By Kennedy Maize White House actions going back to April and put into place last week combine to complicate the bureaucratic lives of two major independent energy regulatory agencies: the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The two agencies are faced with a need to detail how they plan a regulatory … More Trump’s regulatory double whammy hits FERC, NRC

By Kennedy Maize Biden administration $7,500 tax subsidy for purchasing electric vehicles, which helped propel a boom in EVs, expired at the end of September at the hands of the Trump administration. Trump has long professed a distaste for the new automotive technology sweeping the world. Ironically, Trump’s ire at EVs seemed to be tempered … More As federal EV subsidies vanish some state programs persist

By Kennedy Maize Last year, connecting data centers to the PJM transmission grid cost customers in seven states “more than $4.3 billion in additional costs, with billions more still to come,” according to a new report from the Union on Concerned Scientists. The need to link data centers to the grid required “transmission upgrades made … More Do data centers shift costs to normal utility customers?

By Kennedy Maize Is the Trump administration making a mistake eyeing a major equity position in a large Nevada lithium mine? Is it pondering investing in a mineral that will soon see its current advantages overcome by market and technology developments? U.S. news media have been widely reporting that the White House is looking at … More Trump Li mine deal: What could go wrong?