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Trump Budget Proposal Slashes Clean Energy Funding

President Donald Trump's proposed 2026 federal budget outlines a significant reallocation of resources, with a notable emphasis on reducing expenditures in clean energy, environmental initiatives, and scientific research. The Department of Energy (DOE) is particularly affected, facing a proposed $19.3 billion cut, which includes substantial reductions in funding for renewable energy programs and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

Proposed Cuts to the Department of Energy

The budget proposal suggests eliminating approximately $15.2 billion...

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Biogas Tax Credit Finalized, Supporting RNG Growth

The biogas industry achieved a significant milestone with the finalization of the Investment Tax Credit (ITC), incorporating favorable provisions for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). This policy breakthrough is expected to spur investments in biogas and RNG projects across the United States, advancing...


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Why calibrate test equipment

You’re serious about your electrical test instruments. You buy top brands, and you expect them to be accurate. You know some people send their digital instruments to a metrology lab for calibration, and you wonder why. After all, these are all electronic — there’s no meter...

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Waves of Utility Investments

Since inception, the term “Smart Grid” has gained multiple evolving definitions. In retrospect, the industry can identify waves of investment that have shaped the grid into a smarter, more modern, and more intelligent entity to improve reliability, efficiency, resiliency, and sustainability....

Five Uses for Reliability Data

Despite the fact that electricity is such a critical commodity for every aspect of our lives, its importance is often overlooked. From school children watching educational videos, to the working adult using computers to national leaders taking selfies with their electorate, the electricity that...

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Moving Smart Grid to the Field

Ben Franklin famously said, “If you fail to plan, you’re planning to fail”. This saying certainly holds true for Smart Grid deployments, which can cost utilities several hundred million dollars. Given these high stakes, effective planning is essential. Many North American electric utilities...

Demand Response Communications

Weighing choices from AMI to Zigbee to Wi-Fi and cellular BY HOWARD NG, Comverge The demand response industry is currently experiencing some of its greatest success currently in the marketplace. However, similar to all technologies that stand the test of time, demand response started somewhere...

Smart Grid Software & Apps

Utilities worldwide are adopting innovative technology to embrace the potential of the Smart Grid while conquering a myriad of new challenges posed by it, and by a new host of financial and regulatory challenges.

In order to take advantage of the opportunities presented, while at the same time, tackling the challenges head-on, today’s utilities require innovative and robust tools for operating and managing its operational technology.

Furthermore, today’s best software applications—shouldering such tasks as automation and monitoring to security and data management, along with a myriad of others—are those that can take In this issue, Oracle Utilities and Electricity...