The Southern Spirit Transmission line project is getting a boost from federal funding. (U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced it will put $360 million toward a ...

Building new high-voltage transmission is expensive, complex and complicated, but without it compliance with government clean-energy mandates will be difficult to achieve – maybe impossible. In July, ...

MinnPost’s reporting is free every single day, but it isn’t free to produce. Join 4,800 members with a donation right now. As the Great Lakes region experiences warmer and wetter weather, advocates ...

A draft rule from federal regulators would modify how electric utilities plan regional transmission projects and divvy up their costs. It could have a major impact in the Southeast, which doesn’t have ...

Changes to Order 1920 win the support of Republican commissioner who had accused FERC of federal overreach. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday shored up support for its landmark ...

SA Veterans Day at Hemisfair. Read full article: Forensic expert set to return to stand in Day 19 of ex-officers’ Melissa Perez murder trial Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans ...

With little public attention, a decade-old project to connect the Texas ERCOT grid to other states – without federal regulation – is getting closer, Watchdog Dave Lieber reports. Courtesy of Pattern ...

I’m happy that community leaders and New York state Department of Transportation have reached a consensus on choosing the Community Grid alternative over the Highway Rebuild alternative for Interstate ...