As Energy Costs Surge, Eastern Governors Blame a Grid Manager
Anger at PJM, which manages the electrical grid in all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia, has been boiling over in some state capitals.
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Trump Wants to Reverse Coal’s Long Decline. It Won’t be Easy.
Coal has been displaced by cheap and plentiful natural gas and the rapid growth of wind and solar energy — forces that President Trump will struggle to do away with.
Solar Energy, Criticized by Trump, Claims Big U.S. Gain in 2024
The added capacity for the year was the most from any single source in more than two decades.
Chevron Wants to Tap Into A.I. Boom by Selling Electricity to Data Centers
The oil company plans to build natural gas power plants that will be directly connected to data centers used by technology companies for artificial intelligence and other services.
South Carolina Utility Wants to Sell Unfinished Nuclear Power Project
The utility, Santee Cooper, is trying to sell two nuclear reactors that it abandoned in 2017 as tech companies seek new sources of electricity for data centers.
Constellation Energy to Buy Power Producer Calpine
Constellation Energy’s deal to buy Calpine is being driven by fast-rising demand for electricity by the technology industry.