervene in Docket NJ26-8.
Energy
A July 7-8 technical conference in Docket AD10-12 spotlights grid-enhancing technologies and improved load forecasting as faster, cheaper alternatives to waiting on new transmission lines.
Energy
A July 23 technical conference in Docket AD26-7 puts PJM's stakeholder process under direct Commission scrutiny, with the chairman and commissioners probing reforms to speed up market and operational decisions.
Energy
FERC's Docket RM21-17 sees another extension as PJM transmission owners and state regulators try to agree on a long-term cost-allocation method across 13 states and D.C.
Climate & Energy
Lithium batteries dominate short-duration storage, but storing energy as heat is cheaper for the long haul. A Rondo grant describes coupling a thermal store to a power cycle.
Climate & Energy
Most battery sensing watches the whole cell from the outside. A GM grant builds a reference electrode into the separator itself, turning the membrane into a diagnostic instrument.
Climate & Energy
Two grants issued days apart — one for home demand response, one for EV-charging virtual power plants — both put a learning agent in charge of power decisions. The CPC tags show a pattern.
Climate & Energy
Solid-state battery patents live or die on chemistry specifics. A June 2026 GS Yuasa grant shows the three-layer claim structure that protects an electrolyte: composition, process, and device.
Climate & Energy
A single power module that serves both AC and DC applications sounds like marketing. The claim language shows the real inventive bet: reconfigurability, not the conversion itself.
Climate & Energy
Overlapping solar cells like roof shingles squeezes more power from the same area. A Maxeon grant claims the module — and its CPC tags reach all the way to grid connection.
Climate & Energy
Two active filing clusters — grid-forming converters and reinforcement-learning grid control — sit right next to each other in H02J. The gap between them is the white space.
