The U.S. Energy Information Administration has revised its forecast upward for retail electrical sales — especially in ERCOT and PJM.

New England utility regulators warned that knee-jerk reactions to backlash over high winter costs could create long-term consequences for customers.

IEA said investment in clean technologies is projected to hit $2.2 trillion this year, or about two thirds of the total energy investment.

Government job cuts have been a major theme of the Trump administration, and while DOE has faced some cuts former officials say are already significant, many more employees are going to leave in the months to come.

ERCOT's blossoming clean energy sector has been threatened by bills that would dampen its growth and future investment, but many of those laws appear to have fallen by the wayside in the Texas legislature's closing days.

Government officials and industry executives discussed how to mitigate rising energy costs in New England at the NECPUC Symposium.