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Minnesota Democrats are confident their ambitious climate law that requires the state’s power utilities to use 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040 will survive a legal…

A long-standing policy set by the Midwestern grid operator is threatening the transition to clean energy, a solar energy trade group said this week. The…

Minnesota Democrats brushed aside Republican criticism and a legal threat from their neighbors to the west Thursday as the House passed a landmark climate bill…

New England power plants burned more oil for electricity on a single day during last month’s deep freeze than they have in four years, underscoring…

U.S. lawmakers in the next Congress, opening Jan. 3, are expected to sustain efforts to ease the construction of new electric transmission lines even after…

The deadly winter storm, christened Elliott by The Weather Channel, that tore through much of the United States over the Christmas weekend placed a huge…

From pipeline permitting to agency rulemaking, federal courts are poised to decide a suite of legal challenges in 2023 that could set the pace of…

The deadly winter storm, christened Elliott by the Weather Channel, that tore through much of the United States over the Christmas weekend placed a huge…

For years, Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) has pushed to overhaul the nation’s permitting process for energy projects, including for the transmission lines needed to…

With a major renewable energy build-out looming, transmission owners are using FERC proceedings to seek the right to fund interconnection upgrades needed across the United…

An aging electric grid, fossil fuel power plant retirements and a massive renewable electricity buildout are all contributing to a boom in transmission and distribution…

An aging electric grid, fossil fuel power plant retirements and a massive renewable electricity buildout are all contributing to a boom in transmission and distribution…

An aging electric grid, fossil fuel power plant retirements and a massive renewable electricity buildout are all contributing to a boom in transmission and distribution…

The debate over how to build out billions of dollars of new power lines — and whether utilities should monopolize that process — took center…

Spending on U.S. power lines is on the rise, but most of the money is going toward small projects located in a single state or…

FERC’s proposal to reform transmission planning has provoked a confrontation over federal and state control of transmission expansion, prompting some stakeholders to call for new…

Florida is the sunshine state. It is also the hurricane state. The latest, Ian, knocked out power to about 2.5 million customers. Given the abundance…

Democrats are fresh off a big clean energy policy win, leveraging control of Congress to pass the Inflation Reduction Act and its $369 billion in…

An electricity market in the Southeast aimed at supporting renewables and lowering energy costs is set to launch next month, despite a pending lawsuit challenging…

The U.S. Supreme Court heard a case this week that could have huge implications for all sorts of state climate regulations, from clean electricity mandates…

When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments next week in a case about California’s requirements for housing pigs, an unusual audience will be paying close…