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Broadband access outpacing digital safety skills across top states
States with the highest digital privacy risk shared a common trait: strong broadband access paired with comparatively low digital literacy ...
Convergence emerging as the defining force in broadband
Convergence — the bundling of broadband and wireless service — is reshaping the economics of both markets in ways that ...
FERC’s Summer 2026 Reliability Assessment
A new report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), titled “The 2026 Summer Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment,” ...
Telecom carriers face a narrowing window to prepare for quantum technology
Carriers have a shrinking runway to prepare for quantum, and a new Bain & Company analysis says the clock is ...
Solar to Surpass Gas in Texas
In its most recent “Short-Term Energy Outlook” (STEO), the U.S. Energy Information Administration forecast that annual electric power generation from ...
Continued Growth in Energy Production
According to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), total energy production in the United States increased ...
APPA’s Thoughts on Data Center Policies
In an April 28 letter to Congress, the American Public Power Association (APPA) urged Congress to avoid adopting “one-size-fits-all” policies ...
FERC to Consider Reforms Related to Large Electrical Loads
On April 16, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said that it will take action by June 2026 on the ...
Electric Utilities Increase Capital Expenditures
According to a new (April 2026) report from PowerLines, titled “Utility Spending is Rising: A Review of Utility Capital Expenditure ...
EPA Wants to Loosen Rules on Coal Residuals
On April 9, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a rule proposing several revisions to the federal regulations ...
Report on Energy Storage Growth
Each quarter, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, and the American Clean Power Association (ACP) release the “U.S. Energy Storage Monitor,” ...
Data Center Growth Continues
According to CBRE’s latest “North American Data Center Trend Report” (H2 2025), published in late February 2026, the North American ...
Natural Gas Usage is Fluctuating
While natural gas consumption is slightly increasing overall, it is actually decreasing slightly in the electric power sector. According to ...
Commercial Real Estate Gravitates Toward Dependable Power (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this report, we looked at how commercial real estate is beginning to place more and more ...
Commercial Real Estate Gravitates Toward Dependable Power (Part 1)
According to a recent report by JLL Research, titled “Where Energy Meets Property,” energy availability and security are fast becoming ...
Baseload Generation Retirements Being Postponed
According to the most recent “Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory,” published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. power ...
North America leads global 6 GHz Wi-Fi adoption
North America is the world leader in 6 GHz Wi-Fi spectrum adoption, according to Ookla’s Global State of Wi-Fi 2026 ...
Buffering and dropouts increasingly frustrating for broadband subscribers
Consumers are increasingly concerned about buffering and dropouts, especially where broadband networks are densest and most complex. That’s according to ...
