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fromThe Washington Post
2 days ago

Plan to reinforce sewer pipe was delayed for years before Potomac disaster

Delays in environmental reviews led to a catastrophic sewer line failure, resulting in a massive release of untreated wastewater into the Potomac River.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
1 day ago

Plug Power Gains 6%: 3 Reasons Investors Are Betting on a Hydrogen Comeback Story

Plug Power's stock has risen 6% amid positive financial developments and a strategic turnaround plan.
#power-grid
fromFortune
4 days ago
SF politics

Hyperscalers often lack the "aptitude" on power as the political push picks up to expedite grid connections and pipelines | Fortune

Federal efforts to expedite power grid interconnections face challenges due to hyperscalers' communication issues and lack of understanding of processes.
fromFast Company
2 months ago
US politics

Trump wants Big Tech to pay for new power plants as electricity prices surge

The Trump administration urges PJM to hold emergency auctions requiring tech companies to fund long-term power contracts to finance $15 billion in new electricity generation.
SF politics
fromFortune
4 days ago

Hyperscalers often lack the "aptitude" on power as the political push picks up to expedite grid connections and pipelines | Fortune

Federal efforts to expedite power grid interconnections face challenges due to hyperscalers' communication issues and lack of understanding of processes.
#electricity-rates
fromAxios
1 week ago
US Elections

Energy execs say they're trying to address anger over rising electric bills

US Elections
fromAxios
1 week ago

Energy execs say they're trying to address anger over rising electric bills

Investments in grid improvements and cooperation will help reduce electricity rates over time.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
2 days ago

2 Nuclear Stocks Energy That Might Be Worth Buying on the Dip

Nuclear energy stocks present long-term buying opportunities despite recent declines and market uncertainties.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days ago

Energy bills still forecast to rise nearly 300 in summer, households warned

The Independent provides critical journalism on key issues without paywalls, relying on donations to support their reporting efforts.
#new-jersey
fromGothamist
1 week ago
SF politics

Utility companies - and their political donations - are top of mind in NJ elections

fromCbsnews
2 weeks ago
US politics

New Jersey electricity rates spiked more than most other states in 2025, congressional report says

SF politics
fromGothamist
1 week ago

Utility companies - and their political donations - are top of mind in NJ elections

New Jersey Democrats aim to leverage utility donations against Republican Tom Kean Jr. amid rising electricity costs.
fromCbsnews
2 weeks ago
US politics

New Jersey electricity rates spiked more than most other states in 2025, congressional report says

Environment
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

There's a better way to use the electric grid-and cut power bills

Existing grid capacity can meet new electricity demand through smart technology and load flexibility instead of building expensive new power plants.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
1 week ago

Eversource Takes a Hit as Regulators Reset ROE and Trigger Refund Risk

Eversource Energy's stock has declined 11.51% recently, but analysts maintain a positive outlook with a price target of $73.
fromWashingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
2 weeks ago

Number Go Up: Check out Our Gallery of DC Area Gas Prices - Washingtonian

According to AAA, the average regular gas price as of March 16 is $3.72 per gallon-up $0.24 from a week ago, and nearly $0.79 from this time last year. CNN reports that the 26.9 percent gain in US gas prices over the past month is the largest monthly increase since Hurricane Katrina.
Washington DC
#electricity-prices
fromFortune
2 weeks ago
Environment

Your electricity bill keeps rising. Here's what's actually causing it-and how to fix it | Fortune

Environment
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Your electricity bill keeps rising. Here's what's actually causing it-and how to fix it | Fortune

Rising retail electricity prices stem from structural issues including surging demand, increased infrastructure spending, and regulatory models that reward utility overspending, while proposed fixes like rate freezes and permit blocks would worsen the problem.
#smart-meter-malfunction
fromwww.independent.ie
3 weeks ago
Digital life

That was an expensive Sunday roast' baffled customers react to smart meter blunder telling them they owe thousands of euro

fromwww.independent.ie
3 weeks ago
Digital life

That was an expensive Sunday roast' baffled customers react to smart meter blunder telling them they owe thousands of euro

from24/7 Wall St.
3 weeks ago

PG&E, Algonquin Power and Avista Are Drawing New Analyst Interest in the Utility Sector

