USDOT Revises Electric Charging Infrastructure Program

by Emily | Aug 21, 2025 | Clean Energy News, EV/Electric Vehicle, Policy & Legislation

GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser Six months after the new administration froze $5 billion in federal funding for states to build electric vehicle charging stations, the U.S. Department of Transportation has rolled out new guidance for how those funds will be spent. The...

Electric Bills on the Rise, Data Centers Share the Blame

by Emily | Aug 12, 2025 | Clean Energy News, Policy & Legislation

Google data center in The Dalles, Oregon, sits on the banks of the Columbia River. (Credit: Google) As electric bills increase, states are under pressure to protect regular household and business ratepayers. The actual effect of data centers on electricity bills is...

Grant PUD is Updating their Clean Energy Implementation Plan

by Emily | Jul 15, 2025 | Clean Energy News, Policy & Legislation

Grant PUD recently shared that work is underway to create an updated plan to detail their continuing efforts to meet the state’s clean-energy mandate, which includes special provisions for underrepresented and vulnerable customer groups. The 2026-2029 Clean Energy...

New Executive Orders Set to Boost Nuclear Energy

by Emily | May 29, 2025 | Clean Energy News, Nuclear, Policy & Legislation

Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant (Credit: U.S. Dept. of Energy) Late last week, President Donald Trump signed several executive orders intended to increase domestic production of nuclear power within the next 25 years. The orders come as demand for electricity...

Lawmakers Warned of Load Growth & Need for Reforms

by Emily | Mar 13, 2025 | Clean Energy News, Policy & Legislation

Industry stakeholders brief Congressional lawmakers on challenges related to load growth and reliability on March 5. Source: House Committee on Energy and Commerce. A panel of power and utility industry stakeholders met last week with Congressional lawmakers and...

U.S. Department of Energy Layoffs Hit the Pacific Northwest

by Emily | Feb 19, 2025 | Clean Energy News, Policy & Legislation

(PNNL Photo) Government-wide layoffs are hitting engineers, researchers, and others at agencies in Washington state including the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),...