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Electric Utilities

How Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out to Become One of the Most Powerful Utilities in the Country

By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth

A Central Maine Power lineworker repairs a transmission line in Portland, Maine. Credit: Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Central Maine Power Faces Backlash Over Proposed Rate Hikes and Shareholder Profits

By Ryan Krugman

High-voltage transmission lines run along Interstate 5 in the central California community of Buttonwillow. Credit: Jay L. Clendenin/Getty Images

Rising Electric Rates Tied to Distribution Spending, Disasters and Some Clean Energy Programs, Study Says

By Blanca Begert

Transmission lines stand in front of Dominion Energy’s Chesterfield Power Station in Chesterfield, Va. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Virginia Could Show How to Manage Data Center Growth. So Far, It’s a Case Study in Stalling Legislation

By Deep Vakil, Charles Paullin

Southern California Edison technicians attach power lines to a utility pole on July 13 in Culver City, Calif. Credit: Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images

Which States Are Getting Hit Hardest by Electricity Price Increases?

By Dan Gearino

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks in front of the Keystone Trade Center during a press conference on Aug. 7 in Falls Township, Pa.

Citing the Need for ‘Significant Reform,’ Pennsylvania’s Governor Threatens to Pull the State Out of the Region’s Power Grid

By Kiley Bense, Aman Azhar, Charles Paullin, Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong

Transmission lines lead to an oil refinery in Deer Park, Texas. Credit: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

Senate Democrats Blame Trump’s Assault on Clean Energy for High Electricity Prices

By Marianne Lavelle

Liz Robinson, executive director at Philadelphia Solar Energy Association, at her solar-powered rental property in Philadelphia on Sept. 3. Credit: Laurence Kesterson/Inside Climate News

Pennsylvania Was Once a National Leader in Renewable Energy. What Happened?

By Kiley Bense, Dan Gearino

An aerial view shows a natural gas processing plant under construction in Pennsylvania’s Washington County on Oct. 26, 2017. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Fracking’s Broken Promise to Pennsylvania

By Kiley Bense, Dan Gearino

The construction site of a 65-acre data center on May 13 in Aurora, Colo. The new facility could consume as much electricity as 176,000 homes. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Riding the High From Data Centers, the Grid Cannot Kick Its Gas Habit

By Deep Vakil

The Kearny Generating Station, owned and operated by the Public Service Electric and Gas Company, is seen in Kearny, N.J. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images

Utilities Want to Regain the Ability to Build Power Plants in PJM. Consumer Advocates Say That’s Probably a Bad Idea

By Dan Gearino

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

Utility workers repair a power line on Feb. 10, 2022, in Ridgefield N.J. Credit: EMAZ/VIEWpress via Getty Images

Are You a Customer of PJM? Its Capacity Auction Will Affect Your Electricity Prices in 2026

By Rambo Talabong

Mark Ellis, a former Sempra Corp. executive who has made an unusual shift and become a consumer advocate, poses on a bluff overlooking Scripps Pier at U.C. San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which is near his home. Credit: David Poller/Inside Climate News

A Former California Utility Exec Explains Why Your Electricity Bills Are So High

By Dan Gearino

California's high electricity rates make it difficult for electric heat pump customers to save money. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Do Heat Pumps Save You Money? In California, It Depends on Your Electric Utility

By Twilight Greenaway

Duke Energy's Marshall Steam Station is one of the utility's largest power-generating facilities in the Carolinas. Duke plans to retire two of the four coal-fired units soon and replace them with new natural gas plants. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

A New Bill Would Allow Duke Energy to Retreat From North Carolina’s Ambitious Climate Goals

By Lisa Sorg

A view of a residential area near Alabama Power’s coal-fired James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant in West Jefferson, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama’s Public Service Commission Shuts the Public Out While Setting Utility Fuel Cost Rates

By Dennis Pillion

People walk through the hallways at Equinix Data Center in Ashburn, Va., on May 9. Credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Washington Post via Getty Images

A Data Center Fight Touches on a Big Question: Who Assumes the Financial Risk for the AI Boom?

By Dan Gearino

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