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Members of America’s Largest Power Grid Can’t Agree on How to Power Data Centers

With no consensus among stakeholders, PJM Interconnection’s 10-member board now must craft a policy for surging data-center demand that has already driven up electricity prices for millions.

By Rambo Talabong

 Cabinets hold racks and active servers at the Digital Realty Innovation Lab data center on Nov. 12 in Ashburn, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images
The construction site of an Amazon data center in Salem Township, Pa., on Oct. 10. Credit: Jason Ardan/Citizens' Voice via Getty Images

A New Unifying Issue: Just About Everyone Hates Data Centers

By Dan Gearino
The Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant within PJM’s territory, is seen on June 12 in Maysville, Ky. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Why Prices Are Soaring in the Country’s Largest Grid Region, Explained in 5 Charts

By Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong
A view of the PJM Interconnection control room in Valley Forge, Pa. Credit: PJM Interconnection

PJM Capacity Price Hits Cap as Clean Energy Projects Remain Stalled

By Rambo Talabong
Maya van Rossum has been the Delaware Riverkeeper for 30 years. As the river’s environmental guardian and the leader of the nonprofit Delaware Riverkeeper Network, van Rossum advocates for the health of the river and its ecosystem from New York to Delaware. Credit: Caroline Gutman/Inside Climate News

Maya van Rossum Wants to Save the World

By Kiley Bense
San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm in Riverside County, Calif., near Palm Springs

Clean Economy Week: Wind, Solar in Limbo

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News
Merrimack Coal-Fired Power Plant

Carbon Market Survives Attacks, Uncertainty Ahead

By Maria Gallucci, SolveClimate News

7 AGs Urge Congress to Preserve States' Greenhouse Gas Authority

By SolveClimate Staff

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