The Department of Energy announced this week plans to offer $8 billion in loans for various power grid projects. From Reuters: The U.S. Energy Department said on Tuesday it is offering up to $8.25 billion in loans for companies to boost the power grid as part of the...
Months later, the Texas blackout continues to wreak havoc on the finances of states as far-flung as Minnesota. From the Seattle Times: With its ill-equipped natural gas systems clocked by the cold, Texas’s exports across the Rio Grande froze up and 4.7 million...