Congress considers ending Puerto Rico’s colonial status, but Puerto Ricans want to be the ones who determine their destiny.
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Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Puerto Rico’s Electric Grid Is On-Again, Off-Again
At the peak of the 2022 hurricane season, power outages plague the island five years after a historic storm.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Inflation Reduction Act’s Quiet Revolution on Public Power
Here’s how utilities will be decarbonized over the next decade.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Texas Grid Heaves Under Extreme Heat
A high-octane power grid is hitting its limits.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Five People Who Help Make or Break the Future of the Planet
Whether you want the Green New Deal or to Build Back Better, it will require a better FERC.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
New York Utilities Polarize Over Push to Ban Natural Gas
A proposed gas ban has pitted ConEd against Big Oil, real estate lobbyists, and other investor-owned utilities.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Manchin Could Score Carbon Capture Subsidies to Prop Up Coal
In September, Joe Manchin was told carbon capture would need heavy federal subsidies to keep coal running in West Virginia. Now, a supercharged tax credit is in Build Back Better.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
FERC Nominee Willie Phillips Has a Pro–Corporate Utility Record
In his time on D.C.’s Public Service Commission and before that as a corporate lawyer, Phillips consistently sided with utilities over the public interest.
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⏩ The Selling Off of America: David Dayen Breaks Down Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework Concerns on The Damage Report
Executive Editor David Dayen on privatization and the bipartisan infrastructure framework
Posted inBuilding Back America
The Power’s On, for Now
Modernizing the electric grid delivers efficiencies but opens up security challenges.