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            <title><![CDATA[Connecticut Rejects Eversource Unit Sale on Cost Concerns]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:21:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Electric Bills Are Coming Due for Unpaid Federal Workers]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Rising utility costs this fall have added to the pain. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:25:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Battery Companies Join Forces to Deploy Sodium-Ion Power Systems]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Eos Shares Surge on Deal to Power Pennsylvania Data Centers]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:11:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Battery Maker Fluence Sees US Accounting for Half of 2026 Demand]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tope Alake]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 21:53:41 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Fluence Energy Advancion 5 batteries, configured with LG Chem lithium-ion batteries, at the Alamitos battery energy storage system (BESS) at the AES Alamitos Energy Center in Long Beach, California, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. AES recently opened one of the world&apos;s largest energy storage systems in Long Beach, in conjunction with the Alamitos natural gas power plant.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s New Weapon in US Trade Talks: Batteries]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lili Pike]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 16:09:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The US is Adding EV Chargers at a Record Pace]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Despite cuts to electric vehicle incentives, the US charging network continues to expand at a rapid clip.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Stock]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Household-Battery Startup Raises $1 Billion for Expansion]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tope Alake]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:19:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EVgo Open to Buying Charging Firms as Key Tax Credit Expire]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tope Alake]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:10:22 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>EVgo Services fast charging stations in the Arts District of downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S. on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. The Biden administration is aiming to corral overwhelming public support for its $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan, targeting Republican voters, independents, mayors, governors and local politicians to counter opposition from GOP lawmakers, according to White House officials and Biden allies.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Five Key Charts to Watch in Global Commodity Markets This Week]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerson Freitas Jr.]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Solar accounted for the biggest share of growth in US power capacity during the first half of the year. Photographer: Jacob Kepler</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Magnetar Bets $200 Million on Torus Energy Storage Expansion]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EV Charging Firm SparkCharge Plans Europe, Middle East Expansion]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tope Alake]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:26:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Orsted Wind Farm Halt Threatens Grid Reliability, Operator Warns]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:54:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Wind turbine foundation components at the Revolution Wind construction hub at the Port of Providence in Providence, Rhode Island, US, on Thursday, June 13, 2024. The 704-megawatt Revolution Wind project will be the first commercial-scale offshore wind project for Rhode Island and Connecticut and the first multi-state offshore wind farm in the country.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Renewable Investments Fell 36% on Trump’s Policies, BNEF Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The sun rises behind wind turbines. Photographer: Bloomberg Creative Photos/Bloomberg Creative Collection</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[EV Fast Chargers Have a Surprising Health Downside]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The fans that keep them cool appear to kick up particulate matter, but there are fixes.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tope Alake]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:30:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AI Power Needs Threatened by Transformer Shortage, WoodMac Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bloom Energy Expects More Power Supply Deals With Data Centers]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tope Alake]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:10:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ConEd Power-Bill Backlash Threatens New York's Climate Goals]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Higher electricity rates are needed to fortify the power grid against extreme weather, the utility says.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tope Alake]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Framed by the Manhattan skyline electricians with IBEW Local 3 install solar panels on top of the Terminal B garage at LaGuardia Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, in the Queens borough New York. The solar farm installation under construction on the roof is expected to power the garage and west end of the airport will be completed in the Spring of 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Five Key Charts to Watch in Global Commodities This Week]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tope Alake]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Southern CEO Warns of Revolution If Power Bills Not Cheaper]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Miranda Davis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 22:22:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Chris Womack, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Southern Co., during the 2024 CERAWeek by S&amp;P Global conference in Houston, Texas, US, on Thursday, March 21, 2024. More than 7,000 people are headed to Houston to attend the conference with a key question in mind: How to meet increasing demand for power amid the transition to clean energy.</media:description>
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