Ari Natter
@arinatter.bsky.social
Covering energy and climate policy for Bloomberg News in Washington, DC.
Shares of Edison International, which operates Southern California Edison, dropped more than 4%.
October 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Shares of Edison International, which operates Southern California Edison, dropped more than 4%.
Transmission costs are the fastest growing segment of power prices in many regions.
August 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Transmission costs are the fastest growing segment of power prices in many regions.
Nearly all of the electricity on the US's largest power grid comes from natural gas, nuclear reactors and coal.
That means Trump’s strategy of blaming renewable energy for surging electricity costs may have a hard time gaining traction.
That means Trump’s strategy of blaming renewable energy for surging electricity costs may have a hard time gaining traction.
August 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Nearly all of the electricity on the US's largest power grid comes from natural gas, nuclear reactors and coal.
That means Trump’s strategy of blaming renewable energy for surging electricity costs may have a hard time gaining traction.
That means Trump’s strategy of blaming renewable energy for surging electricity costs may have a hard time gaining traction.
Nowhere is that more apparent then on the nation's largest power grid, which stretches from Virginia to Illinois, where the cost of securing wholesale power supplies has been at a record for two straight years.
August 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Nowhere is that more apparent then on the nation's largest power grid, which stretches from Virginia to Illinois, where the cost of securing wholesale power supplies has been at a record for two straight years.
Despite a campaign pledge by Trump to halve power prices within 12 months of taking office, residential electricity prices have climbed about 10% from January until May and are projected to rise another 5.8% next year.
August 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Despite a campaign pledge by Trump to halve power prices within 12 months of taking office, residential electricity prices have climbed about 10% from January until May and are projected to rise another 5.8% next year.
Lost River State Park, W. Va.
#outofoffice
#outofoffice
June 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Lost River State Park, W. Va.
#outofoffice
#outofoffice
Tesla Tumbles After Musk Escalates Attacks on Trump Tax Bill
June 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Tesla Tumbles After Musk Escalates Attacks on Trump Tax Bill
Full list of $3.7 billion in clean energy projects being cancelled by Energy Department:
May 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Full list of $3.7 billion in clean energy projects being cancelled by Energy Department:
Renewable energy companies dropping on House bill.
Shares of Sunrun Inc., America’s biggest rooftop-solar company, fell as much as 42% on Thursday — the most ever in intraday trading.
Shares of Sunrun Inc., America’s biggest rooftop-solar company, fell as much as 42% on Thursday — the most ever in intraday trading.
May 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Renewable energy companies dropping on House bill.
Shares of Sunrun Inc., America’s biggest rooftop-solar company, fell as much as 42% on Thursday — the most ever in intraday trading.
Shares of Sunrun Inc., America’s biggest rooftop-solar company, fell as much as 42% on Thursday — the most ever in intraday trading.
Breakdown of House GOP plan to cut $560 billion in energy tax credits.
May 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Breakdown of House GOP plan to cut $560 billion in energy tax credits.
Scoop: House Republicans plan to help pay for Trump’s tax bill with billions in oil, gas and coal lease sales.
May 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Scoop: House Republicans plan to help pay for Trump’s tax bill with billions in oil, gas and coal lease sales.
The Trump administration is launching a sweeping overhaul of US environmental mandates in a campaign it billed as the “biggest deregulatory action” of its kind in US history.
March 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Trump administration is launching a sweeping overhaul of US environmental mandates in a campaign it billed as the “biggest deregulatory action” of its kind in US history.
NEW: Trump’s Interior Secretary plans to make the case to thousands of oil and gas executives that US natural resources “must be sustainably developed” as part of a balance sheet approach worth trillions.
March 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
NEW: Trump’s Interior Secretary plans to make the case to thousands of oil and gas executives that US natural resources “must be sustainably developed” as part of a balance sheet approach worth trillions.
NEW: The US is eyeing emergency authority to bring back coal-fired plants that have closed and stop others from shutting, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Monday. #CERAWeek
March 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
NEW: The US is eyeing emergency authority to bring back coal-fired plants that have closed and stop others from shutting, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Monday. #CERAWeek
NEW: The Trump administration is working on a “market-based” plan to stem the closure of US coal-fired power plants. #energysky
March 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
NEW: The Trump administration is working on a “market-based” plan to stem the closure of US coal-fired power plants. #energysky
NEW: Energy Secretary Chris Wright wants $20 billion to buy oil to refill the nation’s depleted reserve. #energysky
March 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
NEW: Energy Secretary Chris Wright wants $20 billion to buy oil to refill the nation’s depleted reserve. #energysky
NEW: The Trump administration is walking back a directive ordering federal agencies to cut probationary employees.
March 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
NEW: The Trump administration is walking back a directive ordering federal agencies to cut probationary employees.
Hundreds of employees at the top US agency overseeing weather and climate research were fired as the Trump administration moves to shrink the size of the federal government.
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February 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Hundreds of employees at the top US agency overseeing weather and climate research were fired as the Trump administration moves to shrink the size of the federal government.
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The Senate voted Thursday to repeal a new US fee on climate-warming methane emissions from oil and gas producers, sending the measure to the White House for Trump’s signature.
February 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Senate voted Thursday to repeal a new US fee on climate-warming methane emissions from oil and gas producers, sending the measure to the White House for Trump’s signature.
The House voted Wednesday to repeal a new US fee on climate-warming methane emissions from oil and gas producers as congressional Republicans begin to deploy a powerful tool to rollback Biden’s rules.
February 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The House voted Wednesday to repeal a new US fee on climate-warming methane emissions from oil and gas producers as congressional Republicans begin to deploy a powerful tool to rollback Biden’s rules.
Trump’s top environmental regulator is recommending the government scrap its formal conclusion that greenhouse gases endanger the public, a move that would sweep away the legal foundation for rules limiting planet-warming pollution from power plants, automobiles and oil wells.
February 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Trump’s top environmental regulator is recommending the government scrap its formal conclusion that greenhouse gases endanger the public, a move that would sweep away the legal foundation for rules limiting planet-warming pollution from power plants, automobiles and oil wells.
ICYMI: Jennifer Granholm has been tapped to the board of Edison International, one of the US’s largest electric utility holding companies.
February 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
ICYMI: Jennifer Granholm has been tapped to the board of Edison International, one of the US’s largest electric utility holding companies.
Managers at FEMA have been directed to compile lists of workers tied to climate and DEI programs for the next employee purge.
February 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Managers at FEMA have been directed to compile lists of workers tied to climate and DEI programs for the next employee purge.
The US has identified hundreds of energy projects that could get expedited permitting under a new emergency fast -track process.
February 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The US has identified hundreds of energy projects that could get expedited permitting under a new emergency fast -track process.
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back fired nuclear weapons specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated.
February 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back fired nuclear weapons specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated.