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Georgia Power and state utility regulators are circling in on a plan to get data centers online faster, without the need for massive new gas plants.
Georgia hashes out plan to let data centers build their own clean…
The long-sought program could ease cost and climate risks — especially if it lets renewable energy secured by tech giants avert a big buildout of gas…
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December 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Georgia Power and state utility regulators are circling in on a plan to get data centers online faster, without the need for massive new gas plants.
FirstEnergy is facing a $250 million penalty for its role in Ohio’s power plant bailout scandal. Advocates are hoping for further consequences.
After Ohio’s landmark decisions on HB 6 utility scandal, what’s next?
Regulators just fined FirstEnergy $250M over its bribery scheme. While historically high, the amount falls short of what consumer advocates had pushed for.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
FirstEnergy is facing a $250 million penalty for its role in Ohio’s power plant bailout scandal. Advocates are hoping for further consequences.
FirstEnergy wants its Ohio utilities to have more time to restore power after outages, even though customers have been paying for substantial grid-hardening upgrades.
FirstEnergy seeks looser reliability rules as outages grow more common
The firm wants regulators to let its three Ohio utilities take longer to restore power. Advocates say it’s unfair, as customers already pay to strengthen…
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December 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
FirstEnergy wants its Ohio utilities to have more time to restore power after outages, even though customers have been paying for substantial grid-hardening upgrades.
Which country got the largest share of its electricity from solar last year? Hint: It’s not a sunny island nation.
Chart: Hungary is leading the world in solar adoption
The small European country unseated a longtime champion in a ranking of nations by how much of their electricity comes from solar.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Which country got the largest share of its electricity from solar last year? Hint: It’s not a sunny island nation.
Two small nuclear projects are getting $400 million each from the Trump administration — but that’ll only cover a sliver of their costs.
Trump admin invests $800M in latest move to bolster US nuclear…
Two designs each get $400 million to prove that smaller, cheaper reactors can work, but the funds will cover only a fraction of the development costs.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Two small nuclear projects are getting $400 million each from the Trump administration — but that’ll only cover a sliver of their costs.
This week in clean energy news:
🥶 Winter heating assistance is finally trickling out
🤝 Gas pipelines find unlikely allies in the Northeast
⛽ Trump targets Biden-era fuel economy rules
Catch up here:
🥶 Winter heating assistance is finally trickling out
🤝 Gas pipelines find unlikely allies in the Northeast
⛽ Trump targets Biden-era fuel economy rules
Catch up here:
Delayed heating assistance kicks off a winter of energy challenges
Federal LIHEAP funding, held up by the government shutdown, has become even more critical as winter heating prices are forecast to spike.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This week in clean energy news:
🥶 Winter heating assistance is finally trickling out
🤝 Gas pipelines find unlikely allies in the Northeast
⛽ Trump targets Biden-era fuel economy rules
Catch up here:
🥶 Winter heating assistance is finally trickling out
🤝 Gas pipelines find unlikely allies in the Northeast
⛽ Trump targets Biden-era fuel economy rules
Catch up here:
The Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign is far from over, especially as Trump wages a counteroffensive. @mikegrunwald.bsky.social recaps a decade of courtroom fights that have sent coal into a downward spiral.
Can the war on coal still be won?
Ten years ago, the U.S. was on track to phase out coal by 2030, thanks to the Sierra Club. Now Trump and AI are delaying the fuel’s decline.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign is far from over, especially as Trump wages a counteroffensive. @mikegrunwald.bsky.social recaps a decade of courtroom fights that have sent coal into a downward spiral.
Home heating aid was delayed thanks to the government shutdown — and that’s only the start of the affordability challenges this winter could have in store.
Delayed heating assistance kicks off a winter of energy challenges
Federal LIHEAP funding, held up by the government shutdown, has become even more critical as winter heating prices are forecast to spike.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Home heating aid was delayed thanks to the government shutdown — and that’s only the start of the affordability challenges this winter could have in store.
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Colorado doing more to crack down on gas utilities than California. Now requiring them to cut climate pollution 41% below 2015 levels by 2035: www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti... via @alisontakemura.bsky.social
Colorado mandates ambitious emissions cuts for gas utilities
Resisting industry pressure, regulators ordered a 41% emissions reduction by 2035.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Colorado doing more to crack down on gas utilities than California. Now requiring them to cut climate pollution 41% below 2015 levels by 2035: www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti... via @alisontakemura.bsky.social
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Really great clean heat progress happening in Colorado: regulators set a 41% emissions cut by 2035 for fossil gas utilities. www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...
