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As concerns over climate change and falling costs have advanced the cause of solar and wind energy, development of hydropower, which also contributes zero carbon emissions, had stalled until recently.
Energy and Environment

Forgotten hydropower plots a comeback in Trump era

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President Trump isn't the first commander in chief to propose privatizing federally owned utility companies, but the American Public Power Association hope he will be the last. (iStock)
Energy and Environment

Utility industry descends on Washington with an ax to grind

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Dan Brouillette is currently the deputy secretary of the Department of Energy, under Secretary Rick Perry. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)
Energy and Environment

Dan Brouillette, Rick Perry’s No. 2, sees the bright side of the energy debate

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The Sustainable Energy in America Factbook shows renewable energy made up 18 percent of the nation's electricity production. (iStock)
Energy and Environment

Renewables neck and neck with nuclear power plants, says report

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Tom Kuhn noted the major reductions in electricity rates that many of his member companies have announced over the last month. (Image courtesy screenshot)
Energy and Environment

Tax bill was a ‘win,’ but ‘significant work’ ahead, says utilities’ top lobbyist

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Energy and Environment

Ryan Zinke says ‘yes’ to the biggest coal plant in the West

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This 2010 picture shows the large square building that houses the nuclear reactor at the Oyster Creek nuclear plant in Lacey Township, N.J. The facility was scheduled to close on December 2019, but now the plant will shut down ahead of schedule in October. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Energy and Environment

Nuclear plant to close ahead of schedule

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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

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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?

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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

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