Utilities
Mainers will vote on replacing for-profit utilities with public power
Organizers of the ballot initiative hope to improve service and speed up the shift to clean energy by taking profits out of the utility sector.
By Julian Spector .
Politics
Clean energy
Can you ‘Trump-proof’ clean energy gains? Advocates in Ohio are trying
If elected, the former president plans to slash the federal climate and clean energy programs that are pouring money into states across the nation.
By Kathiann Kowalski .
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Transmission
A $7B power line from Kansas to Indiana moves closer to reality
The Grain Belt Express is an example of what’s required to carry clean power from where it’s plentiful to where it’s needed. Now, it’s almost ready to be built.By Jeff St. John .
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Politics
How IRA funds help break through climate-action barriers in Wisconsin
A new injection of federal money is jump-starting local and state initiatives that advocates hope will gain significant ground despite legislative inertia.By Kari Lydersen .
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Wind
Wind energy powerhouse Iowa seeing a spike in grassroots opposition
Despite the state's long, successful history with onshore wind, local groups agitating against it threaten to derail further growth.By Molly Taft .
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Politics
Ohio's climate progress stymied by political ploys
Gerrymandering, voter suppression, dark money and other moves insulate policymakers from accountability when they prop up fossil fuels at the expense of clean energy.By Kathiann Kowalski .
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Emissions reduction
Virginia may ditch a regional carbon cap-and-invest program
RGGI has helped boost climate resilience and cut emissions in the state, but its Republican governor wants to leave the program. Activists aren’t sure he can.By Katie Myers .
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Energy efficiency
North Carolina kills effort to make its building code energy-efficient
State Republicans have banned residential building-code updates until 2031, a move that will increase energy costs and make it harder to decarbonize buildings.By Jeff St. John .
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Politics
Rep. Casten on tackling the US climate law's unfinished business
The congressional energy wonk from Illinois says not to worry too much about "performative nonsense around IRA repeal."By Julian Spector .
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Transmission
One path to more power lines? Make US grid operators share more
With transmission snubbed in the recent debt ceiling deal, grid experts say "minimum transfer capacity" requirements are key to getting more power lines built.By Jeff St. John .
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Podcast
Why Texas Republicans are trying to crush wind and solar
Texas is the state with the most wind and utility-scale solar in development. But Republicans are suddenly trying to stop the industry's growth. Why?PlayBy Stephen Lacey . 29 min .
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