The end of the California legislative session has been dominated by a debate over how best to handle the costs of wildfires. SACRAMENTO, California — The wildfire liability proposal that Democratic ...

The Trump administration’s next major step toward dismantling federal climate regulation has been stalled at the White House for more than three months. A looming Supreme Court case may help explain ...

The Trump administration has doled out billions for mining and critical mineral processing companies. Democrats are eager to win back Congress and turn up the oversight screws, investigating any ties ...

One of Texas’ top grid officials warned Friday that the western part of the state could see rolling blackouts within five years if more transmission lines aren’t built. Woody Rickerson, chief ...

OpenAI’s bid to build a sprawling $20 billion data center near the Georgia coast has hit a snag with utility regulators and the state’s largest power provider. Georgia Power on Thursday voluntarily ...

Two Senate Democrats introduced a bill Monday to set cybersecurity standards for water utilities — something Republicans and industry have long fought. The coordinated series of cyberattacks launched ...

Gov. Greg Abbott told state regulators and Texas’ main power grid operator to stop approving connections for data centers until an audit is done. Data center developers and critics are reckoning with ...

A summer surge in power consumption is straining regional grids that are also seeing a boom in data center energy demand. A sizzling summer is breaking power consumption records across the country, ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is among the leaders calling for a pause, which could spell trouble for data centers hungry for electricity. Powerful Texas Republicans are asking state regulators to pause a $33 ...

Large energy users in 13 states could see their power curtailed during power shortages under the grid operator’s new plan. The nation’s largest grid operator plans to create a registry of data centers ...

Wind and solar generated more power than coal and nuclear during the first half of the year. Will that trend continue? Hold the obituary for renewables. U.S. wind and solar generation climbed 10 ...

Tech companies face a fundamental choice with no winning answer for keeping data centers cool. Artificial intelligence has a real heat problem. Cooling next-generation computer chips for AI requires ...