Grid Resilience & Outages: The Visayas grid in the Philippines stayed under tight operating reserves, with NGCP keeping red and yellow alerts active as unplanned outages left insufficient margin—renewed pressure for more generation, transmission, and battery storage. Nuclear Policy & Risk: India’s Supreme Court asked the Centre to clarify whether the SHANTI Act’s liability cap limits courts from awarding fair compensation to nuclear accident victims, while also probing how regulators are appointed. Nuclear Buildout & Water Stress: Slovakia’s PM Robert Fico visited Jaslovské Bohunice to discuss drought resilience and the slow pace of preparing a new unit, highlighting how cooling and river conditions shape nuclear output planning. Transmission & Renewables: Germany marked a symbolic breakthrough on the SuedLink underground tunnel under the Elbe, a key step in moving wind power south as the full 700-km project targets completion by 2028. Solar Scale & Finance: Econergy secured major debt financing for Romania’s Părău 2, pairing 342MW solar with 150MW/300MWh storage under a CfD structure. Data Centers & Power Demand: Arizona’s solar export rate was cut again, and local groups criticized the transparency of TEP’s 15-year planning as data centers reshape load growth. Local Power Infrastructure: Pasadena Water and Power begins undergrounding on Hammond Street for about three weeks as part of a broader multiyear utility relocation program. Industrial Power Shock: Canada’s Algoma Steel paused electric arc furnace operations after an unplanned outage at its Lake Superior Power plant, with a restart hoped within weeks.