By Maggie Molina |
This fall, Northeast households heating with oil face record prices after sharp disruptions in global oil markets. Filling a home oil tank could cost hundreds more than it did a year ago. States cannot control global oil prices, but legislators, governors, and regulators can take steps to reduce the impact on household budgets. The most effective response combines immediate bill assistance…
By Daniel Miner |
Data centers are here and they use large amounts of energy. A large data center campus using one gigawatt at peak demand consumes the same amount of energy as the city of Dallas. In the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, data center projections are impacting energy costs and load forecasts, driving up costs in the PJM capacity market, and increasing risks of grid shortages. The scale of…