UBS expects the stock's 43% price-to-earnings discount to narrow "meaningfully" with continued risk reduction. PG&E's data center pipeline stands at 3.6 GW in final engineering, up from 1.6 GW in Q3 2025, representing a significant load growth catalyst. Management guided for 2026 non-GAAP core EPS of $1.64 to $1.66, with a $73 billion five-year capital plan requiring no new common equity.
Business intelligence
Environment
fromArs Technica
2 weeks ago

Coal plant forced to stay open due to emergency order isn't even running

The Trump administration uses emergency orders to keep uneconomical coal plants operational despite cheaper renewable and natural gas alternatives, citing grid reliability while data shows minimal actual energy contribution.
East Bay (California)
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

PG&E monthly bills are dropping this month for electricity customers. Will the trend continue?

PG&E reduced residential electric rates by 1.8% in March 2026, with further cuts expected throughout the year as bills continue declining from recent price spikes.
#utility-rate-hikes
fromFortune
1 month ago
Tech industry

Your utility bills keep going up. Here's everyone you can blame-AI data centers included | Fortune

Electric and natural gas bills surged as major inflation drivers in 2025, with utilities requesting record $31 billion in rate hikes amid aging infrastructure, climate impacts, and AI data center demand.
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago
US news

Utilities want $31 billion more from customers, and your electric bill is about to feel it

Utilities requested $31 billion in 2025 rate increases, driven by data-center demand and approved hikes that will raise customer bills, especially in the South.
Tech industry
fromFortune
1 month ago

Your utility bills keep going up. Here's everyone you can blame-AI data centers included | Fortune

Electric and natural gas bills surged as major inflation drivers in 2025, with utilities requesting record $31 billion in rate hikes amid aging infrastructure, climate impacts, and AI data center demand.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks ago

Water firms prevented from increasing bills as much as they wanted

UK's competition watchdog significantly reduced water company revenue increases, limiting five major firms to £463 million instead of £2.7 billion sought, resulting in 2.2% bill increases for customers.
Brooklyn
fromNews 12 - Default
1 month ago

Park Slope residents say Con Ed won't honor claims for food spoiled after extended power outages

Con Edison is denying reimbursement claims for January power outages in Brooklyn, citing road salt as an uncontrollable external cause, leaving affected residents without compensation for spoiled food, medicine, and emergency expenses.
#ai-data-centers
fromFortune
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Why Pennsylvania sits at the center of the big data-center power problem | Fortune

fromFortune
2 months ago
Environment

Record-high utility rate hike requests of $31 billion nationwide in 2025 trigger rising electric bill spikes and public outcries | Fortune

fromFortune
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Why Pennsylvania sits at the center of the big data-center power problem | Fortune

fromFortune
2 months ago
Environment

Record-high utility rate hike requests of $31 billion nationwide in 2025 trigger rising electric bill spikes and public outcries | Fortune

fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 month ago

OFGEM Pushing 'Propaganda, Not Regulation' and Consumers - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

The bulk of the £200 (10%) saving from a year ago is not real. It's a transfer of bad climate policy costs from bills to taxes. Hiding the problem, not solving it. This means future taxpayers, your children, are now subsidising old wind farms and failed heat pump promotion campaigns, rather than stopping the waste.
Public health
US news
fromNew York Post
1 month ago

NY haunted by closing of nuclear power plant as energy bills soar, green mandates spark chaos

New York's 2021 closure of Indian Point nuclear plant, which supplied 25% of NYC electricity, has increased reliance on natural gas and raised energy bills while hindering green energy goals.
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

More than 300,000 homes now in arrears on electricity bills, latest figures show

The total stood at 319,459 domestic electricity accounts where payments were missed. This represents 14pc of household electricity customers, up from 13pc in the previous quarter. Some 191,525 of those in arrears are more than 90 days behind on their payments, the CRU arrears report shows.
Public health
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

