BPA Seeks 6.3% Rate Hike After Columbia Dam Deal Fails

Bonneville seeks $250 million through FY2028 and a 6.3% wholesale rate rise tied to salmon spill orders; Snohomish PUD and Seattle City Light react.

Atlanta requires reflective roofs to cool neighborhoods and lower bills; Tennessee rebates EV chargers at multifamily buildings with at least four units.

Moeve starts Onuba, a 300 MW electrolyser in Huelva; the first phase of the Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley will produce about 45,000 t/yr of hydrogen.

Power beaming PHASA-35: BAE Systems and ARIA will test ground-to-air microwave power under a £15.7-million contract to extend drone endurance.

Rathlin social housing: ten new homes aim to sustain the island community and end long-running heating and electricity shortages for residents.

Plug Power expands New Zealand hydrogen push: it shipped a 1-MW GenEco electrolyzer to HWR Hydrogen and won a 50-MW Orica award and 4,700 t/yr.

Keele University will pilot Offgrid Energy Labs’ ZincGel battery, a zinc‑bromine long‑duration system to capture about 1 MWh of surplus renewables monthly.

New York battery storage awards: NYSERDA named eight lithium-ion projects, including two in Brookhaven; all aim to be operating by 2030 under tighter code.

Indonesia seeks investors for 35 GW of hydropower: 23 GW at Mamberamo (Papua) and about 12 GW at Kayan (Kalimantan). Enerdata shows coal was 67% of power.

DOE announced 21 projects to run EGS field tests and 16 exploration-drilling campaigns, with data to be shared via the Geothermal Data Repository.