Microsoft carbon emissions jump as AI and cloud demand rises By EPN staff Key Points Microsoft’s emissions rose 23.4% since 2020, despite pledges to be carbon negative by 2030, mainly due to skyrocketing energy demands from AI and cloud computing. ... Read more Denver airport’s nuclear ambitions hit political roadblock By EPN Staff Key Points Denver International Airport’s SMR feasibility study has been paused due to political opposition, despite new Colorado law opening financing opportunities for nucle... Read more Report casts doubt on data center growth forecasts By EPN Staff Key Points A London Economics International report, prepared for the Southern Environmental Law Center, argues that U.S. data center plans may be unr... Read more The U.S. can be an AI leader with good energy policies By Jeff Tench 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 e... Read more EIA: Computing’s energy needs are outpacing all other commercial uses By EPN Staff The electricity it takes to run computers in commercial buildings is expected to increase faster than any other commercial use, according to the Energy Info... 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 Without new generation, U.S. faces electricity crisis By EPN Staff A new Department of Energy report warns the United States cannot power its artificial intelligence future and retire coal and other power plants as planned,... 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 status quo regulatory regime must go By Amy Andryszak This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Energy Subcommittee during the hearin... Read more 1 2 3 4 Subscribe to Virginia MOST VIEWED 1 Study: Wildfire smoke-induced deaths match auto crash fatalities 2 U.S. lacks uranium to meet its nuclear ambitions 3 At a glance: New York 4 No Green New Deal needed: All 50 states cut carbon emissions DONATE
Denver airport’s nuclear ambitions hit political roadblock By EPN Staff Key Points Denver International Airport’s SMR feasibility study has been paused due to political opposition, despite new Colorado law opening financing opportunities for nucle... Read more Report casts doubt on data center growth forecasts By EPN Staff Key Points A London Economics International report, prepared for the Southern Environmental Law Center, argues that U.S. data center plans may be unr... Read more The U.S. can be an AI leader with good energy policies By Jeff Tench 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 e... Read more EIA: Computing’s energy needs are outpacing all other commercial uses By EPN Staff The electricity it takes to run computers in commercial buildings is expected to increase faster than any other commercial use, according to the Energy Info... 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 Without new generation, U.S. faces electricity crisis By EPN Staff A new Department of Energy report warns the United States cannot power its artificial intelligence future and retire coal and other power plants as planned,... 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 status quo regulatory regime must go By Amy Andryszak This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Energy Subcommittee during the hearin... Read more 1 2 3 4 Subscribe to Virginia MOST VIEWED 1 Study: Wildfire smoke-induced deaths match auto crash fatalities 2 U.S. lacks uranium to meet its nuclear ambitions 3 At a glance: New York 4 No Green New Deal needed: All 50 states cut carbon emissions DONATE
Report casts doubt on data center growth forecasts By EPN Staff Key Points A London Economics International report, prepared for the Southern Environmental Law Center, argues that U.S. data center plans may be unr... Read more The U.S. can be an AI leader with good energy policies By Jeff Tench 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 e... Read more EIA: Computing’s energy needs are outpacing all other commercial uses By EPN Staff The electricity it takes to run computers in commercial buildings is expected to increase faster than any other commercial use, according to the Energy Info... 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 Without new generation, U.S. faces electricity crisis By EPN Staff A new Department of Energy report warns the United States cannot power its artificial intelligence future and retire coal and other power plants as planned,... 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 status quo regulatory regime must go By Amy Andryszak This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Energy Subcommittee during the hearin... Read more 1 2 3 4 Subscribe to Virginia MOST VIEWED 1 Study: Wildfire smoke-induced deaths match auto crash fatalities 2 U.S. lacks uranium to meet its nuclear ambitions 3 At a glance: New York 4 No Green New Deal needed: All 50 states cut carbon emissions DONATE
The U.S. can be an AI leader with good energy policies By Jeff Tench 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 e... Read more EIA: Computing’s energy needs are outpacing all other commercial uses By EPN Staff The electricity it takes to run computers in commercial buildings is expected to increase faster than any other commercial use, according to the Energy Info... 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 Without new generation, U.S. faces electricity crisis By EPN Staff A new Department of Energy report warns the United States cannot power its artificial intelligence future and retire coal and other power plants as planned,... 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 status quo regulatory regime must go By Amy Andryszak This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Energy Subcommittee during the hearin... Read more 1 2 3 4 Subscribe to Virginia
EIA: Computing’s energy needs are outpacing all other commercial uses By EPN Staff The electricity it takes to run computers in commercial buildings is expected to increase faster than any other commercial use, according to the Energy Info... 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 Without new generation, U.S. faces electricity crisis By EPN Staff A new Department of Energy report warns the United States cannot power its artificial intelligence future and retire coal and other power plants as planned,... 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 status quo regulatory regime must go By Amy Andryszak This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Energy Subcommittee during the hearin... Read more 1 2 3 4 Subscribe to Virginia
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 Without new generation, U.S. faces electricity crisis By EPN Staff A new Department of Energy report warns the United States cannot power its artificial intelligence future and retire coal and other power plants as planned,... 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 status quo regulatory regime must go By Amy Andryszak This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Energy Subcommittee during the hearin... Read more 1 2 3 4 Subscribe to Virginia
Without new generation, U.S. faces electricity crisis By EPN Staff A new Department of Energy report warns the United States cannot power its artificial intelligence future and retire coal and other power plants as planned,... 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 status quo regulatory regime must go By Amy Andryszak This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Energy Subcommittee during the hearin... Read more 1 2 3 4 Subscribe to Virginia
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 status quo regulatory regime must go By Amy Andryszak This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Energy Subcommittee during the hearin... Read more 1 2 3 4 Subscribe to Virginia
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 status quo regulatory regime must go By Amy Andryszak This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Energy Subcommittee during the hearin... Read more 1 2 3 4 Subscribe to Virginia
The status quo regulatory regime must go By Amy Andryszak This is a lightly edited excerpt of testimony recently provided to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Energy Subcommittee during the hearin... Read more 1 2 3 4 Subscribe to Virginia
