Now is the time of year college acceptance letters start arriving. It can be exciting for families, but it also means navigating rising tuition costs to pay for school. Now is the time of year college ...

Sens. Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal on Wednesday introduced the first bipartisan bill in Congress aimed at preventing data center power usage from spiking consumers’ electric bills. The ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

Tens of millions of Americans are facing higher utility bills after regulators approved dozens of rate hikes last year. Regulators green-lit 43 rate hikes across the country in 2025, totaling $11.6 ...

Artificial intelligence data centers consume massive amounts of electricity. Conventional suppliers, in fact, are struggling to keep up with demand. Constellation Energy's unique mix of production ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is still the biggest and best investment opportunity of an entire generation. But are investors looking right past the best way to play it? Maybe. As it turns out, the ...

CTA Blue Line trains were disrupted early Thursday afternoon due to what was called a gas leak near the Division Street station in Chicago's West Town community. What the Chicago Transit Authority ...

America’s AI boom is pushing the nation’s largest power-grid operator to the brink of a supply crisis. Sixty-seven million people in a 13-state region stretching from New Jersey to Kentucky get their ...

Oregon state Rep. Ricki Ruiz said three people were detained in his district after ICE agents posed as utility workers. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers can’t enter someone’s home without ...

TROY, Mich.: 17 Dec. 2025 — According to the JD Power 2025 U.S. Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study, SM released today, rising costs are the primary driver of declining ...

Analysis finds that since January 2025, more than 112 million electric utility customers and more than 52 million natural gas utility customers across 49 states and Washington, D.C., will face ...