Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 30, 2024

According to the latest EIA data, wind power, the leading source of US renewable electricity, may have supplied 7% more generation in 2024 than in 2023, and accounted for almost 11% of the countrys total electricity. It added up to 24% of total electricity generation in 2024, compared with 23% in 2023. One of 2024s new crop.

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

At this point, I’d wager that pretty much everyone in the US either has been affected or knows someone who has been affected recently by a natural disaster-related electric power outage. Indeed, for people who use electric-powered medical devices, a power outage is life-threatening. That doesn’t reduce the hardship of a power outage.

Fossil Fuels

Yale E360

JULY 11, 2025

For the first time, solar was the largest source of electricity in the EU last month, supplying a record 22 percent of the bloc's power. Read more on E360 →

Electricity

Circle of Blue

JUNE 23, 2025

The diminished state of the lake and the potential severe drop in electricity supply illustrate the consequences of a warming climate for the region. If there is a reason not to be especially alarmed it’s this: Hoover is just a small piece of the region’s electric power infrastructure.

2027

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

On March 14, a tour of Steelton-Highspire School District facilities and Tregs Independent Brewing in Dauphin County shows the benefits of going solar and electric school buses. These events were held to educate local residents about the benefits of solar energy and electric vehicles. Local officials and residents, including Sen.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 17, 2025

In the rush to integrate artificial intelligence into the economy, fast-moving information technology companies are running into a problem: slow-moving electric utilities. In more ways than one, the electricity supply so vital to running a data center simply doesnt respond the way Silicon Valley and big investors want.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In extreme weather, when electricity demand is at its highest and the grid needs gas plants the most, gas plants have been failing at alarming rates. Most grid operators have programs in place to ensure there’s enough electricity supply to meet demand, often referred to as resource adequacy. Gas power plants have a problem.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2025

The US Energy Information Administrations Short-Term Energy Outlook is forecasting natural gas prices will increase in the coming months as the US exports more LNG gas and the demand for natural gas from the electric power sector increases seasonally. EIA forecasts electric generation from gas-fired power plants will decline by 3% in 2025.

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The natural gas stored in Aliso Canyon can be withdrawn during times of high demand, for use by electricity generators and by direct gas consumers. After a demand forecast shows projected peak demand remaining below a specific threshold, a proceeding can be opened to potentially close the facility.

2024

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Energy storage, or the storing of electricity for later use on the power grid, plays an important role in the clean energy transition. Renewable generation is variable—wind and solar power produce electricity when the wind is blowing and the sun is shining. Curtailment means we are wasting otherwise clean, perfectly usable electricity.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

MAY 7, 2025

Over the past three years, customers of the largest investor-owned electric utilities (IOUs) in the state have seen their rates rise by an average of 5-41%, with nearly one in five households behind on their electricity bills. Now, SB 254 (Becker) is the most ambitious energy affordability bill proposed in recent years.

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

JANUARY 9, 2025

Building back electric, not gas. In many parts of California, we have designed our homes, neighborhoods, infrastructure, and insurance system for a bygone era and a bygone climate. We need to talk about rebuilding in different places. Download as PDF

Climate Change

Yale E360

JULY 9, 2025

Fed up with pricey electricity from an unreliable grid, Pakistanis have snapped up cheap solar panels. In an interview, Muhammad Mustafa Amjad, of Islamabad-based Renewables First, says his country can stand as a model for other nations as they transition away from fossil fuels. Read more on E360 →

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

12 on how the electric vehicle transition could affect state road budgets as part of its Energy Lecture Series starting at 11:00 a.m. “A Pennsylvania recently approved an Electric Vehicle Road User Fee that will cost owners $200 in 2025, rising to increase to $250 in 2026, to help fill the gap.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2025

My Administration worked with FERC and PJM to find a path forward that will save Pennsylvanians billions of dollars on their electricity bills. PJM operates a capacity market, which means that electric generators are paid to commit to providing energy in the future. Shapiro] Resource Links - PJM Issues: -- Gov.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 25, 2025

They require far more powerful processors called GPUs (Graphics Processing Units), consume dramatically more electricity, and need significantly more water for cooling. A single AI-focused data center can use as much electricity as a small city and as much water as a large neighborhood. to 12% (300+ TWh to 500+ TWh).

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2025

On May 14, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation released its 2025 Summer Reliability Assessment that concluded load growth is expected to drive higher peak demand this summer and could strain resources in some areas during certain periods.

Electricity

Legal Planet

APRIL 14, 2025

In 2019, Pacific Gas & Electric filed for bankruptcy because of billions of dollars of potential liability from fires the previous summer. Conduct is considered just and reasonable if the conduct of the electrical corporation. The fires in L.A. But such litigation isnt new. billion settlement.

