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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
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
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
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
Steel pipe sections of the Mountain Valley Pipeline during construction in Bent Mountain, Virginia, in August 2022. The pipeline became operational on Friday. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

A ‘Rights of Nature’ Tribunal Puts the Mountain Valley Pipeline on Trial

By Hannah Chanatry
Heavy electrical transmission lines are located in California's Mojave Desert near the stateline community of Primm, Nevada. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

This Week’s Landmark Transmission Rule Forces Utilities to Take the Long View

By Dan Gearino
The skyline of Van Horn, Texas, where residents are raising concerns about a proposed natural gas pipeline. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News

Worried About Safety, a Small West Texas Town Challenges Planned Cross-Border Pipeline

By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, and Alejandra Martinez, the Texas Tribune
John Allaire (left), a retired oil and gas environmental manager, consulted with James Hiatt, the southwest Louisiana coordinator of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, in March on Allaire's Cameron Parish, Louisiana property. Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass LNG export terminal is in the background. The proposed Commonwealth LNG terminal would be constructed nearby. Credit: James Bruggers

Sidestepping a New Climate Commitment, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Greenlights a Mammoth LNG Project in Louisiana

By James Bruggers
A steel pipeline for natural gas liquids lies in an open-cut trench October 6, 2017 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

FERC Says it Will Consider Greenhouse Gas Emissions and ‘Environmental Justice’ Impacts in Approving New Natural Gas Pipelines

By Zoha Tunio
Transmission towers carry power lines through Suffolk County in Commack, New York on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Credit: John Paraskevas/Newsday RM via Getty Images

New Faces on a Vital National Commission Could Help Speed a Clean Energy Transition

By James Bruggers
Neil Chatterjee was demoted as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday. Credit: Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit

Trump Demoted FERC Chairman Chatterjee After He Expressed Support for Carbon Pricing

By Dan Gearino
Solar panels on a senior housing complex in Boulder, Colorado. Credit: Dennis Schroeder/NREL

Inside Clean Energy: Rooftop Solar Could Lose Big in Federal Regulatory Case

By Dan Gearino
Drilling mud spilled during pipeline construction fouled wetlands in Ohio

Fearing More Pipeline Spills, 114 Groups Demand Halt to Ohio Gas Project

By Zahra Hirji
Workers begin the long process of cleaning mud from a pipeline construction spill out of wetlands.

Dakota Pipeline Builder Under Fire for Ohio Spill: 8 Violations in 7 Weeks

By Zahra Hirji
The Bakken oil patch in North Dakota.

Bakken vs.Tar Sands: A Fight for Pipelines

By Elizabeth Douglass, InsideClimate News

Wind Industry Fights Midwest Transmission Proposal to Stay Alive

By Stacy Feldman

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