energy

A film from the roofs of midtown, where solar arrays, battery rooms, and building codes are quietly rewriting how the grid gets through August.

New capacity is being approved on the condition that it can be curtailed, turning a permitting fight into a scheduling agreement.

Officials are turning energy security promises into spreadsheets, deadlines, and the uncomfortable politics of who pays first.

Neighborhood batteries and better weather models are helping small operators plan for the evening power surge.