Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, several state legislatures deregulated their electricity systems. Deregulation was originally sold as a way to replace inefficient regulation and reduce ...

Electricity prices are becoming an outsize issue in American politics because they themselves are legitimately outsize. Compared with the cost of consumer goods, which have been rising rapidly over ...

Cheap energy has always been the quiet engine of global growth, but the scale and speed of today's shift are different. As solar, wind and storage undercut fossil fuels on price, the prospect is not ...

Utility rate cases in battleground states will shine a spotlight on utility regulators as cost-of-living issues grab headlines in a big election year. As state regulators deliberate the arcane details ...

On the campaign trail, President Trump promised to cut Americans' energy bills in half — cheaper gasoline, cheaper electricity. He also said he'd "unleash" American energy production, often repeating ...

Electricity rates are rising, and giant data centers are an easy culprit to blame. Trump's Rate Payer Protection Pledge may be aimed more at mitigating what could be a major impediment to his A.I.