Electricity

The electric grid relied heavily on coal and nuclear power plants during January's deep freeze. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, file)

Energy and Environment

Energy Department: Deep freeze shows risks to grid from coal retirements

Josh Siegel -

January 23, 2018 6:55 pm

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced on Monday that President Trump has approved substantial import tariffs on solar cells and modules. But if one wants the U.S. to install more solar cells, the tariffs will not help as they raise the price for this cleaner form of energy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Beltway Confidential

Why the heck would we tax solar panel imports?

Tim Worstall -

January 23, 2018 6:39 pm

Four months after Hurricane Maria rolled across the center of Puerto Rico, power is still out for nearly 30 percent of people as the work to restore miles of transmission and distribution lines grinds on. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Energy and Environment

Puerto Rico to privatize bankrupt power utility

Josh Siegel -

January 22, 2018 10:55 pm

People walk one the frozen Reflecting Pool at the National Mall. The Energy Department has said the need to address grid reliability and resilience was punctuated by the two-week cold snap, which ended with the

Energy and Environment

Senate to probe deep freeze’s impact on electric grid

John Siciliano -

January 22, 2018 5:01 am

Puerto Rico authorities said that nearly half of power customers in the U.S. territory still lack electricity more than three months after Hurricane Maria. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

National Security

Watch: Kids, teachers rejoice when power returns to Puerto Rico school after 112 days in the dark

Anna Giaritelli -

January 17, 2018 2:23 pm

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to deploy 1,500 megawatts of energy storage by 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Energy and Environment

New York pushes energy storage to solve renewable power’s biggest problem

Josh Siegel -

January 16, 2018 5:01 am

The utility groups signed a deal to work to create

Energy and Environment

US, African energy groups form alliance amid Trump ‘shithole’ outrage

John Siciliano -

January 12, 2018 8:25 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., praised an energy company for lowering its rates in the wake of the new tax law, but her adulation for the business and the law ended there. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Elizabeth Warren ‘delighted’ energy company in Massachusetts is reducing rates due to GOP tax plan she opposes

Daniel Chaitin -

January 11, 2018 12:43 am

Scientists have predicted for years that killer tsunamis could strike the Caribbean, which lacks an adequate warning system even though its seabed is gouged by some of the world's deepest trenches where tidal waves are generated. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

News

Tsunami advisory issued, then canceled for Puerto Rico after massive earthquake

Daniel Chaitin -

January 10, 2018 3:28 am

Magazine

Afternoon Links: The Perils of Free Gifts, the Ice Cream of the Future Expands, and the Torment of Ajit Pai

Jim Swift -

January 9, 2018 10:13 pm

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Tag: Electricity

Energy Department: Deep freeze shows risks to grid from coal retirements

Why the heck would we tax solar panel imports?

Puerto Rico to privatize bankrupt power utility

Senate to probe deep freeze’s impact on electric grid

Watch: Kids, teachers rejoice when power returns to Puerto Rico school after 112 days in the dark

New York pushes energy storage to solve renewable power’s biggest problem

US, African energy groups form alliance amid Trump ‘shithole’ outrage

Elizabeth Warren ‘delighted’ energy company in Massachusetts is reducing rates due to GOP tax plan she opposes

Tsunami advisory issued, then canceled for Puerto Rico after massive earthquake

Afternoon Links: The Perils of Free Gifts, the Ice Cream of the Future Expands, and the Torment of Ajit Pai

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