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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

Transmission lines connect to a substation in Mount Morris, Pa. Credit: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Mid-Atlantic States, PJM Agree to Price Cap for Capacity Auction, Temporarily Easing Energy Affordability Concerns

By Aman Azhar

An aerial view of a Memphis neighborhood in Tennessee. Memphis residents pay more of their income on energy than the national average. Credit: Kevin Wurm/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In Tennessee, Climbing Utility Rates and More Than 140,000 Household Cut-Offs in 2023

By Jonmaesha Beltran

Steam rises from Alabama Power’s James H. Miller Jr. coal plant in West Jefferson, Ala. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Fight Over Alabama Electricity Fuel Costs Heads to Court

By Dennis Pillion

A view of a residential area near Alabama Power’s coal-fired James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant in West Jefferson, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama’s Public Service Commission Shuts the Public Out While Setting Utility Fuel Cost Rates

By Dennis Pillion

Nick Saban accepts the Icon Award during the 2024 ESPY Awards at the Dolby Theatre on July 11 in Los Angeles. Nick Saban was a frequent write-in for Alabama’s primary utility regulator. Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Nick Saban for Public Office? Alabamians Who Wrote in PSC Candidates Had a Certain Twinkle in Their Eye

By Lee Hedgepeth

Utility companies are spending more on the construction and maintenance of local transmission lines, and less on building large interstate transmission lines. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Utilities Are Spending a Lot for Power Lines We May Not Need, and Spending Less on Ones We Do Need

By Dan Gearino

Laurel Peltier and a fellow Gedco Cares volunteer discuss how to help a client who was struggling to pay her utility bills because of inflated charges. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

Advocates, Legislators Are Confident Maryland Law to Rectify Retail Energy Market Will Survive Industry’s Legal Challenge 

By Aman Azhar

People walk through the hallways at Equinix Data Center in Ashburn, Va., on May 9. Credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Washington Post via Getty Images

A Data Center Fight Touches on a Big Question: Who Assumes the Financial Risk for the AI Boom?

By Dan Gearino

An Election for a Little-Known Agency Could Dictate the Future of Renewables in Arizona

By Wyatt Myskow

The 8.5-megawatt solar farm in Houston, Alaska, is comprised of 14,000 solar panels and sits on land that was burned during the devastating 1996 Miller's Reach Fire. Credit: Loren Holmes/ADN

Alaska Utilities Turn to Renewables as Costs Escalate for Fossil Fuel Electricity Generation

By Hal Bernton

Waste and other materials are often stacked in side yards and near the street at homes with no trash can in Chickasaw, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

In Alabama, a Small Town’s Trash Policy Has Left Black Moms and Disabled Residents Criminally Charged Over Unpaid Garbage Fees

By Lee Hedgepeth

Activists in Pueblo, Colorado, march during a utility justice action organized by Mothers Out Front and 350 Colorado. Credit: Mothers Out Front

Ratepayers Have Had Enough Of Rising Energy Bills

By Keerti Gopal

A view of the TVA offices in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Credit: Tennessee Valley Authority

In Alabama Meeting, TVA Votes to Increase the Cost of Power, Double Down on Natural Gas

By Lee Hedgepeth

An aerial view of a fuel holding tank at Dorsey Junction Station in Woodbine, Maryland. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Ongoing Spending on Gas Infrastructure Can Worsen Energy Poverty, Impede Energy Transition, Maryland Utility Advocate Says

By Aman Azhar

Heavy electrical transmission lines are located in California's Mojave Desert near the stateline community of Primm, Nevada. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

This Week’s Landmark Transmission Rule Forces Utilities to Take the Long View

By Dan Gearino

Laurel Peltier, an energy justice advocate who volunteers at the local nonprofit Cares, goes over utility bills to determine if her client Henry Burlock was overcharged by a private energy company. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

Twenty-Five Years After Maryland Deregulated Its Retail Energy Market, a Huge Win Looms For Energy Justice Advocates

By Aman Azhar

Solar panels are installed on the roof of a church in Alexandria, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Energy Developers Want Reforms to Virginia’s Process for Connecting Renewables to the Grid, Hoping to Control Costs 

By Sarah Vogelsong

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