The U.S. can be an AI leader with good energy policies By Jeff Trench Key Points Hyperscale data centers have rapidly expanded, with facilities now starting at 100 MW and customers seeking 1 GW or more, equivalent to the ... Read more Rising demand and aging grid drive up U.S. electricity bills By EPN staff Key Points U.S. household electricity prices have risen 4.5% in the past year, driven by higher demand from EVs, AI/data centers, and aging infrastructur... Read more Wyoming eyes a 10x surge in electricity demand By EPN staff Wyoming will host a data center that could end up using 10 times as much energy as the state spends to power the homes of its half a million residents. Ener... Read more Colorado’s coal plant closure plans face EPA challenge By EPN Staff The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenged Colorado’s plans to close the state’s remaining six coal-fired power plants by 2031 over concerns about ... Read more President Trump’s energy action is the right call for Arizona By Kevin Thompson President Trump’s recent executive action delaying the EPA’s updated Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule is a critical step toward ensuring en... Read more PJM power prices jump again. Governors have had enough. By EPN Staff The latest auction for the country’s largest power grid set off alarm bells after agreed-to prices came in 22% over last year’s already-record-high peaks. Results from the... Read more Power grid investment projected to hit $2 trillion by 2050 By EPN Staff Major manufacturers have invested in multiple new factories to address the U.S. shortage of power transformers, but it will likely still take years to catch up with exploding dem... Read more The punishing costs of Colorado’s pathway to decarbonization By Kelly Caufield In the next fifteen years, Coloradans could be facing one of the steepest electricity price hikes in the country as an unintended consequence of well-meaning, but ultimately... Read more Facing higher gas prices, California grapples with oil refinery closures By EPN Staff Two planned refinery closures would cost California 17% of its oil refinery capacity over the next year, according to the Energy Information Administration. The closures are expe... Read more Data center real estate deals skyrocket By EPN Staff Analysts are tracking a massive crop of proposed new data centers, with one of the world’s largest commercial real estate firms saying demand is so high that pre-leasing of new c... Read more 1 2 3 4 5 Subscribe to Affordability MOST VIEWED 1 The U.S. can be an AI leader with good energy policies 2 Colorado’s coal plant closure plans face EPA challenge 3 EIA: Computing’s energy needs are outpacing all other commercial uses 4 Arizona’s declining groundwater problem DONATE
Rising demand and aging grid drive up U.S. electricity bills By EPN staff Key Points U.S. household electricity prices have risen 4.5% in the past year, driven by higher demand from EVs, AI/data centers, and aging infrastructur... Read more Wyoming eyes a 10x surge in electricity demand By EPN staff Wyoming will host a data center that could end up using 10 times as much energy as the state spends to power the homes of its half a million residents. Ener... Read more Colorado’s coal plant closure plans face EPA challenge By EPN Staff The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenged Colorado’s plans to close the state’s remaining six coal-fired power plants by 2031 over concerns about ... Read more President Trump’s energy action is the right call for Arizona By Kevin Thompson President Trump’s recent executive action delaying the EPA’s updated Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule is a critical step toward ensuring en... Read more PJM power prices jump again. Governors have had enough. By EPN Staff The latest auction for the country’s largest power grid set off alarm bells after agreed-to prices came in 22% over last year’s already-record-high peaks. Results from the... Read more Power grid investment projected to hit $2 trillion by 2050 By EPN Staff Major manufacturers have invested in multiple new factories to address the U.S. shortage of power transformers, but it will likely still take years to catch up with exploding dem... Read more The punishing costs of Colorado’s pathway to decarbonization By Kelly Caufield In the next fifteen years, Coloradans could be facing one of the steepest electricity price hikes in the country as an unintended consequence of well-meaning, but ultimately... Read more Facing higher gas prices, California grapples with oil refinery closures By EPN Staff Two planned refinery closures would cost California 17% of its oil refinery capacity over the next year, according to the Energy Information Administration. The closures are expe... Read more Data center real estate deals skyrocket By EPN Staff Analysts are tracking a massive crop of proposed new data centers, with one of the world’s largest commercial real estate firms saying demand is so high that pre-leasing of new c... Read more 1 2 3 4 5 Subscribe to Affordability MOST VIEWED 1 The U.S. can be an AI leader with good energy policies 2 Colorado’s coal plant closure plans face EPA challenge 3 EIA: Computing’s energy needs are outpacing all other commercial uses 4 Arizona’s declining groundwater problem DONATE
