WSJ’s Aaron Zitner breaks down three warning signs from the latest WSJ poll for President Trump and the Republican party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Photo: Umit Gulsen; Evan Vucci/Associated ...

The Trump administration is pressing the nation’s largest electric grid operator to conduct an emergency power auction as part of a broader effort to make tech giants cover soaring data center power ...

Electricity prices have increased by 5.5% over the past year, with natural gas rising even more sharply, impacting residential consumers especially those with lower incomes. Public support remains ...

Trump administration officials and a bipartisan group of governors announced a plan Friday to tackle high electricity prices by essentially having giant technology companies pay for the construction ...

The Trump administration and a consortium of governors from northeastern states are asking PJM, the country’s largest electrical grid operator, to hold an emergency power auction as part of an effort ...

Microsoft said it will pay higher electricity and grid upgrade costs for its data centers to prevent local utility customers from bearing higher power prices tied to AI demand. Letters to the editor: ...

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled an initiative ‌to curb water usage at its ‌U.S. data centers and limit the impact on the general population from any potential surge in power prices.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kristy Hallowell was left without electricity at her home in Greenwood Lake, New York for half of 2025 [Kristy Hallowell] Kristy ...

For the long haul, Connecticut is stuck with its high electricity bills. And as for the climate friendly commitment set by the state legislature to achieve zero-carbon electric generation by 2040, it ...

A quarter of New York City’s residents struggle to pay the monthly power bill. Con Ed shut off power to 88,000 households in the first half of 2025, and under our privatized system prices are expected ...

As data center construction takes off in Minnesota and beyond, local communities and residents are increasingly concerned about the impact of such development on the power grid and water supplies. But ...