AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoHurricane Response: Hurricane Lala battered Hawaii’s Big Island with heavy rain and damaging winds, leaving 88,000+ customers without power as crews assess flooded roads, downed trees, and damaged transmission lines; Hawaiian Electric warned outages could last overnight. Grid Reliability: The Visayas grid in the Philippines is aiming to return to normal supply status by Sept. 11 after 73 days of yellow/red alerts driven by generator outages and reduced output, forcing tight reserve margins. Nuclear Watch: Saint Lucie Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 was manually shut down after three control rods dropped into the reactor core; the NRC classified it as non-emergency and Unit 2 was unaffected. Offshore Wind Policy: Louisiana’s offshore wind prospects dimmed after RWE agreed to relinquish Gulf leases under the Trump administration, citing “no path forward.” Home Energy & Solar: Plug-in “balcony solar” is gaining traction as a lower-cost entry to rooftop power, while Illinois is expanding community solar on storage-unit roofs. Battery Storage Growth: Global battery storage capacity surged to 301.7 GW in 2025, up nearly 66% year over year, as solar scales.
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