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Judge Rules Alabama Power Can Keep Its Solar Fee, Among the Nation’s Highest
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (1066+ words) In Alabama, a years-long battle over one of the nation's highest backup fees for residential solar customers may have finally come to an end. A federal judge ruled last week that Alabama Power can continue charging its small solar customers…...
New Jersey Turns to Big Batteries as Power Prices Rise
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (810+ words) As solar and offshore wind projects stall, New Jersey just awarded its biggest incentives to battery storage projects to help reach its climate goals and stabilize electricity prices for consumers. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) earlier this…...
A Gas Plant Proposal for Rural Virginia Gets Local Land Use Approval
1+ week, 3+ day ago (787+ words) PALMYRA, Va.In rural Fluvanna County, between Monticello and Richmond in the middle of Virginia, there's a clear divide over a natural gas power plant. Brian Faulknier, 54, a grandfather, speaks for many supporters when he said in an interview that…...
South Texas Officials Didn’t Know Tesla Was Discharging Lithium Refinery Wastewater Into Local Ditch
1+ week, 4+ day ago (978+ words) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Friday approved an investigation report on Tesla's battery-grade lithium compounds manufacturing facility near Robstown in Nueces County, finding no violation of the plant's wastewater discharge permit. TCEQ began its investigation after workers for…...
Illinois Utility Announces New Round of Electric Vehicle Rebate Funding for Residents and Businesses
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1130+ words) After a year in which the Trump administration rolled back electric-vehicle rebates and funding programs, the largest electric utility in Illinois announced an additional rebate program of nearly $70 million to fund electric-vehicle infrastructure projects in northern Illinois." Leaders of the…...
Texas Seizes the Solar Crown From California, and Other Key Points From the Latest Electricity Data
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1180+ words) Texas, which already leads the country in electricity generation from natural gas, coal and wind, has passed California to become the leader in utility-scale solar. Data for 2025, released last week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, shows that Texas generated 58,634 gigawatt-hours…...
EPA’s Clean School Bus ‘Revamp’ Means Less Support for EVs
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (881+ words) In the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Congress voted to invest $5 billion in accelerating a phase-out of diesel school buses across the country, a move meant to protect students from harmful pollution and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But the Clean School Bus…...
New Jersey Unions Create a Coalition Focused on Decreasing Energy Costs and Creating Solar Jobs
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1026+ words) Standing inside the New Jersey Statehouse last month, Claudia Mutzus wore a T-shirt from the Service Employees International Union and held a banner emblazoned with the words, "Built by New Jersey workers for New Jersey families." She'd gathered with other…...
New England Lawmakers Weigh Plug-in Solar as Europe’s Model Spreads
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (727+ words) The solar panels that hang from balconies across Europe may soon be coming to New England, helping lower energy costs and ease grid demand. This could be a breakout year for plug-in solar in the United States, with more than…...
The First Casualty of Trump’s Climate Action Repeal: The U.S. EV Transition
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (929+ words) With the repeal of the Environmental Protection Agency's scientific finding on the dangers of greenhouse gases, the Trump administration is aiming to take out many federal actions on climate change in one blast. There's little doubt that the auto industry…...