Colorado mandates ambitious emissions cuts for gas utilities
Resisting industry pressure, regulators ordered a 41% emissions reduction by 2035.
www.canarymedia.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Really great clean heat progress happening in Colorado: regulators set a 41% emissions cut by 2035 for fossil gas utilities. www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...
BYONCE may be coming to Georgia.
That’s BYONCE as in Bring Your Own New Clean Energy — a very catchy acronym for a concept Georgia Power and regulators are working into their program to get data centers online faster.
That’s BYONCE as in Bring Your Own New Clean Energy — a very catchy acronym for a concept Georgia Power and regulators are working into their program to get data centers online faster.
Georgia hashes out plan to let data centers build their own clean…
The long-sought program could ease cost and climate risks — especially if it lets renewable energy secured by tech giants avert a big buildout of gas…
www.canarymedia.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
BYONCE may be coming to Georgia.
That’s BYONCE as in Bring Your Own New Clean Energy — a very catchy acronym for a concept Georgia Power and regulators are working into their program to get data centers online faster.
That’s BYONCE as in Bring Your Own New Clean Energy — a very catchy acronym for a concept Georgia Power and regulators are working into their program to get data centers online faster.
If you had to guess which country gets the largest share of its electricity from solar, you might picky a balmy island or a country with swaths of desert.
Here’s who actually topped the list:
Here’s who actually topped the list:
Chart: Hungary is leading the world in solar adoption
The small European country unseated a longtime champion in a ranking of nations by how much of their electricity comes from solar.
www.canarymedia.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If you had to guess which country gets the largest share of its electricity from solar, you might picky a balmy island or a country with swaths of desert.
Here’s who actually topped the list:
Here’s who actually topped the list:
Energy storage leaders set an ambitious deployment goal back in 2017. The industry just crushed it.
The grid storage industry set a wild goal for 2025 — and then crushed…
In 2017, U.S. grid storage developers promised they could deliver 35 gigawatts by 2025. They beat their target and made batteries a key power-sector…
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December 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Energy storage leaders set an ambitious deployment goal back in 2017. The industry just crushed it.
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Could data centers contract their own solar and battery projects? Georgia Power and corporate energy buyers' trade group CEBA are close to a plan to do that. But a key thing is missing—capacity values for that clean power to supplant costly gas plants:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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Georgia hashes out plan to let data centers build their own clean…
The long-sought program could ease cost and climate risks — especially if it lets renewable energy secured by tech giants avert a big buildout of gas…
www.canarymedia.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Could data centers contract their own solar and battery projects? Georgia Power and corporate energy buyers' trade group CEBA are close to a plan to do that. But a key thing is missing—capacity values for that clean power to supplant costly gas plants:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
#energysky
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
#energysky
Colorado regulators just handed gas utilities and ambitious yet tangible set of emissions reduction goals.
Colorado mandates ambitious emissions cuts for gas utilities
Resisting industry pressure, regulators ordered a 41% emissions reduction by 2035.
www.canarymedia.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Colorado regulators just handed gas utilities and ambitious yet tangible set of emissions reduction goals.
Global power demand is growing fast. New solar and wind deployment is growing faster.
Chart: Solar and wind are meeting — and exceeding — new power demand
Through September, the two clean-energy sources outpaced growth in power demand. That trend needs to accelerate for the world to phase out fossil fuels.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Global power demand is growing fast. New solar and wind deployment is growing faster.
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@canarymedia.com highlights a big milestone for U.S. grid storage: developers set a goal of 35 GW by 2025 — and the industry has already surpassed it. A notable moment for storage’s role in the power sector. 👏 👏 👏
More here 👉 buff.ly/oBzFkK7
@canarymedia.com highlights a big milestone for U.S. grid storage: developers set a goal of 35 GW by 2025 — and the industry has already surpassed it. A notable moment for storage’s role in the power sector. 👏 👏 👏
More here 👉 buff.ly/oBzFkK7
The grid storage industry set a wild goal for 2025 — and then crushed…
In 2017, U.S. grid storage developers promised they could deliver 35 gigawatts by 2025. They beat their target and made batteries a key power-sector…
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December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Resource share
@canarymedia.com highlights a big milestone for U.S. grid storage: developers set a goal of 35 GW by 2025 — and the industry has already surpassed it. A notable moment for storage’s role in the power sector. 👏 👏 👏
More here 👉 buff.ly/oBzFkK7
@canarymedia.com highlights a big milestone for U.S. grid storage: developers set a goal of 35 GW by 2025 — and the industry has already surpassed it. A notable moment for storage’s role in the power sector. 👏 👏 👏
More here 👉 buff.ly/oBzFkK7
A big geothermal finding from Zanskar: This naturally occurring geothermal system in western Nevada could have more than 100 MW of generation potential.
