AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoElectricity Costs Under Fire (Philippines): A consumer coalition says the Marcos administration isn’t protecting Filipinos from rising power bills and is weighing legal action against the DOE and ERC after Meralco rate hikes. Grid Attacks & Outages (Crimea): Explosions tied to Ukrainian strikes hit Crimea’s substations, triggering new power outages and fires near key 110/10 kV nodes. Solar Policy Relief (India): MNRE extended ALMM List-II exemptions for net metering and open access through Dec. 31, 2026, with stakeholders estimating up to 10 GW of stalled projects could be commissioned. Data Centers, Power Risk (U.S.): Brown & Brown warns that AI data centers—especially behind-the-meter setups—are creating more complex insurance risk across energy and cyber. Solar + Storage Buildout (Australia): European Energy reached financial close on a 40 MW/80 MWh battery paired with its Mokoan solar farm. Pumped Storage Award (India): SECI’s 1,500 MW/12,000 MWh tender landed with Tata Power, Greenko, and Torrent Energy Storage Solutions securing 1,344 MW total. Nuclear Safety Watch (South Africa): Koeberg contamination incidents are being framed as contained with no public danger, as officials urge calm. Space Nuclear Propulsion (U.S.): NASA’s Mars nuclear-electric mission cost estimate is set to exceed $2B, using repurposed power hardware.
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