Support WBUR Miriam Wasser January 16, 2026 Heavy machinery is used to cut trees to widen an existing Central Maine Power power line corridor to make way for new utility poles, April 26, 2021, near Bingham, Maine (Robert F. Bukaty/AP) After years of controversy and delay, a major new power line delivering climate-friendly electricity to...

Rising bills and a squeeze on electricity supply from the rapid growth of data centers is causing what some groups call an energy crisis in Pennsylvania. PennFuture and Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania are offering an agenda they say can help get costs under control. Adam Nagel, PennFuture's director of government affairs, said state lawmakers have...

Alliant Energy hopes to build a new roughly $730 million wind farm in Columbia County that will provide enough electricity to power about 100,000 homes annually. The utility, through a limited liability company, filed an application with the Public Service Commission to build the project in late December. Alliant also plans to seek commission approval...