Wyoming eyes a 10x surge in electricity demand By EPN staff Wyoming will host a data center that could end up using 10 times as much energy as the state spends to power the homes of its half a million residents. Ener... Read more Colorado’s coal plant closure plans face EPA challenge By EPN Staff The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenged Colorado’s plans to close the state’s remaining six coal-fired power plants by 2031 over concerns about ... Read more President Trump’s energy action is the right call for Arizona By Kevin Thompson President Trump’s recent executive action delaying the EPA’s updated Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule is a critical step toward ensuring en... Read more PJM power prices jump again. Governors have had enough. By EPN Staff The latest auction for the country’s largest power grid set off alarm bells after agreed-to prices came in 22% over last year’s already-record-high peaks. Results from the... Read more Power grid investment projected to hit $2 trillion by 2050 By EPN Staff Major manufacturers have invested in multiple new factories to address the U.S. shortage of power transformers, but it will likely still take years to catch up with exploding dem... Read more The punishing costs of Colorado’s pathway to decarbonization By Kelly Caufield In the next fifteen years, Coloradans could be facing one of the steepest electricity price hikes in the country as an unintended consequence of well-meaning, but ultimately... Read more Facing higher gas prices, California grapples with oil refinery closures By EPN Staff Two planned refinery closures would cost California 17% of its oil refinery capacity over the next year, according to the Energy Information Administration. The closures are expe... Read more Data center real estate deals skyrocket By EPN Staff Analysts are tracking a massive crop of proposed new data centers, with one of the world’s largest commercial real estate firms saying demand is so high that pre-leasing of new c... Read more 1 2 3 4 5 Subscribe to Affordability MOST VIEWED 1 The U.S. can be an AI leader with good energy policies 2 Colorado’s coal plant closure plans face EPA challenge 3 EIA: Computing’s energy needs are outpacing all other commercial uses 4 Arizona’s declining groundwater problem DONATE
Colorado’s coal plant closure plans face EPA challenge By EPN Staff The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenged Colorado’s plans to close the state’s remaining six coal-fired power plants by 2031 over concerns about ... Read more President Trump’s energy action is the right call for Arizona By Kevin Thompson President Trump’s recent executive action delaying the EPA’s updated Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule is a critical step toward ensuring en... Read more PJM power prices jump again. Governors have had enough. By EPN Staff The latest auction for the country’s largest power grid set off alarm bells after agreed-to prices came in 22% over last year’s already-record-high peaks. Results from the... Read more Power grid investment projected to hit $2 trillion by 2050 By EPN Staff Major manufacturers have invested in multiple new factories to address the U.S. shortage of power transformers, but it will likely still take years to catch up with exploding dem... Read more The punishing costs of Colorado’s pathway to decarbonization By Kelly Caufield In the next fifteen years, Coloradans could be facing one of the steepest electricity price hikes in the country as an unintended consequence of well-meaning, but ultimately... Read more Facing higher gas prices, California grapples with oil refinery closures By EPN Staff Two planned refinery closures would cost California 17% of its oil refinery capacity over the next year, according to the Energy Information Administration. The closures are expe... Read more Data center real estate deals skyrocket By EPN Staff Analysts are tracking a massive crop of proposed new data centers, with one of the world’s largest commercial real estate firms saying demand is so high that pre-leasing of new c... Read more 1 2 3 4 5 Subscribe to Affordability
