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 E&E News, 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.
Wisconsin's second largest electric utility on Friday said it will shut down its Edgewater coal-fired power plant on Lake Michigan by the end of 2022 as it continues a transition to cleaner energy.
Ohio yesterday unanimously approved the Icebreaker wind farm, North America's first offshore freshwater project. But will it move forward?
Power, gas and water utilities across the United States moved swiftly during the coronavirus outbreak to impose voluntary bans on shut-offs. But those moratoriums are set to expire June 1, raising concerns the pandemic could create a new electricity and public health crisis.
Power company CEOs are outlining in more detail how the coronavirus pandemic is hitting electricity demand, coal, renewables and utilities' financial futures.
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