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Mark Johnston, a plaintiff in the case, stands with the 6 kW solar array at his Alabama home. Credit: Courtesy of Southern Environmental Law Center

Judge Rules Alabama Power Can Keep Its Solar Fee, Among the Nation’s Highest

By Dennis Pillion

Jupiter Power’s battery storage complex in Houston. The company was recently awarded incentives for a 200-megawatt project in Sayreville, N.J. Credit: Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

New Jersey Turns to Big Batteries as Power Prices Rise

By Rambo Talabong

Power line crews with Georgia Power work at a home in Savannah on Aug. 6, 2024. Credit: Megan Varner/Getty Images

Georgia Hasn’t Had a Consumer Advocate for Electric Ratepayers for 18 Years

By Ryan Krugman

A Georgia Power crew works to remove trees from transmission lines in the wake of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 27, 2024, in Atlanta, Ga. Credit: Megan Varner/Getty Images

Hurricane Helene Is Headed for Georgians’ Electric Bills

By Ryan Krugman

Activists advocate for New York City buildings to be less reliant on gas during a February protest in front of the National Grid office in Brooklyn. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

What Happens If New York Buildings Use Less Gas?

By Lauren Dalban

A substation connects wind turbines to transmission lines near Pomeroy, Iowa. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Looking Ahead to a Deepening Affordability Crisis, an Election and the Threat of an AI Investment Bubble

By Dan Gearino

Line workers attend to distribution poles in Richmond, Va. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Virginia Regulators Approve New Dominion Rates, Assign More Costs to Data Centers

By Charles Paullin

Tim Teichert and Jason Thornock, third-generation ranchers in Cokeville, Wyo., stand in Teichert’s backyard, where Thornock’s property and Rocky Mountain Power transmission lines are seen in the distance.

Wyoming Ranchers Hoping Solar Can Lower Costs Say Utilities and the State Stand in Their Way

Story and photos by Jake Bolster

An aerial view of new oil and gas well operations in New Mexico near the Texas border in June. Credit: Jerry Redfern/Capital & Main, aerial support provided by LightHawk

Utility Asks New Mexico for ‘Zero Emission’ Status for Gas-Fired Power Plant

By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main

A power substation is seen near Birmingham, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Regulators Approve Two-Year Electric Rate Freeze and Two Solar Projects for a Meta Inc. Data Center

By Dennis Pillion

A Pacific Gas and Electric worker replaces power poles destroyed during the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., on Jan. 22. Credit: Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

Why Are Rates Rising Faster at Investor-Owned Utilities Than at Public Utilities?

By Blanca Begert

How Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out to Become One of the Most Powerful Utilities in the Country

By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth

A Central Maine Power lineworker repairs a transmission line in Portland, Maine. Credit: Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Central Maine Power Faces Backlash Over Proposed Rate Hikes and Shareholder Profits

By Ryan Krugman

Transmission lines dot the rural landscape of Dwight, Ill. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Renewable Energy Act Before Illinois Legislature Would Decrease Stress on Ratepayers, Advocates Say

By Sarah Mattalian

High-voltage transmission lines run along Interstate 5 in the central California community of Buttonwillow. Credit: Jay L. Clendenin/Getty Images

Rising Electric Rates Tied to Distribution Spending, Disasters and Some Clean Energy Programs, Study Says

By Blanca Begert

Epic’s corporate headquarters in Verona, Wis., features a geothermal heating and cooling network buried beneath the buildings. Credit: Courtesy of Epic

One of the World’s Largest Geothermal Networks Is Buried Beneath a Corporate Campus in Rural Wisconsin

By Phil McKenna

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes listens to residents from Cochise County talk about their concerns regarding groundwater. Credit: Courtesy of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office

Q&A: Arizona’s AG Takes on Utilities, Big Water Users and the Trump Administration

By Wyatt Myskow

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks in front of the Keystone Trade Center during a press conference on Aug. 7 in Falls Township, Pa.

Citing the Need for ‘Significant Reform,’ Pennsylvania’s Governor Threatens to Pull the State Out of the Region’s Power Grid

By Kiley Bense, Aman Azhar, Charles Paullin, Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong

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