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FERC Jump-Starts Plan to Get Data Center Connections Right

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered regional grid operators to accelerate efforts to better handle surging electricity demands from new data center construction and let customers know how much that new demand is costing them.

Court Should Order Restart of Wind Project Reviews, Environmental Groups Say

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
Environmental groups today urged a federal court to move quickly in forcing an end to the Defense Department’s de facto ban on new wind energy projects.

Michigan Senate Leaders Propose New Rules to Protect Residents from Big Tech Data Center Costs

Press ReleaseMichigan, Detroit
Michigan Senate leaders have prepared a four-bill package to regulate data centers. The bills, introduced today, shield families from the massive energy, water, and financial impacts of these giant facilities. While advocates note that more safeguards are still needed to…

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FERC Jump-Starts Plan to Get Data Center Connections Right

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered regional grid operators to accelerate efforts to better handle surging electricity demands from new data center construction and let customers know how much that new demand is costing them. 

Before the Storm

Ed Board MemoUnited States

The disaster safety net is coming apart.

Trump’s War on Wind Energy Intensifies

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
The Department of Interior announced a third taxpayer-funded payoff to a company so that it will not produce much-needed offshore wind energy.

The Hollowing of the Forest Service

BackgrounderUnited StatesGarett Rose

This administration has accelerated its efforts to fundamentally break national forest management.

What Wright Gets Wrong About Dirty, Ugly Coal

Ed Board MemoUnited StatesAmanda Levin

Lawmakers need to challenge the misleading and outright false statements that Energy Secretary Chris Wright has made about the coal industry and its place in a rapidly changing electricity system.  

AI Should Pull Its Own (Electric) Weight, and a Little Bit of Yours

BackgrounderUnited StatesMohit Chhabra

Claims about whether data centers are raising rates or not are as much a matter of perspective as math. Regulators should do what they can to set data center tariffs that put downward pressure on rates for all other customers.

Judge Halts IRS Rules that Punish Solar and Wind

Press ReleaseWashington, D.C.
In a win for energy affordability, a federal judge struck down the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) guidance that unfairly and illegally restricted tax credits for wind and solar projects.