California wants millions of heat pumps. High power bills might get in the way

An all-electric, energy-efficient alternative to gas-burning furnaces, heat pumps are widely seen as the climate-friendly home heater of choice. They can do double-duty as both home heaters and AC units and are pretty good at maintaining a constant temperature inside a home without the blast-then-cool-off cycle typical of a furnace.
Environment
fromGothamist
1 month ago

Aid might cut $135 from that sky-high Con Ed bill, but few people are applying

Only 775 of the nearly 600,000 potentially eligible Con Edison customers have enrolled for the state's expanded energy assistance program since it opened last month, the company said. The Energy Affordability Program helps eligible New Yorkers struggling to afford their utility bills by providing monthly discounts. Discount levels vary by household size and income. In New York City, someone who uses gas heat and whose income is less than 60% of the area median income - $68,050 for a single person and $97,200 for a household of four - would see discounts of more than $135 per month.
New York City
#energy-price-cap
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Letters: Judge gubernatorial candidates by their stand on utilities

Elect a governor who rejects large utility donations and appoints commissioners who will robustly regulate investor-owned utilities for reliability and fair rates.
fromSFGATE
2 months ago

A big change is coming to your PG&E bill. Here's what it means.

The change, which follows a 5% rate cut that went into effect Jan. 1, comes on the heels of rising tensions between the utility, its customers and Bay Area leaders. Multiple blackouts just before Christmas and New Year's Day left tens of thousands of San Francisco residents without electricity for several days, drawing widespread attention and even prompting some government officials to call for a shift away from PG&E infrastructure.
San Francisco
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 months ago

'Some households have saved over 800 a year': How switching energy supplier can lead to huge savings

Electricity prices in Ireland are rising, including up to €20 annually to fund a €19bn national grid upgrade; shopping around can yield significant savings.
Gadgets
fromZDNET
1 month ago

I tested 3 simple energy-monitoring tools to find my home's biggest power drains

The ATX 9801 power meter is a robust, reliable, affordable tool for measuring mains-powered device consumption but lacks logging connectivity.
Silicon Valley
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Data center is first project to be supplied with power under historic PG&E agreement

San Jose's first PG&E-backed project delivers 20MW to Equinix, generating ~$2.5M annually and positioning the city as a growing data center hub.
#pge
fromKqed
1 month ago
San Francisco

San Francisco Small Businesses to Sue PG&E Over Losses From December Power Outages | KQED

from48 hills
1 month ago
SF politics

PG&E CEO grilled at supes hearing-and says Lurie wanted Opera House opened in blackout - 48 hills

fromKqed
1 month ago
San Francisco

San Francisco Small Businesses to Sue PG&E Over Losses From December Power Outages | KQED

from48 hills
1 month ago
SF politics

PG&E CEO grilled at supes hearing-and says Lurie wanted Opera House opened in blackout - 48 hills

fromwww.amny.com
2 months ago

Power struggle: Why the New York Power Authority is taking heat over cutbacks on renewable energy amNewYork

Yet four years away from that deadline, not only is the Empire State 15 gigawatts (GW) shy of its goal but also investments in renewable energy are dipping. On Dec. 19, 2025, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Public Renewables Transparency Act, sponsored by Assembly Member Sarahana Shrestha (D-Ulster County), to open up the New York Power Authority's (NYPA) conferral process
New York City
Environment
fromsyracuse
1 month ago

Virtual power plants could save New Yorkers billions: What's holding them back?