President Trump’s energy action is the right call for Arizona By Kevin Thompson President Trump’s recent executive action delaying the EPA’s updated Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule is a critical step toward ensuring en... Read more PJM power prices jump again. Governors have had enough. By EPN Staff The latest auction for the country’s largest power grid set off alarm bells after agreed-to prices came in 22% over last year’s already-record-high peaks. Results from the... Read more Power grid investment projected to hit $2 trillion by 2050 By EPN Staff Major manufacturers have invested in multiple new factories to address the U.S. shortage of power transformers, but it will likely still take years to catch up with exploding dem... Read more The punishing costs of Colorado’s pathway to decarbonization By Kelly Caufield In the next fifteen years, Coloradans could be facing one of the steepest electricity price hikes in the country as an unintended consequence of well-meaning, but ultimately... Read more Facing higher gas prices, California grapples with oil refinery closures By EPN Staff Two planned refinery closures would cost California 17% of its oil refinery capacity over the next year, according to the Energy Information Administration. The closures are expe... Read more Data center real estate deals skyrocket By EPN Staff Analysts are tracking a massive crop of proposed new data centers, with one of the world’s largest commercial real estate firms saying demand is so high that pre-leasing of new c... Read more 1 2 3 4 5 Subscribe to Affordability
PJM power prices jump again. Governors have had enough. By EPN Staff The latest auction for the country’s largest power grid set off alarm bells after agreed-to prices came in 22% over last year’s already-record-high peaks. Results from the... Read more Power grid investment projected to hit $2 trillion by 2050 By EPN Staff Major manufacturers have invested in multiple new factories to address the U.S. shortage of power transformers, but it will likely still take years to catch up with exploding dem... Read more The punishing costs of Colorado’s pathway to decarbonization By Kelly Caufield In the next fifteen years, Coloradans could be facing one of the steepest electricity price hikes in the country as an unintended consequence of well-meaning, but ultimately... Read more Facing higher gas prices, California grapples with oil refinery closures By EPN Staff Two planned refinery closures would cost California 17% of its oil refinery capacity over the next year, according to the Energy Information Administration. The closures are expe... Read more Data center real estate deals skyrocket By EPN Staff Analysts are tracking a massive crop of proposed new data centers, with one of the world’s largest commercial real estate firms saying demand is so high that pre-leasing of new c... Read more 1 2 3 4 5 Subscribe to Affordability
Power grid investment projected to hit $2 trillion by 2050 By EPN Staff Major manufacturers have invested in multiple new factories to address the U.S. shortage of power transformers, but it will likely still take years to catch up with exploding dem... Read more The punishing costs of Colorado’s pathway to decarbonization By Kelly Caufield In the next fifteen years, Coloradans could be facing one of the steepest electricity price hikes in the country as an unintended consequence of well-meaning, but ultimately... Read more Facing higher gas prices, California grapples with oil refinery closures By EPN Staff Two planned refinery closures would cost California 17% of its oil refinery capacity over the next year, according to the Energy Information Administration. The closures are expe... Read more Data center real estate deals skyrocket By EPN Staff Analysts are tracking a massive crop of proposed new data centers, with one of the world’s largest commercial real estate firms saying demand is so high that pre-leasing of new c... Read more 1 2 3 4 5 Subscribe to Affordability
The punishing costs of Colorado’s pathway to decarbonization By Kelly Caufield In the next fifteen years, Coloradans could be facing one of the steepest electricity price hikes in the country as an unintended consequence of well-meaning, but ultimately... Read more Facing higher gas prices, California grapples with oil refinery closures By EPN Staff Two planned refinery closures would cost California 17% of its oil refinery capacity over the next year, according to the Energy Information Administration. The closures are expe... Read more Data center real estate deals skyrocket By EPN Staff Analysts are tracking a massive crop of proposed new data centers, with one of the world’s largest commercial real estate firms saying demand is so high that pre-leasing of new c... Read more 1 2 3 4 5 Subscribe to Affordability
Facing higher gas prices, California grapples with oil refinery closures By EPN Staff Two planned refinery closures would cost California 17% of its oil refinery capacity over the next year, according to the Energy Information Administration. The closures are expe... Read more Data center real estate deals skyrocket By EPN Staff Analysts are tracking a massive crop of proposed new data centers, with one of the world’s largest commercial real estate firms saying demand is so high that pre-leasing of new c... Read more 1 2 3 4 5 Subscribe to Affordability
Data center real estate deals skyrocket By EPN Staff Analysts are tracking a massive crop of proposed new data centers, with one of the world’s largest commercial real estate firms saying demand is so high that pre-leasing of new c... Read more 1 2 3 4 5 Subscribe to Affordability
