Energy

The US electricity system is undergoing a transformation that’ll change how energy is produced and used for decades. Our experts bring you the latest news and analysis on that transformation.

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May 12, 2026

What Are Data Centers Doing to the Electric Grid? Experts Don’t Know.

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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May 7, 2026

Artificial Intelligence Won’t Solve Climate Change

Samuel Dotson
Energy Modeler

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May 5, 2026

How We Unlock the Huge Solar Potential in Massachusetts’s Environmental Justice Communities

Paula Garcia
Senior Manager of Energy Justice Research and Policy

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April 29, 2026

New Records Set in the Renewable Energy Marathon

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

April 23, 2026

Why Is the US So Anxious to Unlearn the Lessons of the Chernobyl Disaster?

Edwin Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

A floor-to-ceiling map board shows power distribution through California's electrical grids in the control center of the California Independent System Operator, CAISO, during a heat wave.

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April 17, 2026

Can California’s Interconnection Reforms Deliver a Cleaner Grid?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

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April 14, 2026

Policymakers Must Act to Protect Louisianans from Billions in Data Center Driven Costs

Paul Arbaje
Senior Analyst

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April 13, 2026

As Data Centers Test Michigan’s Grid, It’s Time to Strengthen Clean Energy Standards—Not Abandon Them

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

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March 18, 2026

Electricity Bills Are High. Trump Administration Policies are Set to Make them Soar.

Julie McNamara
Federal Energy Policy Director

March 16, 2026

Two Other Uses for Electric Vehicles Besides Driving: Backup Power and Grid Support

Samantha Houston
Senior Vehicles Analyst

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March 12, 2026

Ask a Scientist: A Data Center Was Proposed in My Town. Now What?

Guest Commentary

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March 4, 2026

Data Centers Are Changing the Grid. Our Energy Sources Should Evolve Too.

Lee Shaver
Senior Energy Analyst

February 26, 2026

As Seen in State of the Union—Utilities Bend Under Too Much Demand

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

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February 26, 2026

The Trump EPA’s Endangerment Finding Repeal: Wrong on Statute, Deceptive on Science, Reckless on Impacts

Julie McNamara
Federal Energy Policy Director

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February 19, 2026

Artificial Intelligence 101: An Accessible Primer on How AI Works

Samuel Dotson
Energy Modeler

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February 18, 2026

Data Centers Are Not a License to Drill

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

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February 12, 2026

How MISO Is—And Isn’t—Preparing for Extreme Weather in a Climate-Changed Future

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

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February 12, 2026

Ask a Scientist: Why Are Fossil Fuel Companies So Threatened by Offshore Wind?

Guest Commentary

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February 11, 2026

Louisiana’s New Policy Allows Even More Data Center Costs to be Passed to Ratepayers

Paul Arbaje
Senior Analyst

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February 4, 2026

How Disinformation is Being Used to Block and Distort Offshore Wind

L. Delta Merner
Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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February 4, 2026

“An Oil Spill in the Sky”— Another Consequence of Delaying Offshore Wind

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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January 29, 2026

California is Lagging on Wind Development. Why?

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

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January 27, 2026

What Americans Lose if Their National Center for Atmospheric Research Is Dismantled

Carlos Javier Martinez
Senior Scientist

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January 21, 2026

Clean Energy Can Protect Midwest Families From Data-Center Driven Energy Bill Spikes

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director