The invoices and proposals are still being sorted, but it appears that Texas ratepayers may eventually be on the hook for about $12 billion in electricity-related costs due to the February snowstorm and blackouts that killed 111 people and caused tens of billions of dollars in damages.

On Wednesday, a short item in the Federal Register underscored the regressive nature of the “electrify everything” effort that is being promoted by some of America’s highest-profile environmental groups, climate-change activists, politicians, and academics.

The massive blast of Siberia-like cold that is wreaking havoc across North America is proving that if we humans want to keep surviving frigid winters, we are going to have to keep burning natural gas — and lots of it — for decades to come.

The regatta for setting the loftiest targets for offshore wind energy development has set sail.

In his inaugural speech today, President Joe Biden spoke about “ a climate in crisis.” Biden has made it clear that climate policy will be one of his administration’s top priorities. If the new president is serious, he should immediately start working to prevent the closure of 5.1 gigawatts of nuclear capacity slated for closure this year.

The Washington Favor Factory never sleeps. Further proof of that fact arrived last week when Congress slapped together and passed two measures: a $1.4 trillion must-pass government spending bill and a $900 billion Covid-relief bill.

California is a First World province that depends on a Third World electric grid. Blackouts are so common that thousands of Californians have bought small generators to assure reliable power.

Oil prices are down and bans on automobiles powered by internal combustion engines (ICE) are up – way up. But don’t be fooled; there is plenty of life left in the ICE.

Nuclear energy must grow – and grow rapidly – if the countries of the world are to have any hope of limiting the growth of carbon dioxide emissions.

As a candidate, Joe Biden pledged to overhaul America’s electric grid so that it relies solely on “clean” electricity by 2035. As president, Biden will find that overhauling our most important and most complex…

California has some of America’s most aggressive climate change policies. But those policies are facing fierce opposition – not from big business or the oil and gas sector – but from the state’s Latino community.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge in demand for everything from hand sanitizer and face masks to lumber and toilet paper. It has also led to the soaring use of telehealth services…

The antitrust lawsuit filed yesterday against Google GOOG +2.4% by the U.S. Justice Department and 11 states, is a landmark in the effort to restrain the power of the world’s biggest technology companies…

Policymakers must work to ensure that decarbonization doesn’t harm low- and middle-income Americans.