Policy & regulation

Utilities

North Carolina program helps low-income utility customers pay their bills

Duke Energy’s poorest customers use more power per square foot than wealthier ones. A year-old program is connecting them with bill and weatherization help.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 25 March 2025
Energy markets

Texas Senate passes bill to upend energy market, spur gas over renewables

The legislation would require half of new power plant capacity come from dispatchable sources other than batteries. Solar and wind developers would pay fees to comply.

By Julian Spector . 24 March 2025
Utilities

Cutting clean energy won't lower New England utility bills, advocates say

From Maine to Massachusetts, state officials are targeting clean energy programs as a way to reduce costs for ratepayers. Advocates say it's shortsighted.

By Sarah Shemkus . 21 March 2025
Clean energy

Gutting clean energy incentives would drive up electric bills

Rising energy costs are a problem in the U.S. Ending Inflation Reduction Act tax credits and ramping up fossil fuels would make it even worse.

By Jeff St. John . 20 March 2025
Clean energy

Three years into the Ukraine war, is Europe’s energy system cleaner?

In response to the invasion, Europe mostly ditched Russian fossil fuels and built a cleaner grid. But wholesale decarbonization has proven elusive.

By Julian Spector . 19 March 2025
Nuclear

Indiana utilities want ratepayers to fork out for small nuclear reactors

State legislators are advancing bills that allow utilities to charge for the process of planning SMRs, even if the plants never get built.

By Kari Lydersen . 19 March 2025
Clean energy

Vermont’s clean energy transition faces unprecedented political threat

Republican legislative gains, financial worries, and outside interference are stacking the deck against climate progress this session.

By Sarah Shemkus . 18 March 2025
Solar

Ohio Supreme Court weighs high-stakes solar permitting case

Local government opposition sank a proposed solar farm’s permit. The developer says state regulators failed to consider whether the pushback was rooted in evidence.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 17 March 2025
Electric vehicles

Chart: EV adoption would sputter if Republicans repeal incentives

Annual EV sales could top 7 million by 2030 if EV tax credits and tailpipe emissions rules remain in place. If not, that figure could be 40% lower.

By Dan McCarthy . 14 March 2025
Clean energy

Trump admin says it’s ‘terminated’ $20B green bank in latest escalation

The EPA program, which provides financing to help low-income communities adopt clean energy, has been an ongoing target of Trump’s funding freeze.

By Jeff St. John . 12 March 2025