Virtual power plants of networked home batteries can stabilize New York's grid, reduce fossil fuel use, and save billions while lowering household energy costs.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Wildfire victims decry state law protecting utilities from cost of disasters they cause

Southern California Edison says that with the help of those state laws it expects to pay little or even none of the damage costs of the Eaton fire, which its equipment is suspected of sparking. But in recent filings to state officials, fire victims and consumer advocates say the law has gone too far and made the utilities' unaccountable for their mistakes, leading to even more fires. "What do you think will happen if you constantly protect perpetrators of fires," said Joy Chen, executive director of the Eaton Fire Survivors Network.
California
US politics
fromBoston.com
2 months ago

After public outcry, Healey orders utilities to drop interest on bill relief

Massachusetts utilities agreed to waive interest and carrying charges on deferred winter bill-relief costs after pressure from the governor and legislators.
Gadgets
fromZDNET
2 months ago

Want to lower your electric bill? 3 tools I use to find the biggest power hogs in my house

Portable plug-in power meters like the ATX 9801 measure power, current, power factor, voltage, frequency, and annual kWh; rugged, accurate, inexpensive, but lack app connectivity.
Business
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Pace of PG&E profit and revenue increases start to slow as bills ease

PG&E's 2025 profit and revenue increased modestly while initiatives and large-load connections aim to slow or reverse residential bill increases.
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

COLD TRUTH: National Grid reports record usage, but New Yorkers only feel record delivery fees

The brutal cold snap gripping New York this winter has left utility customers feeling the burn of skyrocketing heating bills. National Grid customers in NYC are outraged over skyrocketing heating bills, coinciding with the utility giant's Monday announcement of record usage during the city's ongoing cold snap. The astronomical costs, several readers told amNewYork, are overwhelmingly driven not by increased consumption but by soaring delivery fees and other unclear charges listed on their monthly bills.
New York City
US news
fromBoston.com
2 months ago

Utilities plan to recoup costs from the governor's winter bill reductions

Utilities will add spring surcharges to recoup costs from February–March energy bill reductions, spreading deferred charges across spring and summer months.
New York City
fromBrownstoner
1 month ago

New Yorkers Outraged by High Gas Delivery Fees in Cold Snap

New York gas customers face sharply higher heating bills driven largely by rising delivery fees and unclear charges rather than increased gas consumption.
Business
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Switching electricity provider: 'There was a 50 charge to end our existing contract but we knew the money would be made back quickly'

Keith O'Farrell cut his electricity standing charge by 50% by switching supplier, lowering household energy costs.
US politics
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Trump administration wants tech companies to buy $15B of power plants they may not use | TechCrunch

The administration seeks $15 billion of new generation in PJM, asking tech companies to fund 15-year capacity contracts despite uncertain need.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

More than 500,000 customers to receive Ofgem protection this week

Ofgem will regulate over 500,000 heat network customers from January 27, introducing price controls, compensation rights, clearer billing, and protections for vulnerable customers.
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

Jefferies Loves 5 Dividend-Paying Utility Stocks but Warns of Caution on the Sector

Because they operate continuously, data centers consume electricity. These operations involve operating large numbers of servers, cooling systems, networking equipment, and other infrastructure components. The electricity consumption of data centers varies widely with size, capacity, efficiency, and geographic location, yet demand is constant. While that was an important data point over the past few years, many of the top stocks in the sector have delivered outsized gains and may be trading near their highs.
Business
Environment
fromFortune
1 month ago

Americans are shocked by utility bills as high as $1000: They're paying the price for aging grids, fuel-price whiplash, and extreme weather | Fortune

Residential electricity prices rose roughly 21% since 2021, driving significantly higher household bills amid winter-driven demand, grid stress, and rising fuel and capacity costs.
US politics
fromsfist.com
2 months ago

Day Around the Bay: PG&E Will Be Cutting Many SF Residents' Power on Monday and Tuesday

City leaders propose departmental consolidation and charter reform; PG&E will preemptively cut power to restore a substation; SFPD plans DUI checkpoints; national political controversies persist.
Environment
fromTheregister
1 month ago

DoE oks next-gen nuclear to skip full environmental reviews

The Department of Energy allows many advanced nuclear reactors to qualify for a categorical exclusion, enabling streamlined NEPA reviews when certain conditions are met.
US politics
fromNextgov.com
2 months ago

Tech Bills of the Week: Measures seek to boost cyber posture of utilities

Congressional bills empower the Energy Department to strengthen physical and cyber security of pipelines, LNG facilities, and smaller electric utilities with grants and coordination.
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