"Emergencies" Requiring Coal Plants To Stay Open Need Not Be Imminent, DOE Tells Court

“You are the smartest people. I’m late to the party.” – former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to the Ron Paul Spring Conference audience “You have been right for so long. You have been awake longer than most Americans.” – former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent to the Ron Paul Spring Conference audience The theme […]

Southern Co. Electricity Sales Soar On 42% Data Center Growth By Diana DiGangi of UtilityDive, The company has 28 large load projects representing 11 GW under contract, and Georgia Power’s first-quarter capital expenditures increased year over year from $1.6 billion to $2 billion. Southern Company reported 2.3% year-over-year growth in retail electricity sales across its utilities for the first quarter of this year, driven predominantly by data centers. Overall, data centers used 42% more power compared to the first quarter of 2025, according to company officials and Southern’s quarterly report to the Securities and Exchange...

Meteorologists Warn About Super El Nino Event Weather forecasters are sounding the alarm about what could become a "super" El Niño event, potentially one of the strongest on record. "Strongest El Niño on record this year?!" meteorologist Ben Noll wrote on X. Noll said the latest ECMWF outlook indicates a 75% chance of a super El Niño by October, with "some scenarios suggesting the most intense event in more than a century." Strongest El Niño on record this year?! New ECMWF guidance shows a *75% chance of a super El Niño* by October,...