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.

Kyger Creek Plant/PeggyDavis66/Flickr

October 28, 2022

Ohioans Stuck Burning Coal, Burning Cash

Meghan Hassett
Former Contributor

Olivier Lantzendorffer/iStock.com

October 27, 2022

Latest UN, IEA, WMO Climate Reports Show Global Emissions Dangerously High, Emergency Action Required

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

A worker from PHILERGY, a German-Filipino supplier and installer of solar energy, carries a solar panel during a home installation.

IMF Photo/Flickr

October 19, 2022

Solar Panels Should Be Reused and Recycled. Here’s How.

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

Solar Giga/flickr

October 19, 2022

How Are Solar Panels Made?

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

row of solar panels with mountain backdrop

Jeff/Flickr

October 19, 2022

Mining Raw Materials for Solar Panels: Problems and Solutions

Charlie Hoffs
Former UCS Fellow

House Oversight and Reform Committee

October 12, 2022

Congress Releases New Evidence of Big Oil Climate Disinformation

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

Garry Knight/flickr

October 12, 2022

5 Anti-Climate Practices Elsevier Must Cease: Scientists Call out Publisher’s Ties to Fossil Fuel Industry

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

AdobeStock

October 3, 2022

Progress Continues for US Residential Solar: Reviewing the Latest Numbers

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

American Public Power Association/Unsplash

September 23, 2022

Illinois Utilities Ameren and ComEd Plan for the Grid of the Future

Guillermo Pereira
Former Contributor

Jeremy Bezanger/Unsplash

September 21, 2022

Changes to California’s Resource Adequacy Program Will Have Huge Consequences for the Power Grid

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

stanthonys solar/pixabay

September 19, 2022

Fast-Tracking Pilots the Right Way Can Ensure Michigan’s Clean Energy Transition

Guillermo Pereira
Former Contributor

Mathias Appel/Flickr

September 7, 2022

Failure to Plan Could Create an Energy Crisis

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

An industrial facility in Texas is shown submerged in water after Hurricane Ike

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Flickr

September 2, 2022

New Global Energy Market Risk: War Pushes Overreliance on US LNG in Path of Climate-Amped Hurricanes

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

Western Area Power/Flickr

August 31, 2022

September Is Here. That Means Another Nail-Biter for California’s Grid.

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

Google Earth

August 26, 2022

Can the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Avoid a Major Disaster?

Ed Lyman
Director, Nuclear Power Safety

Portland General Electric/Flickr

August 17, 2022

Removing Barriers to Energy Storage is Key to a Clean Energy Future

Guillermo Pereira
Former Contributor

Marcia Cassidy Communications

August 15, 2022

Claves de la nueva ley sobre el clima y la energía de Massachusetts y lo que queda por hacer

Paula Garcia
Senior Manager of Energy Justice Research and Policy

DENNIS SCHROEDER/NREL

July 29, 2022

Why is Congress’s Climate Breakthrough Such a Big Deal? Because Without It, We’d Be Irreparably Off Course.

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

black-and-white photo of people on a New York City street holding signs, one of which reads "Big Oil Makes a Killing"

Leo London/Flickr

July 29, 2022

Dear Oil and Gas CEOs: Here’s How You Should Spend Those Record Profits

Laura Peterson
Corporate Analyst & Advocate

in this low-angle photo of a power transmission tower, a blue sky is visible and in the foreground, a white power transmission tower connected to power lines

Jinyang Liu/Unsplash

July 25, 2022

Boosting Michigan’s Energy Future with Regional Transmission Upgrades

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

This photo shows a solar panel array on the grounds of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

stantontcady/Flickr

July 25, 2022

Overdue Grid Improvements Will Help Illinois Achieve Energy Goals

Meghan Hassett
Former Contributor

Under a cloudy sky in Alpha, Minnesota, wind turbines are set against a field

MPCA Photos/Flickr

July 22, 2022

Building a Better Power Grid for Minnesota

Meghan Hassett
Former Contributor

Pok Rie/StockSnap

July 21, 2022

Midwest Transmission System Investments Will Be a Game Changer for a Clean Energy Future

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

J. Rogers/UCS

July 18, 2022

Massachusetts Needs Ambition: In the Wake of W.V. v. EPA, What One State Can Do

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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