A severe winter storm pushed the U.S. power grid to its limits as outages spread and demand surged. During peak conditions, natural gas, nuclear, and coal supplied nearly 90% of PJM’s electricity, while wind contributed less than 5%. The event highlighted the grid’s continued reliance on dependable, dispatchable power during extreme weather. …
News Tag: Politico
Steel plant in Vance’s hometown trades clean future for more coal
Six months into President Donald Trump’s second term, the Cleveland-Cliffs steel plant in Middletown, Ohio, looks very much like its past, doubling down on coal and relying on steel tariffs to help turn a profit. …
Democrats pushed climate action. Then utility bills skyrocketed.
There is intensifying political pressure on state lawmakers to do something about utility bills that have shot up by as much as 127 percent over the last decade. Climate spending — from wildfire prevention to building out transmission capacity and paying for renewables — is partly to blame. …