Zanskar claims major geothermal discovery in Nevada
The firm says it has found an unknown, untapped geothermal resource that is viable using conventional drilling — a first in the U.S. in more than 30 years.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A big geothermal finding from Zanskar: This naturally occurring geothermal system in western Nevada could have more than 100 MW of generation potential.
Ten years in, the war on coal marches on, with huge victories under its belt. But that doesn’t mean Trump can’t slow its roll.
Can the war on coal still be won?
Ten years ago, the U.S. was on track to phase out coal by 2030, thanks to the Sierra Club. Now Trump and AI are delaying the fuel’s decline.
www.canarymedia.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Ten years in, the war on coal marches on, with huge victories under its belt. But that doesn’t mean Trump can’t slow its roll.
Hundreds of Illinois residents are breathing easier thanks to funding that has let them replace gas appliances with cleaner, safer electric alternatives.
Hundreds of low-income Illinois families go electric for free
An innovative state law lets utilities meet energy-efficiency mandates by getting people off gas.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Hundreds of Illinois residents are breathing easier thanks to funding that has let them replace gas appliances with cleaner, safer electric alternatives.
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Once again, look to the states for climate leadership. Colorado will require gas utilities to cut their emissions 41% by 2035. This strategy - set a binding target and let utilities figure it out - has been one of the most effective climate policies in the US. www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...
Colorado mandates ambitious emissions cuts for gas utilities
Resisting industry pressure, regulators ordered a 41% emissions reduction by 2035.
www.canarymedia.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Once again, look to the states for climate leadership. Colorado will require gas utilities to cut their emissions 41% by 2035. This strategy - set a binding target and let utilities figure it out - has been one of the most effective climate policies in the US. www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...
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"Next year, Greece will complete its rapid coal phaseout. It’s an undeniable success for the energy transition — but residents of Western Macedonia feel left behind." Reporting and photos by @danmccarthy.bsky.social: www.canarymedia.com/articles/jus... 🔌💡
As solar booms and coal fades, Greece’s mining region struggles to…
Next year, Greece will complete its coal phaseout, a success for the energy transition. But Western Macedonia residents feel left behind.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"Next year, Greece will complete its rapid coal phaseout. It’s an undeniable success for the energy transition — but residents of Western Macedonia feel left behind." Reporting and photos by @danmccarthy.bsky.social: www.canarymedia.com/articles/jus... 🔌💡
FirstEnergy’s Ohio customers will finally see millions of dollars in refunds tied to the utility’s power plant bailout scandal. But will FirstEnergy face further accountability?
After Ohio’s landmark decisions on HB 6 utility scandal, what’s next?
Regulators just fined FirstEnergy $250M over its bribery scheme. While historically high, the amount falls short of what consumer advocates had pushed for.
www.canarymedia.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
FirstEnergy’s Ohio customers will finally see millions of dollars in refunds tied to the utility’s power plant bailout scandal. But will FirstEnergy face further accountability?
Greece has made an astoundingly quick transition from coal to solar power. But in the historic energy-producing region of Western Macedonia, the economy has struggled to keep up.
As solar booms and coal fades, Greece’s mining region struggles to…
Next year, Greece will complete its coal phaseout, a success for the energy transition. But Western Macedonia residents feel left behind.
www.canarymedia.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Greece has made an astoundingly quick transition from coal to solar power. But in the historic energy-producing region of Western Macedonia, the economy has struggled to keep up.
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💡 Exciting news from the East Coast as New England rolls out a $450 million plan to advance #heatpump adoption in the region through financial incentives, educational outreach, and workforce development.
➡️ Via Canary Media Inc.: https://ow.ly/Tjjq50XAIM1
#energyefficiency #heatpumps #energysky
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#energyefficiency #heatpumps #energysky
New England kicks off $450M plan to supercharge heat pump adoption
The program aims to use federal funds awarded under the Biden administration to deploy more than 500,000 heat pumps in the chilly region over the next few…
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December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
💡 Exciting news from the East Coast as New England rolls out a $450 million plan to advance #heatpump adoption in the region through financial incentives, educational outreach, and workforce development.
➡️ Via Canary Media Inc.: https://ow.ly/Tjjq50XAIM1
#energyefficiency #heatpumps #energysky
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#energyefficiency #heatpumps #energysky