Top Texas regulator: Reform the grid so ‘people don’t die’

As Texas’ top electricity regulator, Peter Lake has as much influence as anyone over where natural gas, renewables and other fuel...

By Edward Klump | 08/27/2021 02:46 PM EST

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Peter Lake, chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas

Peter Lake, chair of the Public Utility Commission of TexasEdward Klump/E&E News

Solar panels, transmission tower, power plant.

The Sun Belt is among the U.S. regions coping with a changing power sector as it juggles renewables, infrastructure and aging power plants.Oregon Department of Transportation (solar panels); Varistor60/Wikipedia (transmission tower); public domain/Wikipedia (power plant)

What 4 Sun Belt states reveal about U.S. electricity

By Edward Klump | 08/27/2021 06:10 AM EST

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Workers pounding stakes to mark land along transmission corridor.

In this April 26 file photo, workers pound stakes to mark land on an existing Central Maine Power electricity line corridor that has been recently widened to make way for new utility poles, near Bingham, Maine. AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File

Northeast transmission fight shows Biden’s renewable dilemma

By David Iaconangelo | 08/27/2021 06:09 AM EST

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Missouri AG Eric Schmitt.

Judge skeptical of Republican case on social cost of carbon

By Maxine Joselow | 08/26/2021 06:06 AM EST

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Steam billows from the cooling towers at Exelon's nuclear power generating station in Byron, Illinois.

‘Huge hole.’ Looming nuclear shutdowns rattle Ill.

By Jeffrey Tomich | 08/26/2021 06:05 AM EST

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DOE-backed technology aims to protect grid’s ‘heart and soul’

By Christian Vasquez | 08/25/2021 07:17 AM EST

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Offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

Interior announces first oil drilling sales of the Biden era

By Heather Richards | 08/25/2021 06:13 AM EST

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Environmental activists protest against the Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline on August 23, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Line 3 is about to come online. What will Biden do?

By Hannah Northey, Carlos Anchondo | 08/24/2021 05:54 AM EST

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A. B. Brown Generating Station

Fight over ‘peaker’ plants poses grid climate test

By Miranda Willson | 08/24/2021 05:52 AM EST

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Wind turbines with cyber computer overlay collage.

Wanted: ‘Superhuman’ AI to master a greener grid

By Peter Behr | 08/23/2021 06:02 AM EST

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Natural gas flare in Texas.

Research shows gaps in how EPA, oil industry measure methane

By Carlos Anchondo, Mike Lee | 08/20/2021 06:43 AM EST

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A hydrogen bus refueling in Canton, Ohio.

Hydrogen could fuel U.S. energy transition. But is it safe?

By Mike Soraghan | 08/20/2021 06:39 AM EST

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