The meteoric rise of artificial intelligence is quietly pushing the nation's electric grid toward a breaking point, but the most critical failure is not one of engineering or generation capacity but rather a crisis of imagination within the utility business model itself. As data centers supporting
The American electric power industry is navigating a year of profound reckoning, caught in a tempest of disruptive federal policy changes, an unprecedented surge in electricity demand from new technologies, and mounting financial pressures that are forcing a fundamental reevaluation of its future.
With us today is Christopher Hailstone, a leading expert in energy management and utility regulation. For years, he’s provided critical insights into the complexities of our nation’s power grids. We’re going to delve into a significant new proposal from the Trump administration aimed at the PJM
With ambitious climate mandates guiding its path toward a decarbonized future, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts finds itself grappling with a foundational paradox: its 21st-century energy goals are being built upon a 20th-century grid infrastructure. The state is at a critical inflection point,
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming the defining technology of our era, yet its meteoric rise casts a long and ominous shadow over global environmental sustainability. While celebrated for its potential to solve humanity's greatest challenges, AI is powered by an infrastructure with an
In response to a challenging energy landscape marked by a congressional report noting a 15% increase in electric bills over the previous year, Illinois has enacted a groundbreaking piece of legislation designed to fundamentally reshape its power grid. The Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act
