The Environmental Protect Agency on Wednesday said it would begin a sweeping rollback of environmental regulations, including air, water and waste rules that affect the power sector. “Today is the greatest day of deregulation our nation has seen,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a press release. “We are driving a dagger straight into the heart...
The PJM Interconnection board approved $5.9 billion in new transmission projects to bolster reliability across the grid operator’s footprint, PJM said Wednesday. That, combined with changes to the scope and cost of existing projects, mean PJM’s latest Regional Transmission Expansion Plan is set to cost $6.7 billion, according to the grid operator for 13 mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states...
The U.S. Department of Energy will focus on growing baseload and dispatchable generation to meet growing electricity demand, DOE Secretary Chris Wright said Wednesday in an order outlining the department’s priorities under the Trump administration. “We must … permit and build energy infrastructure and remove barriers to progress, including federal policies that make it too easy to stop...
President Donald Trump issued an executive order to freeze IRA funding soon after he took office, and is expected to urge the Republican-controlled Congress to make cuts to the legislation as lawmakers approach their March 14 shutdown deadline. Since Trump’s election, the clean energy industry has been pushing for the president to consider the IRA’s private...
A lot can change in four years. When it comes to our energy grid, the axiom rings especially true. As the Trump administration gets settled in, new challenges are threatening the reliability and affordability of our energy systems. The rise of artificial intelligence and a domestic manufacturing boom has sent electricity demand skyrocketing after more...
Electric utilities are calling for the U.S. Senate to pass legislation aimed at reducing wildfire intensity and restoring forest health, in part by allowing power companies greater leeway around vegetation management. The House passed the Save our Forests Act on Thursday in a 279 to 141 vote. The bill would “simplify and expedite the most critical forest...
A new partnership between off-grid power systems provider DC Grid and energy services firm Liberty Energy seeks to provide data centers and EV hubs with modular, scalable off-grid power solutions in a matter of months, the companies announced Jan. 7. The partners expect to be able to deploy “small scale power output” within three months for fleet EV charging hubs...
The Department of Energy last week launched a research and development program into the production of superhot rock geothermal energy, a resource that is unused but has major potential — 1% of its U.S. capacity could provide 4.3 TW of firm power, according to the Clean Air Task Force. DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy is offering $30...
President Donald Trump suspended all Inflation Reduction Act funding disbursements in an executive order Monday, part of a sweeping set of directives to begin setting the new administration’s energy agenda. The action, dubbed “Terminating the Green New Deal,” also pauses all funding disbursements for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, commonly known as the bipartisan infrastructure law. The...
While Trump has been a staunch critic of both onshore and offshore wind generation, North Dakota became a national leader in onshore wind generation under Burgum, who took office as governor in 2016. Wind power generation more than doubled in the state from 2015 to 2023, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, and currently provides 36% of the...
