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The EIA expect 63 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric-generating capacity to be added to the U.S. power grid in 2025 in their latest Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory report. This amount represents an almost 30% increase from 2024 when 48.6 GW of capacity was installed, the largest capacity installation in a single year since 2002.

The survey found that digital technology investments remain a strategic priority for energy companies, with 92% of energy executives planning to invest in digital technologies. However, only 27% of companies are currently engaged in retraining and reskilling efforts to meet evolving workforce demands.

Xcel Energy announced this week that it has been awarded three important projects by the Southwest Power Pool (“SPP”) to build new high voltage power lines that will improve electric reliability in Texas and New Mexico. One of these projects includes the first-ever 765 kV line in the entire SPP footprint, which will help manage electricity demand and move energy more efficiently.

Burns & McDonnell has launched FaciliRate, an application designed to assist utilities in meeting the requirements of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Order 881. By automating key processes such as equipment data management, real-time weather integration and ambient adjusted rating (AAR) calculations, FaciliRate helps utilities enhance operational efficiency and maintain regulatory compliance.

Lincoln Electric System customers have reduced the community’s net annual energy consumption by 147,000 megawatt-hours, the equivalent of the annual energy consumption of more than 15,000 homes, over 15 years through LES’ Sustainable Energy Program (SEP). The utility’s SEP offers financial incentives to promote energy efficiency, reduce wasted energy and provide customers with options to take a more active role in helping manage electricity demand for the entire service area.

As the first major component of its Eastern Colorado Transmission Expansion announced last April, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association has completed and energized its 230-kilovolt (kV), Burlington-Lamar, Colo., transmission line, which along with other projects currently under construction, increases reliability for Tri-State's member distribution cooperatives, and provides for additional generation interconnection of more than 700 megawatts.

Researchers have quantified the role of the 'hydrogen economy' in making our society more sustainable. They present the results of extensive modellng of pathways to decarbonizing the European economy by 2050. They conclude that when it comes to providing a sustainable primary source of energy, electrification will prove to be the most cost-efficient route for most economic sectors with an average total share of around 60% in final energy consumption. In contrast, the projected share of direct hydrogen use will be 10% at the highest.