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EnergyPlatform.News(letter)
September 15, 2025
In this week’s edition of energy and environmental policy news across the states: Doubts about data center growth, Georgia’s ‘all of the above’ strategy, EPA research office shuttered, Wind projects in limbo, Virginia at a glance.
Plus: Dustin Meyer, of the American Petroleum Institute: The One Big Beautiful Bill secured America’s energy future
A new report by an anti-nuclear and anti-natural gas advocacy group is being promoted to question the nation’s electricity needs. Their primary premise: There aren’t enough computer chips for all of the nation’s planned data centers.
Georgia regulators approved an all-of-the-above strategy for power generation that adds 4,000 megawatts of renewable energy, 1,500 MW of battery storage and investments in natural gas and hydropower.
The mix of power sources is on top of 4,000 MW the commission said Georgia Power could keep generating at two coal plants which had been slated for closure but will now stay open through 2038, likely with the eventual addition of natural gas co-firing.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to close the Office of Research and Development (ORD), their leading scientific research arm that evaluates dangers posed by toxic chemicals, pollution and climate change and offers advice on environmental policymaking.
The Trump Administration has terminated on- and offshore wind projects in a dozen states, as it remains critical of wind, a low energy-density, intermittent energy source. In addition to canceling permits, the administration has phased out taxpayer subsidies.
A snapshot of energy and environmental facts about the state of Virginia.
The United States is living through what can fairly be called the Golden Age of American Energy Dominance. In the span of just two decades, we have moved from a position of scarcity and dependence to one of abundance and global leadership.
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