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Jeffrey is a St. Louis-based reporter covering the Midwest power sector for EnergyWire. Focus areas include the shift by coal-dependent states to cleaner energy sources and the evolution of the utility business model in response to new technologies. Before joining EnergyWire, Jeffrey was the energy and environment reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where he won a SABEW award for a story on the Iowa ethanol boom. He also covered energy for Bloomberg News. A native of Houston, he is a Tulane University graduate with a double major in English and economics.
Citing divergent energy policy priorities among two Upper Midwest neighbors, Xcel Energy Inc. is looking to legally separate its electric utility operations in Minnesota and North Dakota after more than a century operating as a combined system. The reason for the split? Fuel choices.
The Michigan Public Service Commission on Friday approved new electric reliability rules that require energy suppliers to prove they have secured adequate generating capacity years into the future.
A group of conservative Michigan legislators who are resolved to defend competition in the state's electric market are going on the offensive as the Public Service Commission prepares to implement sweeping energy reforms enacted last year.
BYESVILLE, Ohio — Where most people traveling south from this small southeast Ohio village see grassy fields and rolling hills alongside Interstate 77, Michael King sees the future of Eastern power markets.
Two years after Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) helped broker an agreement to stave off an energy crisis in the Upper Peninsula, debate is again swirling over how to meet the area's long-term energy needs.