AI-Power Boom to Drive $1.1 Trillion in US Utility Grid Spending October 8, 2025 By Josh Saul US electric companies will spend almost $208 billion in 2025 and more than $1.1 trillion over the next five years...
Xcel to Pay About $640 Million Over 2021 Colorado Wildfire September 25, 2025 By Josh Saul and Lauren Rosenthal Utility Xcel Energy Inc. agreed to pay about $640 million to resolve claims that its power lines contributed to the...
Entergy to Build Three Gas Plants for Meta’s Biggest Data Center August 21, 2025 By Josh Saul and Riley Griffin Louisiana regulators approved Entergy Corp.’s plan to build three natural gas plants to power Meta Platform Inc.’s biggest data center....
Texas Blames ESG Goals in Probe of Xcel Over 2024 Wildfires August 18, 2025 By Josh Saul The Texas attorney general is investigating utility Xcel Energy Inc. and its contractor for two wildfires that devastated the state...
US Steel Plant Hit by Deadly Blast Has History of Accidents August 13, 2025 By Joe Deaux, Nacha Cattan and Josh Saul A United States Steel Corp. plant in Pennsylvania that experienced an explosion that killed at least two people has a...
Ohio Rules That Data Centers Pay for Minimum Energy Needs July 11, 2025 By Josh Saul Regulators in Ohio, a key data center market, ruled that data centers will have to pay for some of their...
US Declares Power Emergency in Southeast on Heat Wave June 25, 2025 By Ari Natter and Josh Saul The Trump administration has declared a power emergency in the US Southeast as a blistering heat wave strains grids across...
AI’s Need for Power Spurs Return of Dirty Gas Turbines June 5, 2025 By Naureen S. Malik and Josh Saul If Stargate’s first AI data center is completed next year as planned, the 900-acre site will need enough round-the-clock electricity...
AI’s Urgent Need for Power Spurs Return of Dirtier Gas Turbines June 4, 2025 By Naureen S. Malik and Josh Saul If Stargate’s first AI data center is completed next year as planned, the 900-acre site will need enough round-the-clock electricity...
Meta Plans Nearly $1 Billion Data Center Project in Wisconsin April 7, 2025 By Brody Ford, Riley Griffin and Josh Saul Meta Platforms Inc. plans to spend nearly $1 billion on the development of a data center project in central Wisconsin,...