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Spencer Kimball reveals: Could tech giants foot the bill for our rising electricity costs? Trump is pushing for tech companies to fund new power plants as AI-driven data centers contribute to soaring utility bills, despite past promises to lower energy costs. This proposal addresses the growing energy demands and financial burden on consumers. Find out more about this complex issue.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/16/trump-wants-tech-companies-to-foot-the-bill-for-new-power-plants-because-of-ai.html #EnergyPolicy #UtilityBills #AIDataCenters #PJMGrid

Join Eye on Surveillance and Alliance for Affordable Energy for a groundwork educational session outlining Big Tech’s plans for Louisiana and how they’ll affect our communities.

There is still a chance to intervene—but we must act quickly and as a united front.

🗓️ Friday, January 23
🕖 6PM - Refreshments served. 6:30 session start
📍Promise of Justice Initiative, 1024 Elysian Fields Ave.

#NewOrleans #BigTech #DataCenters #Louisiana #EnergyPolicy

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Gilding the green hydropower lily with battery energy storage systems.

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/01/14/the-coal-killing-combo-of-hydropower-battery-energy-storage-systems-brought-to-you-by-us-president-donald-trump/

#hydropower #energy #energystorage #BESS #us #batteries #renewableenergy #renewables #americanenergy #us #usenergypolicy #energypolicy #epsteinfiles #epstein

Gilding the green hydropower lily with battery energy storage systems.

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/01/14/the-coal-killing-combo-of-hydropower-battery-energy-storage-systems-brought-to-you-by-us-president-donald-trump/

#hydropower #energy #energystorage #BESS #us #batteries #renewableenergy #renewables #americanenergy #us #usenergypolicy #energypolicy #epsteinfiles #epstein

AI data centers are arriving like small cities — and turning electricity into politics.

“Pay your way” sounds simple. In practice, it’s a fight over:
• who funds grid upgrades
• whether contracts stay confidential
• how states price “reserved” power
• and whether households pick up the tab

Full feature: https://climatetech.industryexaminer.com/ai-data-centers-pay-their-way-utility-rates-grid-backlash/

#ClimateTech #AI #DataCenters #Grid #Utilities #EnergyPolicy #TechNews

Government to sue Leviste firm over terminated solar contracts

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://news.bomboradyo.com/government-to-sue-leviste-firm-over-terminated-solar-contracts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=government-to-sue-leviste-firm-over-terminated-solar-contracts

<p><strong>MANILA</strong> — The Department of Energy (DOE) announced Tuesday that it will pursue legal action against Rep. Leandro Leviste’s Solar Philippines Power Project Holdings Inc. to recover roughly ₱24 billion in obligations tied to solar power service contracts that were canceled due to non-performance.</p>

<p>Energy Secretary Sharon Garin told reporters that the company’s failure to deliver on multiple projects has significantly affected government plans to expand renewable capacity.</p>

<p>“Of the 17,904 megawatts in terminated contracts for 2024 and 2025, Solar Philippines accounted for about 11,427 MW, around 64 percent,” Garin said.</p>

<p>She added that the company bears around ₱24 billion in contractual obligations, and that the DOE intends to enforce accountability.</p>

<p>“We will pursue these obligations for all developers whose contracts were terminated. We will file whatever cases we have to file, civil, criminal, administrative, or related to anti-competitive behavior, if warranted,” she said.</p>

<p>According to Garin, the government had been corresponding with Solar Philippines “for the longest time” before the termination of its contracts, but the firm allegedly failed to respond.</p>

<p>The DOE reported that a total of 163 renewable energy contracts, representing 17,904 MW, were terminated over 2024 and 2025 for similar reasons. Thirty-three of these contracts involved Solar Philippines.</p>

<p>Garin explained that the cancellat

Venezuela didn’t steal U.S. oil. The barrels were caught in a maze of sanctions, court fights, and shipping detours that left them in legal limbo. It’s a reminder that Caribbean energy flows hinge less on piracy than on geopolitics, contracts, and who controls a tanker at any given moment.
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https://www.npr.org/2026/01/08/nx-s1-5670419/venezuela-didnt-steal-u-s-oil-heres-what-happened