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US Energy Department Spends $2 Billion to Upgrade Aging Grid

The SPARK initiative funds 31 projects across 26 states to add 23 gigawatts of capacity to existing power lines.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 24 Sept 2026 · updated 43d ago

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How the odds moved · Above 15 GWh of energy deployed in a single quarter
0%50%100%56%24 Sept, 12:43 UTCnowQuartz: Trump's Energy Department is spending $2 billion to squeeze more power from the aging U.S. grid · 25 Sept, 12:47 UTCFortune: The Energy Department to spend nearly $2 billion to squeeze more power from the aging U.S. grid · 24 Sept, 16:05 UTC

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now56%
25 Sept, 12:57 UTC56%
24 Sept, 12:43 UTC63%

The story so far

2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 24 Sept 2026. Fortune published first, on 24 September at 16:05 UTC; Quartz followed 20h 42m later. The most recent article, from Quartz, appeared on 25 September at 12:47 UTC.

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  • Above 15 GWh of energy deployed in a single quarter — the market puts it at 56%, closing 1 Apr 2027. The market resolves to Yes if Tesla deploys more than 15 GWh of energy products in any single quarter between Q1 2025 and Q1 2027. It resolves to No if the company fails to meet this threshold during that period. Readers often mistake the linked news story about the US Energy Department for the relevant data source, but only Tesla's deployment figures count.

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  1. Trump's Energy Department is spending $2 billion to squeeze more power from the aging U.S. grid Quartz
  2. The Energy Department to spend nearly $2 billion to squeeze more power from the aging U.S. grid Fortune

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