AEP
A coal-powered giant bets on wind. Will it work?
A roughly $2 billion proposal in the works calls for AEP utilities to acquire three planned Oklahoma wind farms.
Entergy
How one company could transform energy in Southern states
Entergy Corp. is positioning itself as a utility company of the future — even if critics lament what that could mean for electricity choices and costs in the South.
Alabama
Alabama Power customers question ‘punitive’ rooftop solar charges
The utility, in defending the $5-per-kilowatt charge, says “there is a cost” to supplying backup power to solar customers.
Texas
How 100% renewables backfired on a Texas town
Georgetown, Texas’ celebrated shift to renewable energy doesn’t look like a national model these days.
grid
Details emerge about Department of Energy’s ‘super‑grid’ renewable study
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory study was pulled back by DOE headquarters, which called for more work on the findings.