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Commentary: To keep the lights on, the Midwest needs an ‘all of the above’ power grid

December 12, 2024 Clark Savage

  The following commentary was written by Carrie Zalewski, former Chair of the Illinois Commerce Commission and currently vice president of markets and transmission at the American Clean Power Association; and Brent Bailey, former Mississippi […]

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Midwest refinery outages increase regional gasoline prices

August 23, 2024 Clark Savage

A series of refinery outages in Chicago and Ohio have generally increased Midwest prices for petroleum products relative to the U.S. average, particularly gasoline. The outages reflect an unusual decline in refining activity near the […]

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Why are Midwest grid operators turning away wind power?

June 27, 2024 Clark Savage

As wind generation capacity has grown in the Midwest of the United States, grid operators have increasingly restricted wind generation because of both oversupply and congestion on the grid. Grid operators in the areas overseen […]

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Data centers offer energy peril and promise, with the Midwest increasingly in the crosshairs

June 18, 2024 Clark Savage

Southeastern Wisconsin and the Chicago area are emerging as major players in the national data center explosion, most notably with Microsoft’s $3.3 billion planned data complex near Racine, Wisconsin. Clean energy advocates in the region […]

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Data centers offer energy peril and promise, with the Midwest increasingly in the crosshairs

June 17, 2024 Clark Savage

  Southeastern Wisconsin and the Chicago area are emerging as major players in the national data center explosion, most notably with Microsoft’s $3.3 billion planned data complex near Racine, Wisconsin. Clean energy advocates in the […]

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Can the Midwest build transmission fast enough for an evolving grid?

May 10, 2024 Clark Savage

The Midwest’s grid operator is expected soon to greenlight the country’s largest-ever investment in new power lines to help states and utilities transition to renewable energy. It’s not nearly enough. Experts say that the roughly […]

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