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On August 20, 2025, the Louisiana Public Service Commission approved Entergy's request for 3 new gas plants specifically to handle a single datacenter for Meta. This datacenter hasn't been built yet, nor does it have a set completion date. Overall, Entergy forecasts a 12-13% annual growth

During the June heat wave, PJM energy prices reached 400$/MWh. The bulk of that went to gas plants. Meanwhile, 34 GW of solar plants, that would have reduced prices significantly, are sitting on PJM's interconnection queue.

Ameren Missouri1 received approval in May for approximately $400 million in increased revenues from the Missouri Public Services Commission(PSC). Simultaneously,  Ameren expanded their revenues by selling $460 million worth of electricity to MISO and other energy markets. This double-dip business strategy is only possible with government help. Historically, a

There is a phrase that you encounter sometimes when you go through energy systems: "Markets reduce prices". Well, the more careful ones will say "competition reduces prices", but it amounts to the same thing. The thesis is always "Markets encourage competition, and competition reduces prices,

Yesterday, the East Coast of the U.S was hit with a major heat wave, and existing generators benefitted disproportionately from the resulting high energy prices. But this didn't have to happen, it only happens because a huge amount of renewable energy projects are held up waiting to

Previously, we talked about how solar power is growing spectacularly. So the question arises: who is building all these solar farms, and why? Let's pop open Hyaline and have a look around to see what we can find out. There are 6907 different utility-scale solar farms in the

Recently, we tried to get a basic understanding of the coal power industry: We figured out that coal power was getting old and wasn't being replaced because it was too expensive, and we looked at the biggest owners of coal assets to see if we could figure out

Previously, we talked about how coal was getting older, and new stuff wasn't being built. Then, we talked about how some companies are retiring their coal more aggressively than others. This led to some puzzling questions, though; most specifically, why? Why would one company push hard to retire

Last time, we talked about what's happening to coal generators in the U.S, and we quickly found that they were getting old, and nobody was building any new ones because they are too expensive. That naturally leads to the question: Who still owns coal, and what are

Coal power has a long, rich, and very polluting history in the United States. Along with water, coal was the original power source behind the electrical revolution, and for over 100 years now it has been dirtying our skies, polluting our water, and providing us with the sweet sweet energy

Have you ever wondered whether your power company is any good at their job? Or asked whether a new power plant is actually necessary, and when would it be finished anyway? Every year, billions of dollars change hands in our energy and power sectors. And it mostly goes unnoticed. A