A judge has lifted the stop-work order against Revolution Wind, one of the five offshore wind projects shut down by the Trump administration in December.

The agreements cover a combination of existing nuclear plants and advanced reactors still in development.

Illinois became the 13th state to adopt a procurement target for storage after Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new bill aimed at shoring up reliability and affordability.

At an oversight hearing on new nuclear capacity, the two parties touted recent bipartisan legislation as helping move things forward, but Democrats said Trump administration cuts and moves to curb the NRC's independence creates crosswinds.

The renewable energy industry and its advocates have initiated two more lawsuits against the Trump administration over its continuing campaign against wind and solar energy development.

FERC defended Order 1920 against appeals in a brief filed Jan. 5, saying the transmission planning and cost allocation rule is firmly within its authority and builds on previous pathbreaking rulemakings like Orders 888 and 1000.

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $900 million each to three companies to help expand the nation’s uranium enrichment capabilities.

Three of the four developers building wind farms in U.S. waters are challenging the Trump administration’s Dec. 22 order suspending all such construction.

Flexibility will be a core attribute of the various scenarios and solutions being discussed to meet the snowballing estimates of U.S. electric power demand, says columnist K Kaufmann.