Power Plants
Why Prices Are Soaring in the Country’s Largest Grid Region, Explained in 5 Charts
By Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong
Alabama Power Gets Approval to Buy $622 Million Natural Gas Plant, Expecting More Data Centers
By Dennis Pillion
New Data Center Proposals Would ‘Kill’ Michigan’s Strong New Climate Laws
By Tom Perkins
Solar and Batteries Lead US Power Plant Additions by a Lot. How Does This Square With the Trump Administration’s Agenda?
By Dan Gearino
Will ‘The Power Bill Reduction Act’ Make Electric Bills Go Down or Up in N.C.?
By Lisa Sorg
The Danger of Losing the EPA’s Endangerment Finding
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
Fourth Power Plant Approved in Newark Despite Tearful Protests From Ironbound Residents
By Emilie Lounsberry
Developers Propose More Than 100 New Gas Power Plants in Texas
By Dylan Baddour
Trump Hastens ‘Drumbeat’ of Deferred Coal Plant Retirements
By Marianne Lavelle, Carrie Klein
Data Centers Are Building Their Own Gas Power Plants in Texas
By Dylan Baddour, Arcelia Martin
Aging Pennsylvania Power Plant to Keep Running After Trump Order on Eve of Shutdown
By Jon Hurdle
A 20 Percent Electric Bill Surge Tests New Jersey’s Climate Goals
By Rambo Talabong
Lawyers Spar Over Whether Pennsylvania Agency Has Authority to Issue Carbon Allowances to Power Plants
By Jon Hurdle
New York Bitcoin Miners Are Buying Up Power Plants—and Communities Are Fighting Back
By Lauren Dalban
More Than 60 Power Plants Exempted From Federal Mercury Limits
By Dan Gearino
Maryland Environmental Leaders Slam Legislative Push for Gas-Powered Plants, Split Over Nuclear Energy
By Aman Azhar