Advocates for lower electricity prices in Pennsylvania said Wednesday their goals can be achieved by requiring large-load users like data centers to supply their own power rather than taking it from the grid, by reducing utility profits and by speeding up the interconnection of new clean-energy projects. The group, including the Natural Resources Defense Council, […]
AI has hit an electricity problem. Running it takes staggering amounts of power; demand in the US is climbing faster than the grid can keep up, and that's handing enormous leverage to the companies that generate and deliver it. On June 2, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas voted to overhaul how it admits large […]
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Georgia’s two largest utility proceedings of the year were settled last month between Georgia regulators and Georgia Power. Customers and utility advocates see mixed results in the outcome. Georgia Power sought approval to recover costs tied to their operations and maintenance. The proceedings, which occur regularly every few years, will ultimately lower near-term costs for […]
As AI models become cheaper and more attractive, they will likely encourage new uses and higher volumes of use – erasing any efficiency gains.
More and more frequently, I get asked about my stance on AI in the context of programming. This is my attempt to summarize my stance for those who wonder.
This is a blog post that I don’t want to write, but some recent developments have more or less forced my hand here. I would have preferred to keep pretending that I’m neutral in the issue, and just hoping that the problem goes away. But that…
Federal energy efficiency rebate programs will no longer cover a switch from fossil fuels to electricity for heating, according to long-awaited guidance from the Department of Energy. The department published an update on how it will implement consumer programs with $8.8 billion in funding. The new provisions include eliminating use of diversity, equity and inclusion […]
Aviation marker balls don’t help with electricity flow or improve the efficiency of the power lines. But they do have a very important job.
Rep. Chel Diokno (Akbayan party-list) appealed for the immediate resumption of a Senate joint hearing on high electricity costs, which was canceled during the Senate leadership shakeup. The lawmaker on Wednesday, May 13 shared that the Senate Committees on Ways and Means, Energy, and Public Services were supposed to hold a joint hearing on May […]
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) shot back at California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) for making a misleading claim about his state's renewable energy usage while calling the agency's secretary an "oil shill."
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SAN FRANCISCO—As families settled into their evening routines in late March, cooking dinner on electric stoves and flipping on their TV for the newest binge watch, the state’s energy grid was working hard. For the first time, California discharged just over 12,000 megawatts, equivalent to 12 large nuclear plants, of energy from its battery arrays. […]
This lightning compilation video captures what happens when the atmosphere turns volatile. A storm rolls in, looking routine, and then, suddenly, a tree is vaporized, a building is on fire, and the power goes out. It's a reminder of just how extreme lightning can be — and why taking cover matters. — Read the rest
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Wyoming’s largest utility today began participating in a new “Extended Day Ahead Market” for electricity on the Western grid, a potentially landmark shift in the way energy is sold in the state that could lower rates as energy costs soar. The new market, which went live Friday, gives Rocky Mountain Power, a subsidiary of PacifiCorp, […]
A major energy company has announced new price hikes due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The price of fuel has risen exponentially as a result of the US/Israel conflict in Iran, with the Strait of Hormuz — which transports 20% of the world’s liquefied natural gas and 25% of seaborne oil — […]
Giant data centre and innovation campus, codenamed Pantheon – to be built at Topusko, south of Zagreb – is expected to turn Croatia into a regional hub for digital infrastructure.
Florida households had their electricity shut off some 2.1 million times in 2024 because of an inability to pay, a number that was among the highest of any state. That comes from a first-of-its-kind federal report examining energy insecurity across the country. The U.S. Energy Information Administration compiled a state-by-state dataset of final notices and […]
Researchers used electrical resistivity tomography to better measure the fresh and salty water beneath dry beds of Utah’s Great Salt Lake. Credit: Michael Thorne
Maryland lawmakers’ new solution for rising utility bills reduces a surcharge funding an effective energy-efficiency program, offers rebates by raiding the state’s clean energy fund and includes subsidies for nuclear power that advocates say may prove costly over time. Passed in the final minutes of this year’s session, the Utility RELIEF Act also puts a […]
The Scottish Hydro Electric Community Trust was founded by Scottish Hydro Electric plc (now SSE plc) in 1998 and provides funding support for customers looking to connect to SSEN Distribution’s network across the north of Scotland. The current round of applications closes on 14 May, and future applications will be considered by Trustees on a […]
Public services such as education and electricity have become expensive private commodities amid a complete collapse of public infrastructure.
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With "vehicle-to-grid" technology, EVs turn into a vast network of backup power. That could help stabilize the system and accelerate the adoption of renewables.
Residents claim construction and power system updates pose challenges to residential life.
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Florida Power & Light’s profit margins consistently ranked among the highest in the nation over the past five years and topped other utilities’ in 2024 and 2025, with 27 cents of every dollar in revenue last year retained as profit, according to a new report. The report, released in March by the Energy & Policy […]
As summer approaches, electricity prices are expected to remain relatively low, especially during daytime when solar generation is at its highest, representatives of the energy company Enefit told the LETA news agency. However, the company emphasizes that price fluctuations will still be determined by weather conditions, the availability of hydropower resources, wind output, and electricity…
The Georgia Public Service Commission has approved six rate increases in three years and signed off on a sweeping expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure, decisions that have reshaped Georgia’s energy landscape and contributed to rising electric bills for many households. Alicia Johnson, who holds a Ph.D. in business administration, hopes to chart a different course. […]
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In Alabama, a years-long battle over one of the nation’s highest backup fees for residential solar customers may have finally come to an end. A federal judge ruled last week that Alabama Power can continue charging its small solar customers one of the highest standby charges in the nation, dismissing a lawsuit that argued the […]
Built between 1936 and 1940, the Hiwassee Dam was originally built to harness the Hiwassee River and provide power for the Tennessee River Valley.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the TVA Act in 1933 and one of its purposes was for national defense. The Hiwassee Dam was chosen as a site for torpedo testing because of its remote mountainous location and because at places it reached 250 feet…
It’s one thing to learn about transmission lines in theory, and quite another to watch a voltage pulse bounce off an open connector. [Alpha Phoenix] bridges the gap between knowledge …read more
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Legislation awaiting Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature is aimed at ensuring hyper-scale data centers in Florida bear the full financial burden of powering their own facilities and that costs do not fall to average Floridians. The bill, approved by legislators earlier this month on the last day of their annual session, lays out the first regulations […]