Grid Resilience Funding: Lafayette Utilities System won nearly $4M in federal resiliency money (plus ~$4M local match) to replace aging poles, add real-time outage detection, and harden power to critical facilities. Storm Impacts: Severe storms battered the Toronto area with flooding and downed lines, leaving about 65,000 customers without power and damaging Rogers Stadium; Western/Central New York also saw tornado warnings and widespread outages. Solar + Storage Buildouts: Cypress Creek’s $180M Ostrea Solar (104 MW) is now generating in Washington, tied into BPA transmission with Microsoft as off-taker; Victoria’s Horsham solar-battery hybrid connected to the grid, with 100 MW/200 MWh storage planned. Affordability Pressure: Delmarva Power raised its rate request to $75.8M (12% increase), drawing scrutiny over bill impacts; in South Korea, KEPCO proposed Samsung and SK hynix prepaying up to 25T won to fund grid expansion for AI and chips. Grid Stability in Practice: Bukidnon’s electric cooperative carried out an emergency load curtailment to prevent a Mindanao grid collapse, affecting 100,000+ members. Policy Push for Rooftop Solar: Delhi launched a new solar policy offering up to 3 kW rooftop panels at zero upfront cost for eligible households and cut net-metering processing time from 75 to 25 days. Nuclear for Backup Power: The U.S. Army’s Janus program is moving to deploy small nuclear microreactors at bases to keep power running if local grids fail.