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.

A Utah power plant releases clouds of pollution gases under a moody gray sky

Patrick Hendry/Unsplash

May 25, 2023

Biomethane Threatens to Upend the Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

A massive power line transmissions structure looms against a green and yellow field of grain

fietzfotos/Pixabay

May 23, 2023

Good News from Midcontinent Grid Operator—But We Still Need Market Reform

Guillermo Pereira
Former Contributor

Angel S. Fernandez-Bou/UCS

May 22, 2023

El reúso de tierras de cultivo puede aportar la justicia ambiental, socioeconómica y del agua a California

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

Nicholas Doherty/Unsplash

May 18, 2023

Realizing Maine’s Tremendous Offshore Wind Potential

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

A burnt down house in the foreground, while two houses in the back were untouched by the Carr Fire in Redding California.

Cecilio Ricardo/US Forest Service

May 16, 2023

Both Utilities and Fossil Fuel Companies Are to Blame for Western Wildfires

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

Angel S. Fernandez-Bou/UCS

May 11, 2023

Repurposing Cropland Can Bring Environmental, Socioeconomic, and Water Justice to California

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

solar panels atop a school in San Franciso,, California

Matt Montagne/Flickr

April 27, 2023

Where is California Going to Site Its New Solar Power?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

Fossil fuel industry lobbyist deploying disinformation about natural gas

ImagineDesign/Shutterstock

April 27, 2023

Disinformation Alert: Fossil Fuel Interests Preparing to Deploy False Claims about New EPA Rules

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

Credit: J. Rogers/UCS

April 24, 2023

Renewables Have Pulled Ahead of Coal. What’s Next?

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

Jackson Lanier/Wikimedia

April 24, 2023

Using the Debt Ceiling to Advance Fossil Fuels Over Renewables is Bad Faith Bargaining

David Watkins
Director of Government Affairs, Climate & Energy Program

Clouds of pollution billow over two smokestacks, part of a power plant in Minnesota, against the backdrop of a pink sky and blue water

Tony Webster/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

April 20, 2023

EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rules Are Critical—and Complex. Here’s What to Know, and What to Watch.

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

Image from space of California and Nevada

European Space Agency

April 19, 2023

Western Grid Regionalization Is Back on the Drawing Board. Why Now?

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

Dennis Schroeder/NREL

April 13, 2023

Ask a Scientist: The Electric Car and Power Grid’s Shared Future

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

Paul Becker/Becker 1999/Flickr

April 13, 2023

Memo to JPMorgan Chase Shareholders: Stop Banking on Climate Chaos

Kathy Mulvey
Accountability Campaign Director, Climate & Energy Program

image of tornado approaching a car, Texas, 1995

Harald Richter/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

April 12, 2023

Tornadoes and More: What Spring Can Bring to the Power Grid

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

Jon Tyson/Unsplash

April 11, 2023

Energy Storage Can Help People with Disabilities Through Extreme Weather Events

Maria Chavez
Energy Analyst

AgriSolar Clearinghouse/CC BY 2.0

April 10, 2023

Reúso de tierras de cultivo en California: ¿una solución para todos?

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

Deciphering Weather/YouTube

April 6, 2023

Gas Generators Get Caught with their Plants Down

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

photo of a series of wind turbines against a blue sky, with a green farm field below

US Department of Energy

April 3, 2023

Illinois Has No Time to Waste in Building Its Carbon-Free Electricity Future

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

Robert So/Pexels

March 30, 2023

What Will It Take for California to Build a New Regional Grid Operator?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

Alan Stark/Wikimedia Commons

March 23, 2023

Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

NREL

March 7, 2023

¿Pueden la energía solar, el almacenamiento y la eficiencia ayudarnos a sobrevivir inviernos como éste?

Maria Chavez
Energy Analyst

Ruth Baranowski/NREL

February 22, 2023

How Much Land Would it Require to Get Most of Our Electricity from Wind and Solar?

Steve Clemmer
Director of Energy Research & Analysis

photo of several large towers supporting electricity transmission lines that stretch high above the camera, with a bright orange sunset in the background

Pok Rie/Pexels

February 21, 2023

A Better Way of Paying for a Reliable Electricity Grid

Guillermo Pereira
Former Contributor

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