AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoConsumer Costs: Philippine senator Erwin Tulfo urged regulators to prevent unjustified rate hikes and poor service as El Niño threatens higher bills and outages. In Britain, Octopus Energy says payments to switch off wind farms have topped £1.5 billion, with grid constraints pushing projected costs to £3.2 billion by July 2027. Grid Security: Kyiv reported fresh damage and outages on Oct. 11 despite Donald Trump’s claim of an immediate Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the announcement was news to him and insisted any halt must be mutual. Hurricane Isaias left nearly 396,000 customers without power across Florida and Alabama, while the US approved an emergency exchange of up to 4 million barrels of crude. New Capacity: Bangladesh’s Rooppur nuclear plant won approval to advance its first reactor toward fission, with trial electricity supply possible by December. In the Northern Mariana Islands, regulators are reviewing a proposed $500 million, 67 MW solar project with four-hour battery storage under a 25-year power deal.
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