Public power” organizers are pushing for democratized control and truly public ownership of our energy system.

This article appears in the December 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. Electricity is a public good, dating back to when rural electrification was a pressing need for the ...

Electricity prices are becoming an outsize issue in American politics because they themselves are legitimately outsize. Compared with the cost of consumer goods, which have been rising rapidly over ...

The U.S. is forecast to add a lot less power from renewables than analysts previously expected. The potential slowdown comes ...

Michigan's residential electricity rates have more than doubled over the last 20 years, outpacing 46 other states and stoking ...