Interestinghttps://www.canarymedia.com/articles/transmission/ferc-has-a-new-plan-to-connect-clean-energy-to-the-grid-more-quickly
“The most significant part of these reforms is the built-in accountability for utilities,” Ben Norris, senior director of regulatory affairs for the Solar Energy Industries Association trade group, said in a Thursday statement. “For years, utilities have been dragging their feet on interconnection, and this rulemaking would implement deadlines for completing interconnection studies and create penalties for utility inaction. This will add more predictability and transparency to the process, and greatly speed review times.”
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220615006107/en/BlackRock-to-Launch-Perpetual-Infrastructure-Strategy-to-Help-Drive-Global-Energy-Transition
More than half of the strategy will be allocated to Europe initially, becoming globally diversified in the coming decades
It will seek to deploy capital into fully integrated businesses such as utilities and end-to-end renewable energy infrastructure players, as well as assets such as data centers, grid digitization technologies, battery storage systems, and natural gas storage and transport facilities, where adaptable to incorporate hydrogen.