Technology & Innovation

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

By Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong

As a Critical Minerals Mine Nears Approval in Arizona, Residents Fear It’s Already Affecting Area Water

By Wyatt Myskow

Federal Rooftop Solar Grants Are on the Chopping Block. Here’s Who Would Get Hurt

By Dan Gearino

Uranium Company Receives Wyoming’s First Fast-Tracked Mining Permits

By Jake Bolster

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

By Dennis Pillion

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

By Dan Gearino

Hundreds of Old EV Batteries Have New Jobs in Texas: Stabilizing the Grid

By Arcelia Martin

Clean Energy Brought Data Centers to Iowa. The Big Beautiful Bill Could Change That

By Anika Jane Beamer

Fact-Checking Claims About a Proposed Hyperscale Data Center

By Lee Hedgepeth, Lanier Isom

Trump’s AI Action Plan Waives Federal Environmental Rules in the Development of Data Centers

By Arcelia Martin

Startups Make Products From the Carbon in Fossil Fuels

By Dylan Baddour

Nine Governors Write to Regional Grid Operator PJM, Expressing Frustration Over Governance and Interconnection Delays

By Charles Paullin

PJM Capacity Price Hits Cap as Clean Energy Projects Remain Stalled

By Rambo Talabong

Are You a Customer of PJM? Its Capacity Auction Will Affect Your Electricity Prices in 2026

By Rambo Talabong

Consumers (and a Utility) Get a Win in Ohio, While Data Centers Take the Loss

By Dan Gearino

In South Memphis, Elon Musk’s Colossus Operated Gas Turbines Without Appropriate Permits, Residents and Activists Claim

By Jennifer Ugwa

Bipartisan Cryptocurrency Legislation Will Fuel Further Environmental Destruction, Environmental Advocates Say 

By Phil McKenna

Virginia Governor Boosts Artificial Intelligence to Fill Jobs, Cut Regulations

By Charles Paullin