utilities

James Cullen/AAE

November 20, 2025

What’s Next After Louisiana’s Gas Plant Approval for Meta Data Center

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

October 2, 2025

The Big Winners in California? Science and Climate.

Daniel Barad
Western States Policy Manager

Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

August 18, 2025

Entergy Wants to Fast-Track Gas Plants for Meta Data Center, Leaving Ratepayers With the Bill

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

wayhomestudio/Freepik

July 2, 2025

Heatwave Exposes How Trump Administration Cuts Endanger Workers and Energy-Burdened Communities

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Brandon Bell/Getty Images

June 12, 2025

100K Louisianans Were Left Without Power. Without Transmission Planning, It’ll Keep Happening.

Guest Commentary

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May 29, 2025

Entergy Doesn’t Want Louisianans to Know How Expensive this Gas Project Could Be

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

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May 2, 2025

Status Quo Transmission Financing in California—Who Pays and Who Profits?

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

Man weather stripping house

AvailableLight/Getty Images

September 23, 2024

Energy Efficiency Home Retrofits Can Protect You During Extreme Temperature Events

Guest Commentary

Woman opening empty refrigerator after Hurricane Beryl knocks out power to region.

Brandon Bell/Getty Images

August 2, 2024

Hurricane Beryl’s Towering Texas Grid Impacts and Price Tag Highlight Massive Injustices

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

Augusta, Maine view along Kennebec River, dawn.

Walter Bibikow/Getty Images

June 18, 2024

Hydrogen and “Renewable” Gas Aren’t Realistic Solutions for Decarbonizing Maine’s Buildings

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

Trinh Trần/Pexels

September 21, 2023

Energy Equity: How Can Power Utilities Get It Right?

Guest Commentary

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

A power plant against a cloudy blue sky. Southern California Edison’s Mountainview Generating Station is one of the nearly 200 grid-connected natural gas power plants in California.

June 22, 2022

The Start of the Unraveling of Cheap Gas-Fired Power

Ashtin Massie
Former Contributor

ALUC 15/PIXABAY

October 27, 2021

Why Utility Planning Must Be Inclusive

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

Tony Webster/Flickr

May 18, 2021

New UCS Research: Utilities’ Uneconomic Coal Use Is Being Called Out in 25 States

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

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February 9, 2021

Has Consumers Energy Found a Loophole in its Clean Energy Pledge?

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

Tima Miroshnichenko/Pexels

February 4, 2021

We Need to Put an End to Selling Utility Customer Debt

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

Jp Valery/Unsplash

May 28, 2020

The Coal Bailout Everybody Is Talking About

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

Edson Maciel/Unsplash

May 18, 2020

Crisis Vultures Are Circling Over the Energy Industry

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

The Skint Dad Blog/Flickr

April 20, 2020

Electricity Shut-Offs in a Pandemic: How COVID-19 Leads to Energy Insecurity, Burdensome Bills

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

Dennis Schroeder/NREL

December 17, 2019

FERC’s Move to Defend Competition Actually Hurts Competition

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

Entergy building from Hilton New Orleans

December 11, 2019

Electric Companies Like Entergy Are Using Affiliate Transactions to Block Renewable Energy, Here’s How

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File

July 22, 2019

As Heatwave Blankets Nation, Utility Disconnect Policies Can Kill

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor

Image courtesy of Alliance for Affordable Energy

June 4, 2019

This Crazy Trick Could Help New Orleans Utility Customers Save Money

Joseph Daniel
Former Contributor