Two Wildly Different Data Centers Reveal a ‘Fork in the Road’ on How to Meet Electricity Demand
A Michigan data center would use renewables and flexibility to meet most demand. An Ohio project goes in a different direction.
By Dan Gearino
Power Plants
A Gas Plant Proposal for Rural Virginia Gets Local Land Use Approval
By Charles Paullin
A Perplexing Ohio Bill Would Ban Wind, Solar … and Coal?
By Dan Gearino
Pennsylvania County Denies Rezoning Plan That Would Have Allowed a Data Center
By Jon Hurdle
Georgia Power Gas Expansion Would Drive Significant Climate-Damaging Pollution
By Ryan Krugman
Duke Energy Plans to Build a Massive Natural Gas Power Plant in Davidson County. But Where, Exactly?
By Lisa Sorg
Utility Asks New Mexico for ‘Zero Emission’ Status for Gas-Fired Power Plant
By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main
Virginia Regulators Approve First New Gas Plant Since Passage of Clean Economy Act
By Charles Paullin
County Planning Commission in Virginia Delays Vote Again on Proposed Gas Plant That Aims to Link to PJM Grid
By Charles Paullin
Pennsylvania to Leave RGGI as Part of an Overdue Budget Deal
By Jon Hurdle
Trump’s Order to Keep Michigan Coal Plant Running Has Cost $80 Million So Far
By Marianne Lavelle
In Its New Carbon Plan, Duke Energy Gambles on Coal as a Shorter-Term Fix for Powering Data Centers
By Lisa Sorg
Dominion’s Proposed Peaker Plant Flouts Environmental Justice, Community Says
By Charles Paullin
Riding the High From Data Centers, the Grid Cannot Kick Its Gas Habit
By Deep Vakil
Arizonans Protest State’s Largest Utility Abandoning Clean Energy Commitments
By Wyatt Myskow
Coal Is Rising Along with Solar in the U.S. Power System, While Gas Loses a Step
By Dan Gearino
15 Children in Wisconsin File the Latest Youth Lawsuit Citing Climate Dangers
By Dana Drugmand
Utilities Want to Regain the Ability to Build Power Plants in PJM. Consumer Advocates Say That’s Probably a Bad Idea
By Dan Gearino
