Tag: electric utilities

Business

Giant Batteries Helped the U.S. Power Grid Eke Through Summer

September 26, 2023
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States are relying more on batteries to avoid blackouts, and additional projects are coming online soon.

Business

The New Face of Nuclear Energy Is Miss America

September 24, 2023
Henry

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Business

Nukes Are Back, but Uranium Is in Short Supply

September 13, 2023
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Business

America’s Wind-Farm Revolution Is Broken

September 7, 2023
Henry

Even with generous green subsidies, offshore wind projects are being called off as developers struggle to…

Business

Warren Buffett’s Green Cash Washes Over Coal Country

September 4, 2023
Henry

Berkshire Hathaway teamed with West Virginia’s Republican lawmakers to launch a solar-powered project, helped by federal…

Business

Utilities Face a Growing Dilemma: Shut Off Power or Risk Wildfires

August 28, 2023
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As wildfire risk spreads from Oregon to Hawaii, utilities weigh whether to leave customers in the…

World News

Opinion | Industrial Policy Follies: Solar-Power Edition

August 26, 2023
Henry

The contradictions of subsidies and tariffs pile up, as taxpayers lose.

World News

Opinion | Whistleblowers Could Help Prevent Wildfires

August 26, 2023
Henry

Yet federal law doesn’t offer electric-grid employees protection for coming forward. After Maui, that needs to…

Business

How the Hawaii Fires Ensnared the State’s Third-Largest Bank

August 24, 2023
Henry

American Savings Bank, which Hawaiian Electric Industries bought in 1988, might be the holding company’s most…

Business

Solar Boom Spreads to Timberlands and Self-Storage Rooftops

August 21, 2023
Henry

Last year’s climate bill sparked a solar bonanza for big property owners.