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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Feds Fine Durham-Based Energy Efficiency Company $722 Million

American Efficient says it was helping incentivize energy savings at major companies. One member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said that the company’s “entire business is a scam.”

By Lisa Sorg

 The headquarters of American Efficient in Durham, N.C. Credit: Matt Ramey/The Assembly
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

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

By Rambo Talabong
Local resident Bobby Amerson walks past sections of steel pipe to be used for the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Callaway, Va., on Aug. 30, 2022. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Gas Pipeline Proposals in Virginia Multiply Through the South—and Worry Community Activists

By Charles Paullin
Transmission lines are seen in Montgomery Village, Md. Credit: Eric Lee/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Maryland Leads Multistate Push to Shield Consumers from New Data Center Costs

By Aman Azhar
Transmission lines feed into a substation near a data center construction site on July 24 in Lewis Center, Ohio. Credit: Eli Hiller/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Trump Administration Seeks to Speed Data Center Grid Connections and Expand Federal Control of Power System

By Dan Gearino
In Stone Ridge, Virginia, an Amazon Web Services data center in July 2024. Virginia is a PJM state, and Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

PJM Pursues Rule Change to Meet Data Center Surge. Critics Fear Gas Suppliers Could Benefit.

By Rambo Talabong
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 transmission lines in Melville, N.Y. Credit: Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images

Northeastern States Unveil New Grid Planning Strategy in Attempt to Regain Control Over Energy Future

By Aman Azhar
A view of the coal-fired Brandon Shores Power Plant in Baltimore. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Consumer Watchdog Accuses Regional Grid Operator of Overcharging Marylanders for Power

By Aman Azhar
Regional grid operators are responsible for the reliability of the transmission networks. Many operators hold auctions to pay power producers and energy efficiency aggregators, like American Efficient, to balance the supply and demand of electricity. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

Is FERC’s Future at Stake in its Titanic Clash with American Efficient?

By Lisa Sorg
PJM Interconnection claims that these power projects are needed to help meet growing energy demand and keep the grid reliable. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Federal Regulator’s Approval for Gas Plant ‘Queue-Jumping’ Sparks Outrage

By Aman Azhar
Workers walk past a turbine inside the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Lusby, Md. Credit: Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Maryland Environmental Leaders Slam Legislative Push for Gas-Powered Plants, Split Over Nuclear Energy

By Aman Azhar
Sections of steel pipe owned by the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Lindside, W.Va. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Mountain Valley Pipeline Files Application To Build Southgate Extension Project from Virginia into North Carolina

By Charles Paullin
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
From left: Lisa Schehr, Mae Brouhard, Chloe Schehr, Nikki Wagg and Dawn Overmyer are beekeepers on a 12-acre family farm near Midway, N.C. Their family land, including the beekeeping farm, is in the path of the Transco pipeline expansion. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

A Family of Beekeepers Could Lose Their Hives Because of a Massive Pipeline Expansion

By Lisa Sorg
A view of the Rio Grande LNG site in February 2024. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Federal Appeals Court Reverses Approval of Massive LNG Export Plants in South Texas

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News and Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune
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
Venture Global, which owns this methane (liquefied natural gas) export facility in southeast Louisiana, plans to build a second terminal next door. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted 2-1 Thursday to approve the proposal, which critics say would emit a massive amount of greenhouse gases. Credit: Julie Dermansky/Julie Dermansky Photography LLC

Federal Commission OKs Largest LNG Terminal in US; Local Advocates Expected to Sue

By Pam Radtke, Floodlight
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

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