As legislators look to write meaningful bills to help consumers, some are missing the mark before they start

A new series on legislators trying to virtue-signal consumer protection, starting with Virginia. – The Energy News Beat SubStack.  Not passing the Save America Bill may be one of the primary reasons the Republicans will lose the Midterms if they don’t stop acting like a Uni-party and helping the Democrats more than President Trump and […]

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California Extends Its Key Climate Programs, Condemning the State to High Energy Prices

On Friday, May 29, 2026, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved sweeping updates to the state’s Cap-and-Invest program (formerly Cap-and-Trade), extending California’s signature climate initiative through 2045. State regulators framed the changes as a balanced move to meet aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets while supporting affordability and preventing industry “leakage”—the exodus of major polluters […]

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PJM Addressing Rising Demand and Constrained Supply

PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest regional transmission organization, is confronting a historic shift from electricity surplus to structural scarcity. A new special report released by PJM on May 6, 2026, titled Powering Reliability Through Market Design, details how unprecedented demand growth—fueled largely by hyperscale data centers and AI infrastructure—combined with accelerated retirements of dispatchable generation […]

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