On Nov. 7, Maine voters considered a referendum that would shift ownership of the state’s electric grid from foreign investors to local consumers. The proposal was soundly defeated, but it wasn’t a ...

Public-sector leaders must strike a balance among insight, cost and power consumption. Here’s what that looks like in ...

From Colorado to Washington, from Ohio to Pennsylvania, coal-fired power plants are shutting down. The United States is on track to retire half of its capacity to generate electricity from coal by ...

More than 10,000 proposed solar, wind, and battery projects are currently waiting in line to connect to the U.S. electric grid—more than enough to hit a target of 90% clean energy by 2035. But many of ...

As data center demand surges, grid access—not land—is deciding which projects move forward, forcing builders to rethink power infrastructure, costs and schedules before construction begins.

Using less electricity as a response to high demand had been a nonstarter for big tech companies. That might be changing. For years, calculating the power needs for data centers has revolved around ...

To keep the lights on, the U.S. needs to build enough regional power lines to move the equivalent of three dozen nuclear reactors’ worth of power. A yearlong study ordered by Congress calls for a ...