South Carolina state-owned utility Santee Cooper is investing in new generation projects, but will demand from data center ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation by Rep. Bob Latta on Thursday that would require the Department of Energy to conduct regular assessments of the nation’s electric ...

Voter anger over the cost of living is hurtling forward into next year’s midterm elections, when pivotal contests will be decided by communities that are home to fast-rising electric bills or fights ...

Electricity bills are on track to rise an average of 8 percent nationwide by 2030 according to a June analysis from Carnegie Mellon University and North Carolina State University. The culprits? Data ...

Electricity prices are becoming an outsize issue in American politics because they themselves are legitimately outsize. Compared with the cost of consumer goods, which have been rising rapidly over ...

House Republicans on Tuesday defended a slate of bills addressing online safety for children as a “durable” strategy that still protects First Amendment speech. Democrats, meanwhile, called the bills ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nathan Goldman is a tax prof. at NC State Univ. According to Section 61 of the Internal Revenue Code, all income is subject to ...

Electric rates are rising for Western Pennsylvania customers, starting Monday. The residential rate for Duquesne Light customers is rising 10.6%, from 12.43 cents per kilowatt hour to 13.75 cents per ...

We need to prevent AI data centers from accessing public electricity and water in Pennsylvania. To operate in Pennsylvania, AI data centers must be compelled to build their own power plants separate ...

This is the utility bill of Baltimore resident Desmond Stinnie. Stinnie has lived in his 3,800-square-foot house for 14 years. His total October bill for gas and electricity was $482.56. “Electric ...

The House Energy and Commerce Committee is planning to consider a slate of 19 bills related to kids’ online safety and privacy next week amid a new push to pass protections for young users. The panel ...

Americans' energy bills are piling up, forcing them deeper into debt and even triggering power shutoffs. As of June, nearly one in 20 households went into collections or fell in arrears on their ...