ATLANTA — Federal energy officials on Wednesday announced a record $27 billion loan to electric utilities in Georgia and Alabama, saying the loan will save customers money as…
Read more Feds give record $27B in loans for utility expansion in Georgia and AlabamaWASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry…
Read more Supreme Court agrees to hear from oil, gas companies trying to block climate lawsuitsFor the first time, low-income Marylanders will be able to receive a discounted electricity and gas rate from utilities — lowering their bills without the need for outside…
Read more Discounted energy rates for low-income Marylanders to take effect by 2027 – WTOP NewsHARRISBURG, Pa. — As outrage spreads over energy-hungry data centers, politicians from President Donald Trump to local lawmakers have found rare bipartisan agreement over insisting that tech companies…
Read more As electricity costs rise, everyone wants data centers to pick up their tab. But how?ATLANTA — Every morning this week, Newberry Electric Cooperative CEO Keith Avery walks into his office and turns on The Weather Channel. Then he starts making calls, lining…
Read more Why freezing rain has millions at risk of losing power — and heatSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled solar projects in Puerto Rico worth millions of dollars, as the island struggles with…
Read more Trump administration scraps multimillion-dollarRIPTON, Vermont — At a time when the Trump administration rolled back numerous environmental regulations while global temperatures and U.S. carbon pollution spiked, longtime climate activist Bill McKibben…
Read more Climate activist predicts high electricity prices and Trump’s attacks on green energy will hurt GOPAlma Figueroa began to worry when she learned that her gas provider wanted to test a controversial solution to curb global warming: blend hydrogen with natural gas to…
Read more California wants to mix hydrogen with gas to cut climate pollution. Critics say that poses risksFORT COLLINS, Colo. — The Trump administration has told another coal-fired power facility to remain open, this time ordering the owners of a Colorado electricity generating unit to…
Read more Trump administration orders a Colorado coal-fired power generator to stay openKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones blasted apartment buildings and the power grid in the southern Ukraine city of Odesa in an overnight attack that injured six people,…
Read more Russian Drones Blast Ukraine’s Odesa and Injure 6, Including ChildrenGeorgia’s only private electric utility plans to increase power capacity by 50% after state regulators on Friday agreed 5-0 that the plan is needed to meet projected demand…
Read more Georgia regulators approve 50% power capacity boost, betting that massive AI data center demand will eventually materialize | FortuneTrump Media & Technology will merge with a fusion power company in an all-stock deal that the companies said Thursday is valued at more than $6 billion. Devin…
Read more Trump Media to merge with nuclear fusion companyFederal funding that millions of Americans use to help pay their heating bills in the winter is arriving weeks behind schedule due to disruptions from the government shutdown,…
Read more Energy assistance funds released to states after government shutdown delayWASHINGTON — More people are falling behind on paying their bills to keep on the lights and heat their homes, according to a new analysis of consumer data…
Read more New analysis shows more US consumers are falling behind on their utility billsPrice controls are literally a textbook example of a policy that creates market inefficiency, but an economist sees some merit in them as voters delivered victories to Democrats…
Read more As voters demand affordability, Stanford economist argues for ‘temporary, targeted price controls’ with supply-side reforms | FortuneHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The forecasts are eye-popping: utilities saying they’ll need two or three times more electricity within a few years to power massive new data centers…
Read more Future data centers are driving up forecasts for energy demand. States want proof they’ll get builtHARRISBURG, Pa. — The forecasts are eye-popping: utilities saying they’ll need two or three times more electricity within a few years to power massive new data centers that…
Read more Future data centers are driving up forecasts for energy demand. States want proof they’ll get builtVoter anger over the cost of living is hurtling forward into next year’s midterm elections, when pivotal contests will be decided by communities that are home to fast-rising…
Read more Voters’ anger at high electricity bills and data centers looms over 2026 midtermsA large wind turbine blade detached and fell into a cranberry bog in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Friday afternoon. Plymouth Fire Chief Neil Foley says they received a call…
Read more Large wind turbine blade detaches in Massachusetts, falls in cranberry bogTOKYO—President Trump said Japanese auto giant Toyota is poised to invest $10 billion in auto plants in the U.S., coming as Tokyo released some details about the over…
Read more Japan-U.S. Outline Investment Plan; Trump Says Toyota to Invest $10 Billion in U.S. Auto Plants