Brian Dabbs

The Trump administration is floating the idea of using backup generators to add power to the electricity grid, in a bid to lower Americans’ utility bills. Energy Secretary Chris Wright asserted on Tuesday that the country’s backup generators could contrib... See more

The Trump administration is scrambling to ensure there’s enough electricity to power new data centers and stem rising utility bills — even as it dismantles some critical programs designed to help solve the problem. Many energy experts say increasing effic... See more

The Department of Energy on Tuesday closed on a $1 billion loan to restart a nuclear reactor at Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island, the site of a partial nuclear meltdown in 1979. The loan to Constellation Energy aims to help finance the Crane Clean Energy ... See more

The recently launched Department of Energy Alumni Network on Thursday tapped Jocelyn Brown-Saracino to serve as its first permanent executive director. Brown-Saracino worked at DOE for 15 years, most recently as an offshore wind expert in the Office of En... See more

The White House’s full-court press on fossil fuel-friendly policies is causing friction with the electric utilities that power America. It’s a clash months in the making, and one that could frustrate a range of major initiatives that affect hundreds of mi... See more