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The Mount Storm coal-fired power station owned by Dominion Energy is seen in West Virginia on June 30. Credit: Ulysse Bellier/AFP via Getty Images

US Department of Energy Grid Reliability Report Is Unreliable, Virginia Renewable Advocates Say

By Charles Paullin

An aerial view of the Azure Sky Solar Project in Haskell, Texas, on August 12, 2024. Credit: Ramsay de Give/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Texas’ Risk of Summer Blackouts Reduced Thanks to Solar and Batteries

By Arcelia Martin

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

A view of the entrance to a ranch near Dubois, Wyo. Credit: Louise Johns/The Washington Post via Getty Images

‘An Unlikely Coalition’ Failed to Expand Rooftop Solar in Wyoming. Lawmakers Plan to Try Again

By Jake Bolster

The Kayenta solar farm is seen on June 23, 2024 in Kayenta, Ariz. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Companies Tell Congressional Committee That Renewable Energy Is Needed to Keep Up With Demand

By Katie Surma

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 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

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

Scientists Are Studying the Funky Environmental Impacts of Eclipses—From Grid Disruptions to Unusual Animal Behavior

By Kiley Price

Wind turbines on a wind farm.

Korea’s Jeju Island Is a Leader in Clean Energy. But It’s Increasingly Having to Curtail Its Renewables

By June Kim

Power lines in Alexandria, Virginia. Credit: Thomas Simonetti/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Country’s Largest Grid Operator Must Process and Connect Backlogged Clean Energy Projects, a New Report Says

By Kathiann M. Kowalski

A residential grid-tied solar array in installed on a hillside in Malibu, California. Credit: Citizen of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

Noting a Mountain of Delays, California Lawmakers Advance Bills Designed to Speed Grid Connections

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

High power electrical transmission lines seen on April 22, 2023, near McKittrick, California. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

Frustrated by Outdated Grids, Consumers Are Lobbying for Control of Their Electricity

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

Utility poles next to wheat growing in a field in Pennsylvania on June 7, 2021. Credit: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

The Largest U.S. Grid Operator Puts 1,200 Mostly Solar Projects on Hold for Two Years

By James Bruggers

Piles of coal ash are dumped next to coal ash pond in Dumfries, Virginia, on Jan. 7, 2016. which is filled with roughly 150 million gallon of contaminated water. Credit: Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post via Getty Images

Two US Electrical Grid Operators Claim That New Rules For Coal Ash Could Make Electricity Supplies Less Reliable

By James Bruggers

Philanthropist Warren Buffett is joined onstage by 24 other philanthropist and influential business people featured on the Forbes list of 100 Greatest Business Minds during the Forbes Media Centennial Celebration at Pier 60 on September 19, 2017 in New York City. Credit: Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Warren Buffett Explains the Need for a Massive Energy Makeover

By Dan Gearino

An electric BMW charging. Credit: Kārlis Dambrāns/CC-BY-2.0

BMW Tests Electric Vehicles as Power Grid Stabilizers

By Leslie Kaufman

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