Puget Sound Energy and Avista told the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission they have taken steps to build clean energy resources quickly to qualify for expiring federal tax credits, while voicing concern that limited transmission capacity and the state’s greenhouse gas targets pose challenges.

The Trump administration announced billions of dollars in investments from a deal it struck with Japan, which will help build natural gas plants to serve hyperscale data centers, including at a defunct uranium production site owned by DOE in Ohio.

Amid uncertainty about how New England will meet rising demand in the coming decades, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey issued an executive order to procure 10 GW of new power and 5 GW of energy storage by 2035.

Nearly 40% fewer U.S. solar power projects reached completion in the fourth quarter than in the third quarter as developers pivoted to start new projects in time to qualify for tax credits.

Politicians increasingly are interested in wholesale markets, which has meant price caps but also is pushing regulators and the industry to move faster on meeting rising demand affordably and reliably.

President Donald Trump gathered seven tech leaders at the White House to sign a ratepayer protection pledge holding that they will pay all the costs associated with the boom in construction of data centers.

EPA has rescinded its 2009 finding that greenhouse gases are air pollutants that endanger public health and thus require regulation under the Clean Air Act.

The Tennessee Valley Authority revoked its previous decision to wind down operations at two of its coal plants, citing upward demand and the Trump administration’s coal-friendly posture.

Four judges have granted all five projects under construction in U.S. waters permission to resume construction.

The Trump administration has ordered all offshore wind generation construction halted and has stalled some onshore wind projects.