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The Chesterfield Power Station, where Dominion Energy is proposing to build new gas peaking turbines in Virginia. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Dominion Changes Its Answer—Admitting There Was No Independent Review–On Key Application For Natural Gas Plant

By Charles Paullin

The Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant within PJM’s territory, is seen on June 12 in Maysville, Ky. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Why Prices Are Soaring in the Country’s Largest Grid Region, Explained in 5 Charts

By Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong

The Alabama Public Service Commission gathers for a meeting on Tuesday, where the commissioners approved Alabama Power’s request to buy the Lindsay Hill Generating Station for $622 million. Credit: Courtesy of Alabama Public Service Commission

Alabama Power Gets Approval to Buy $622 Million Natural Gas Plant, Expecting More Data Centers

By Dennis Pillion

A view of DTE Energy’s Monroe coal-fired power plant in Monroe, Mich. Credit: Jim West/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

New Data Center Proposals Would ‘Kill’ Michigan’s Strong New Climate Laws

By Tom Perkins

Hornet Solar in Swisher County, Texas, is the largest U.S. power plant to go online in the first six months of this year, based on its capacity of 600 megawatts. Credit: Vesper Energy

Solar and Batteries Lead US Power Plant Additions by a Lot. How Does This Square With the Trump Administration’s Agenda?

By Dan Gearino

Duke Energy’s Asheville Combined Cycle Station, a natural gas power plant, in Buncombe County, N.C. Credit: Duke Energy

Will ‘The Power Bill Reduction Act’ Make Electric Bills Go Down or Up in N.C.?

By Lisa Sorg

Emissions fume at the coal-fired Oak Grove Power Plant on April 29, 2024, in Robertson County, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

The Danger of Losing the EPA’s Endangerment Finding

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

People cross a street in an industrial area of Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood. Credit: Paul Sableman/CC BY 2.0

Fourth Power Plant Approved in Newark Despite Tearful Protests From Ironbound Residents

By Emilie Lounsberry

The Hays Energy Project, a 990 MW gas-fired power plant near San Marcos, is seen on May 27. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Developers Propose More Than 100 New Gas Power Plants in Texas

By Dylan Baddour

An emergency order last week blocked the retirement of the coal-fired J.H. Campbell Complex in Michigan. Credit: Consumers Energy

Trump Hastens ‘Drumbeat’ of Deferred Coal Plant Retirements

By Marianne Lavelle, Carrie Klein

Sisters Abigail and Jennifer Lindsey stand on their rural property on May 27 outside New Braunfels, Texas, where they posted a sign in opposition to a large data center and power plant planned across the street. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Data Centers Are Building Their Own Gas Power Plants in Texas

By Dylan Baddour, Arcelia Martin

The Eddystone Generating Station near Philadelphia. Credit: Constellation Energy

Aging Pennsylvania Power Plant to Keep Running After Trump Order on Eve of Shutdown

By Jon Hurdle

Utility workers service a power line in Ridgefield N.J. Credit: EMAZ/VIEWpress via Getty Images

A 20 Percent Electric Bill Surge Tests New Jersey’s Climate Goals

By Rambo Talabong

A view of the coal-fired Keystone Generating Station in Shelocta, Pa. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Lawyers Spar Over Whether Pennsylvania Agency Has Authority to Issue Carbon Allowances to Power Plants

By Jon Hurdle

A person rides their bike past the US Bitcoin facility on Oct. 24, 2022 in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Credit: Geoff Robins/AFP via Getty Images

New York Bitcoin Miners Are Buying Up Power Plants—and Communities Are Fighting Back

By Lauren Dalban

Smoke emits from the James H. Miller Jr. Electrical Generating Plant in Jefferson County, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

More Than 60 Power Plants Exempted From Federal Mercury Limits

By Dan Gearino

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

A view of the coal-fired Brandon Shores Power Plant, which supplies energy to grid operator PJM, in Stoney Beach, Md. Credit: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Clean Energy Industry Questions a New PJM Proposal That Could Move Fossil Fuel Projects to the Front of the Interconnection Queue

By Aman Azhar

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