News Clips - Utilities & Energy - The Hamilton Consulting Group

We Energies plans $5.5 billion in new energy projects as data center demand grows

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 12, 2025

Wisconsin Democrats unveil bill to cap energy costs

Wisconsin Examiner, November 12, 2025

MGE seeking PSC OK to add more solar and battery storage

Wisconsin State Journal, November 8, 2025

Data center ‘statewide guardrails’ proposed under Wisconsin bill

Wisconsin Public Radio, November 10, 2025

Wisconsin lawmakers propose data center water and energy use transparency bill

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 6, 2025

We Energies hopes to add almost 3GW to the electric grid to help meet data center demand

Wisconsin Public Radio, November 5, 2025

$700M natural gas pipeline upgrade comes online in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Public Radio, November 5, 2025

Bill from GOP authors would create tax break for nuclear fusion

WisBusiness, November 3, 2025

Army Corps of Engineers grants federal permit for Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute

Wisconsin Public Radio, October 29, 2025

New poll shows support for community solar in Republican-leaning areas

WisBusiness, October 21, 2025

$1.4B transmission line project proposed for Port Washington data center

Wisconsin Public Radio, October 20, 2025

Alliant Energy’s largest battery energy storage system now operational

InBusiness, October 16, 2025

Opponents of Alliant Energy’s Columbia County wind farm aim to grow statewide coalition

Wisconsin State Journal, October 14, 2025

Several solar projects across Wisconsin are facing community opposition

Wisconsin Public Radio, October 14, 2025

Nuclear energy gains bipartisan steam in Wisconsin heading into a pivotal 2026 election season

Wisconsin Watch, October 13, 2025

Wisconsin could lose $130M as Energy Department targets grants awarded under Biden

Wisconsin Examiner, October 13, 2025

Nuclear power could return to Kewaunee County. Some locals have reservations.

Wisconsin Watch, October 3, 2025

Operations at Wisconsin’s only nuclear plant extended through 2050

Wisconsin State Journal, October 1, 2025

Wisconsin utility regulators approve 2 new clean energy projects

Wisconsin Public Radio, September 30, 2025

Renewable energy could quickly respond to data center power demands, expert says

WisBusiness, September 29, 2025

A new nuclear power plant may be built on the closed Kewaunee site. Here’s what to know

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 23, 2025

Microsoft President Brad Smith says failed Foxconn project paved the way for data centers

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 22, 2025

Evers, DOA, OSCE release 2025 Clean Energy Plan Progress Report

In Business Madison, September 18, 2025

Two Central Wisconsin Lawmakers Introduce New Solar Energy Regulations

WSAU, September 15, 2025

Environmental groups raise alarm on AI data center use of energy, water

Wisconsin Examiner, September 16, 2025

Clean Wisconsin says data center power usage could exceed all homes in state combined

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 17, 2025

‘These rate hikes unfairly burden families’: Wisconsin energy customers testify to Public Service Commission

Wisconsin Public Radio, September 12, 2025

Solar for All would have powered emergency housing in a Midwest town. Then the EPA cut the funds.

Wisconsin Public Radio, September 2, 2025

Data centers are coming to Wisconsin. So who’s picking up the tab?

Wisconsin State Journal, August 27, 2025

Biogas plant in northeast Wisconsin seeks bankruptcy protection

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 21, 2025

Port Washington approves $8B AI data center, residents voice energy and water concerns

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 20, 2025

Industrial ratepayer advocate says rates are rising for American Transmission Company

Wisconsin Public Radio, August 20, 2025

Trump’s bid to support coal could cost ratepayers billions, report finds

Wisconsin Examiner, August 19, 2025

Hearing begins on challenge to key permits for Enbridge’s project to reroute Line 5

Wisconsin Public Radio, August 12, 2025

Evers calls on EPA chief to back off from canceling homeowner solar program

Wisconsin Examiner, August 7, 2025

Even in Wisconsin, solar energy is booming. But the state lags behind other parts of the US.

Wisconsin Public Radio, July 23, 2025

Wisconsin’s new state budget eliminates sales taxes on household energy bills

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 22, 2025

Water and energy use is growing as data centers are built across the Midwest and Great Plains

Wisconsin Public Radio, July 21, 2025

PSC approves Alliant Energy’s Columbia Energy Storage Project

In Business Madison, July 18, 2025

Data center firm proposes 615-acre, $3 billion campus in northern Dane County

Wisconsin State Journal, July 14, 2025

Farm, home sales for Port Washington data center so far total more than $50 million, 700 acres

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 14, 2025

America depends on hydroelectric power, but regulatory hurdles could take plants offline

Wisconsin Public Radio, July 10, 2025

Rural Columbus residents organize to battle Alliant Energy Wind Farm project

Wisconsin State Journal, June 28, 2025

We Energies to burn coal in Oak Creek for another year due to ‘high energy demand’

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 26, 2025

Wisconsin Assembly sends nuclear power bills to Gov. Tony Evers’ desk

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 24, 2025

Proposed EPA rollbacks for power plants worry Wisconsin health, environmental advocates

Wisconsin Public Radio, June 17, 2025

‘Our Louisiana Purchase’: Green Bay area officials reach deal to move century-old coal piles

Wisconsin Public Radio, June 6, 2025

Alliant Energy forges ahead with wind project

Tribune-Phonograph, June 3, 2025

Wisconsin’s first large-scale energy storage project is up and running

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 3, 2025

MGE on track in net-zero carbon plan

In Business Madison, May 23, 2025