PJM, the regional electric grid operator for 13 Mid-Atlantic states, says it will have enough power capacity to serve its 67 million customers this winter, but continues to warn that demand for electricity is rising faster than new generation is being added. Power consumption rises during the winter months due to heating needs, and extreme weather can also cause generation outages. This winter PJM expects to have  180,800 megawatts (MW) of capacity and is forecasting peak ele

As regional electric grid operator PJM and state regulators continue to grapple with questions about how to quickly add more power generation to serve rapidly increasing demand from AI data center operators without increasing existing customers’ bills, several new proposals are being floated. A proposal was recently submitted to PJM by the governors  of Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia, developed in conjunction with the Data Center Coalition, that would give p

For the first time, renewable sources of energy generated more electricity across the globe than coal during the first half of 2025, a new study found. The report  from the clean energy nonprofit Ember  also determined that a strong increase in solar and wind power exceeded the increase in global demand for electricity during the same time period. Solar and wind met 109% of global demand growth. The study found that demand grew by 369 terawatt-hours (TWh) during the first six

The U.S. government is entering into an $80 billion partnership with Westinghouse to accelerate the construction of new reactors across the country in order to meet increasing energy demand from AI and data center developers. The Department of Commerce, Cameco Corp., and Brookfield Asset Management jointly announced the strategic partnership  in a release. Cameco, a uranium producer, and Brookfield are both Canadian companies that purchased Westinghouse in 2023. Westinghouse,

A growing number of U.S. homes are being heated with electricity, reflecting trends in technology and policy and shifts in where people are choosing to live. A recent U.S. Energy Information Administration analysis  found that 42% of households were using electricity as their main heating fuel in 2024, up from 35% in 2010. At the same time, natural gas, which is the dominant heating fuel, still is used in 47% of homes, down from 49% in 2010. The heating data came from the U.S

Legislation to increase the required setback distances between unconventional gas wells and buildings was recently introduced in the state House. It’s an issue that has been debated for years but hasn’t been changed. State Rep. Greg Vitali, majority chairman of the state House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee, recently introduced H.B. 1946 .  Currently, unconventional wells are prohibited from being drilled within 500 feet of any building, 1,000 feet of