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"Changes to the federal policy landscape and rapid load growth projections have led utilities and developers to recalibrate toward deploying traditional dispatchable resources like natural gas, resulting in clean power growth slowing from its 2024 peak...
However, the deployment of gas-fired generation faces headwinds, including turbine shortages and the potential for natural gas price volatility, which could drive up the Levelized Cost of Energy for gas plants, the report noted."🏭🔌
"A University of Missouri study examines the economic impact of renewable energy in rural areas. New research shows wind and solar farms can bring economic gains to rural communities."
"James Owen is the executive director of Renew Missouri...
...Owen said domestic power is more reliable than oil and gas that’s imported.
“Solar and wind do not go through the Strait of Hormuz. It can be produced right here,” Owen said.”☀️⚡
kosu.org/2026-10-05/wind-sol…
"America is adding record amounts of clean power despite President Trump's opposition to wind and solar — but the industry's top trade group warns the growth could fall off a "cliff" as soon as 2028." ⚡ ‼️
axios.com/2026/09/30/renewab…
"Since May 2025, the Energy Department has repeatedly issued emergency orders to keep nine coal-burning units at six plants operating long past their scheduled retirement dates...
"President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he has approved new fuel economy standards for passenger vehicles, in another move meant to take aim at Biden-era policies supporting electric vehicles." 🚗 🔌 ‼️
politico.com/news/2026/09/26…
"The United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas, the Trump administration announced Monday." 🏭 ‼️
nytimes.com/2026/09/13/clima…
"The war in Iran has now cost U.S. consumers $100 billion in higher energy prices, and the bill is rising another $1 million about every two minutes, per a real-time estimate from Brown University as of Monday morning." 💸 📈
axios.com/2026/09/07/iran-ga…
