Millions in Great Britain could face emergency power cuts at short notice – Look for the same issue in Blue U.S. States Soon

Millions of households and businesses across Great Britain now face the prospect of emergency rotating power cuts with as little as eight hours’ notice. The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has new authority—approved quietly by regulator Ofgem—to initiate large-scale load shedding without requiring emergency government powers under the Electricity Supply Emergency Code. Under the changes […]

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Texas data center pause puts 20% of US pipeline at risk of delay: BNEF

Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s directive pausing new data center interconnections to the ERCOT grid has placed nearly one-fifth of the entire U.S. data center development pipeline at risk of delays, according to analysis from BloombergNEF (BNEF). The move, announced August 3, 2026, requires a comprehensive audit of energy use, water consumption, financing, ownership, and community […]

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Can the UK and EU Survive the Energy Crisis by Tripling Down on Net Zero?

The Renewable Treadmill of Financial Death The Renewable Treadmill of Financial Death is a topic that David Blackmon , The Nemeth Report (Dr. Tammy Nemeth) and I will be covering at our new time at 9:00 Central this Monday. The following week at 9:00, we have a special edition of the Energy Realities Podcast with Dr. Joseph Fournier, another great Substack […]

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott has directed a halt on new data center connections to the ERCOT grid pending a comprehensive audit of their energy use, water consumption, financing, ownership, and community impacts.

This action, announced August 3, 2026, comes roughly three weeks after New York became the first state to impose a temporary statewide moratorium on new hyperscale data centers. It applies to projects seeking to interconnect with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) system and pauses related transmission planning work, including the “Batch Zero” study. […]

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China Approves Eight New Nuclear Plants, Including Four With Hualong One 2.0 Tech

China’s State Council approved the construction of eight new nuclear reactor units on July 31, 2026, during an executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Qiang. The projects, spanning four provinces, represent a total investment exceeding 170 billion yuan (approximately $25 billion) and continue the country’s aggressive expansion of nuclear capacity as a cornerstone of its […]

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America is watching the world’s movement to nuclear power generation

ENB Pub Note: This article was originally published on America Out Loud, and we recommend reading and following Ronald Stein!  Most California politicians have hated the zero-emissions electricity generated by nuclear power since 1976, when they passed a moratorium on new nuclear power plants. Nuclear is the cleanest, safest, proven, least-emitting fuel of all, and yet most […]

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