Pritzker’s Tax Plan Could Drive Data Centers Out of Illinois
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is proposing a two‑year moratorium on new state tax incentives for data centers in an effort to help contain soaring...
Washington Pushes IEA to Prioritize Energy Security Over Climate
The United States has reiterated that it may withdraw from the International Energy Agency if the organization does not shift its focus from climate...
DOE Awards $175M to Modernize US Coal Plants
The US Department of Energy is providing $175 million in funding to modernize, retrofit, and extend the life of six coal‑fired power plants that supply...
DOE Names New Science Advisory Committee to Strengthen Gold Standard Science
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has named the chair and members of the newly established Office of Science Advisory Committee (SCAC), a unified...
Emergency Power Orders Issued as Cold Snap Strains Florida’s Electric Grid
The US Department of Energy, led by Energy Secretary Chris Wright, issued seven emergency orders to major Florida utilities to help stabilize the state’s...
Natural Gas Prices Drive Higher Wholesale Electricity Costs
Average day-ahead wholesale electricity prices across most of the Lower 48 states were higher in 2025 than in 2024, largely due to significantly higher...
Reliability Challenges Loom for American Power Grid
NERC’s "2025 Long‑Term Reliability Assessment" finds that the long‑term reliability outlook for the North American bulk power system (BPS) could worsen over the next...
Winter Storm Fern Reverses New England’s Electricity Flow with Canada
The US Energy Information Administration reported that the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) — a 1,200 MW high‑voltage transmission line connecting Hydro‑Quebec to ISO‑New...
“Ice Storms Are a Hurricane for Us”
You know that Mississippi, located on the edge of the Gulf of America, gets its fair share of nasty weather, with big hurricanes making...
Solar, Wind Output Decline as Coal and Gas Power Demand
During the week ending January 25, 2026, Winter Storm Fern drove a 31% week-over-week increase in coal-fired electricity generation in the Lower 48 states,...