Government

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 30, 2024

wind and solar), electric vehicle charging, and similar “hard” infrastructure. What is Equitable Climate Infrastructure Investment? Traditionally, climate infrastructure has been thought of as projects like large scale renewable projects (e.g.,

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2025

On Thursday, March 27, nonprofit the PA Solar Center will host a free in-person meeting for Westmoreland County businesses and tax-exempt organizations to learn how they can save money on their electricity bill by going solar. The meeting will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch will be served at the free meeting.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 26, 2025

Electric power outages are more than an inconvenience. West Virginia experiences among the most challenging electric reliability in the country according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Annual Electric Power Industry Report. For families and businesses, they can disrupt everyday life. Million In Sen.

Natural Gas

Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 9, 2025

Fuel efficiency, power trading, and emissions leakage from driving electric vehicles: Evidence from Chinese provinces. link] Abstract This paper investigates how driving electric vehicles redistributes tailpipe emissions and brings unintended impacts elsewhere. Energy Policy, 198, 114473.

Electricity

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 14, 2025

Still, they were able to implement carbon pricing, a climate accountability act, an electric vehicle sales standard, clean electricity rules, a sustainable jobs act and methane reduction regulations – and thats not even an exhaustive list. Last month we polled Canadians to see what kind of climate action people want to see.

Politics

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2025

In short, MISO is responsible for planning and coordinating generation and transmission of electricity to ensure the lights stay on across its region, spanning from South Louisiana to Canada. Sunday’s outage was a demonstration of what can go wrong when there is not enough transmission to handle that “traffic.”

Regulations

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2025

The electric grid is the generic term for the complicated system of power plants and wires that provides electricity to 92% of the worlds inhabitants. Generation consists of large, centralized power plants that produce electric energy. Source: Lee Shaver/UCS. Source: Lee Shaver/UCS.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2025

. -- Erie County: $400,000 to the Erie County Technical School to help complete a solar project that reduces the net carbon impact of the school, helps achieve energy independence, and assists in the innovation of rural electrification by using renewable energy as a teaching tool for our career and technical education programs.

Electricity

Yale E360

JULY 9, 2025

Fed up with pricey electricity from an unreliable grid, Pakistanis have snapped up cheap solar panels. In an interview, Muhammad Mustafa Amjad, of Islamabad-based Renewables First, says his country can stand as a model for other nations as they transition away from fossil fuels. Read more on E360 →

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 21, 2025

On June 19, the Cameron County Chamber of Commerce is getting support to increase energy efficiency in a USDA/FDA kitchen by purchasing an electric induction stove and Energy Star appliances as a model for restaurants and cafeterias in the region.

Electricity

Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Wind energy produces roughly only 11 grams of carbon dioxide per kilowatt-hour (g CO2/kWh) of electricity generated. Some states, like California, Maine, Maryland and others, import sizable amounts of the fossil fuels they use to produce electricity.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

According to CARB’s analysis, the amended program would spur development and use of sustainable aviation fuels, more than cover the cost of infrastructure needed to support California’s groundbreaking zero emission truck goals for the next decade, and inject over $100 billion into the electric vehicle market alone.

Air Pollution

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 23, 2025

It depends on the costs The levelized cost of energy (LCOE) represents the average cost to build and operate a generating resource per unit of electricity generated. The California Energy Commissions SB 100 report examined various scenarios that reach 100% clean electricity in California. There are three reasons.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

Harness the Power of the Sun" is a 12 week curriculum diving into energy, electricity, circuits, solar photovoltaics, electric vehicles and more. The Philadelphia Solar Energy Association now has available the Solar For Schools middle school curriculum-- "Harness the Power of the Sun" and "Bring Solar to School."

Electricity

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The IRA provides a subsidy for purchases of electric vehicles for people making less than $300,000 per year. The fact is that additionality risks arise in many policies throughout government with far more money at stake than with offsets, from Medicare and Low-income Housing Tax Credits to the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

Deforestation

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 9, 2025

In the corporate accountability sphere, a court in Hamburg, Germany recently affirmed that major polluters, like RWE, one of Germany’s largest electricity producers, can be held liable for their contributions of heat trapping gases to the atmosphere and the climate impacts that follow from that pollution.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Bidirectional EVs Could Be the New Standard Electric vehicles (EVs) should be a clean transportation and a clean energy solution. This could let drivers use these batteries to power critical appliances during emergencies, their homes during power shutoffs, or even the grid when electricity demand is high.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 8, 2025

Electric vehicle (EV) sales are increasing , and these vehicles are important to reduce fossil fuel use and air pollution. Increasing sales means more EVs eventually reaching their end of useful life. When an EV retires, the battery can be recycled and the materials recovered to make new batteries.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Meanwhile, it remains profoundly cheaper to produce electricity from solar than from new fossil fuel sources. Department of Energy estimated that unrestricted exports of LNG will increase wholesale domestic gas prices by over 30% by 2050.

Natural Gas