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A natural gas well pad is seen on a farm in West Bethlehem Township, Pa. on Sept. 6, 2024. Environmental advocates in the state fear that spiking data center demand will be powered by natural gas. Credit: Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images

Data Centers Drive Higher Forecasts for Electric Demand in Pennsylvania, Sparking Climate Worries

By Jon Hurdle

Large electrical transmission lines are routed to Meta's data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah. Credit: George Frey/AFP via Getty Images

Flexibility Will Go a Long Way Toward Managing the Grid of the Near Future, Researchers Say

By Dan Gearino

A view of Jupiter Power’s battery storage complex in Houston. Credit: Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

More Solar and Battery Storage Were Added to Texas’ Grid Than Any Other Power Source Last Year

By Arcelia Martin

Transmission lines connect to a substation in Mount Morris, Pa. Credit: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Mid-Atlantic States, PJM Agree to Price Cap for Capacity Auction, Temporarily Easing Energy Affordability Concerns

By Aman Azhar

Sandra Edwards, who lives in Houston’s Fifth Ward, is still trying to recover from Hurricane Beryl, which badly damaged her home last July. “The government doesn’t care about us,” she says. Credit: Mark Felix/Public Health Watch

Texas Is Unprepared for Compound Climate Disasters

By Jana Cholakovska, Public Health Watch

A view of the coal-fired Brandon Shores Power Plant, which supplies energy to grid operator PJM, in Stoney Beach, Md. Credit: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Clean Energy Industry Questions a New PJM Proposal That Could Move Fossil Fuel Projects to the Front of the Interconnection Queue

By Aman Azhar

Workers monitor grid conditions in the main control room at PJM Interconnection in Valley Forge, Pa. Credit: PJM Interconnection

Following Capacity Price Spike, Mid-Atlantic States Call for Electric Grid Operator PJM to Change Rules

By Aman Azhar

A view of the Wolf Hollow II power plant, owned by Constellation Energy, in Granbury, Texas. Credit: Keaton Peters/Inside Climate News

A Power Plant Expansion Tied to Bitcoin Mining Faces Backlash From Conservative Texans

By Keaton Peters

Workers monitor grid conditions in the main control room at PJM Interconnection in Valley Forge, Pa. Credit: PJM Interconnection

Consumers—and the Environment—Are Going to Pay for Problems With the Nation’s Largest Grid Region

By Dan Gearino

A crew works on transmission lines in Montgomery Village, Md. Credit: Eric Lee/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Clean Energy Projects Are Stuck in a Years-Long Queue. Maryland and Neighboring States Are Pushing for a Fix

By Aman Azhar

Cheryl Shadden stands outside her home in Granbury, Texas, with a view of Constellation Energy's Wolf Hollow II power plant in the background. Credit: Keaton Peters/Inside Climate News

Texas Leaders Worry That Bitcoin Mines Threaten to Crash the State Power Grid

By Keaton Peters

A worker carries a solar panel for installation on the roof of a home in Las Vegas. Credit: David Becker/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Batteries and Rooftop Solar Can Lead to Huge Savings for the Entire Grid. A New Study Shows How—and How Much

By Dan Gearino

A high tension electrical power pole is seen in the background of a solar array in Blaine, Minn. Credit: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Midwest States Have Approved Hundreds of Renewable Energy Projects. So Why Aren’t They Online?

By Kristoffer Tigue

Solar panels are installed on the roof of a church in Alexandria, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Energy Developers Want Reforms to Virginia’s Process for Connecting Renewables to the Grid, Hoping to Control Costs 

By Sarah Vogelsong

Service technicians work to install the foundation for a transmission tower at the CenterPoint Energy power plant on in Houston, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Texas Lawmaker Seeks to Improve Texas’ Power Capacity by Joining Regional Grid and Agreeing to Federal Oversight

By Keaton Peters

Power lines in West Reading, Pennsylvania, February 2021. Credit: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

Overwhelmed by Solar Projects, the Nation’s Largest Grid Operator Seeks a Two-Year Pause on Approvals

By James Bruggers

Karla Perez and Esperanza Gonzalez stay in their apartment during power outage caused by the winter storm on Feb. 16, 2021 in Houston, Texas. A winter storm has brought historic cold weather, power outages and traffic accidents to Texas. Credit: Go Nakamura/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Explaining the Crisis in Texas

By Dan Gearino

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