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The National Public Utilities Council and Motive Power hosted the 4th annual Utility Solutions Forum at The Nest Campus during Climate Week NYC on September 22–23. Over two half-days, 47 leaders from 29 organizations, including Con Edison, DTE, National Grid, NYPA and SMUD, worked through this year’s theme: Utilities at the Center of America’s Energy Expansion. Day 1 focused on powering the AI and data center boom. Day 2 focused on keeping the grid reliable, resilient and affordable as it grows. Each day closed with a hands-on Utility Challenge, where tables tackled a real-world scenario and shared their ideas with the room. Beyond the Forum, our team also took the Nest Main Stage and Momentum Stage during Climate Week.

The National Public Utilities Council’s fifth annual Utility Decarbonization Report, produced with Motive Power and Visual Capitalist, ranks the 47 largest U.S. investor-owned utilities across six weighted metrics. This year’s findings show a sector moving in two directions at once: utilities added 50 million MWh of carbon-free generation, while fossil generation rose by 32 million MWh. Demand growth nearly tripled, from 0.6% to 1.7%, with AI and data centers a major driver. See where each utility ranks and download the full report.

The Intertie, a podcast powered by Motive Power, is officially live. In our first episode, hosts Kyle Loving and Austin Miley sit down with Johanna Fulache of National Grid to talk about how the energy sector is balancing AI with a customer-first mindset, and where innovation and empathy meet in customer experience. In the power industry, an intertie connects separate systems so energy can flow where it’s needed. The Intertie does the same for ideas. Listen to the full episode.

Growing demand. New technology. Resilience, reliability, affordability — all at once. No one utility solves that alone. In the power industry, an intertie moves energy between separate systems; The Intertie moves ideas the same way, through candid conversations with the leaders and practitioners shaping what's next. Hosted by Kyle Loving.

Why hasn't regenerative agriculture scaled? Motive Power's first think tank put that question to Kiss the Ground CEO Evan Harrison, Cal Poly's Dr. Peter Livingston, the Gulch Environmental Foundation's Julie Hewitt, and soil scientist Dr. Sara Duarte. One number stuck with us: a $500K grant moved 73,000 acres across 15 farms. Moderated by Cooper Gran.

Motive Power has signed a Master Services Agreement with the New York Power Authority (NYPA), the nation's largest state public power organization. The agreement puts Motive Power alongside NYPA's teams on the work of figuring out what comes next — scanning emerging technologies, sizing up new business opportunities, pressure-testing feasibility, and turning the promising ideas into deployment and commercialization plans.

Motive Power has kicked off a new engagement with a leading medical device manufacturer, building out project management standards, training, and enablement for their teams. The work translates decades of utility-hardened delivery discipline into a highly regulated, fast-moving industry.