Kristi E. Swartz
@bizwriterkristi.bsky.social
Award-winning journalist writing abt U.S. energy transformation. Climate reporter @ajc Past: @eenewsupdates @ajc @pbpost https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristi-swartz-1799823 Marathoner; ATLien; Marylander🦀; Terp 🐢 Live 🎶 fan; 🏖️bum; 🐈⬛🐈⬛person RIP Dad 🚴🏽♂️ Mom 🌞
Me: great interview Phone: yep, that interview was so good that I'm going to hide the recording in another batch of files just to freak you out a little bit and make you search for it
Duke's regulator in North Carolina says, "no" to the electric company's request to build a gas-fired power plant ... saying that Duke's projected load growth is based upon anticipated data centers ... and the "anticipation" part gives them pause. www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
Duke Energy wants to build a new gas plant. Regulators said not so…
The 255-MW plant in North Carolina was meant to help meet data center demand. Regulators took the rare step of rejecting the permit amid a growing…
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Georgia Power nuclear reactors to get huge face-lift, paid partly by Google www.ajc.com/business/202...
Georgia Power nuclear reactors to get huge face-lift, paid partly by Google
Google, a major data center operator, has agreed to pay a premium for that new electricity as part of a new program to upgrade four nuclear reactors in Georgia.
ajc.com
Always love clicking on what is labeled a "public disclosure" document to discover a note that says: this has been redacted in its entirety
Looks like Tom Fanning has a new job (pending some formalities) Georgia Regents names sole finalist for university system chancellor www.ajc.com/education/20...
Georgia Regents names sole finalist for university system chancellor
Thomas A. Fanning, a Georgia Tech graduate and the retired CEO of the Atlanta-based utility giant Southern Company, was named the sole finalist to succeed Sonny Perdue.
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The Georgia Public Service Commission is meeting in Savannah today. Savannah is home base for Commissioner Alicia Johnson and is near the site of OpenAI's planned data center, which will be the state's largest consumer of electricity. #gapol #gapsc #datacenters
www.wavy.com/news/dominio... I'm sure this was written after the original announcement, but a reminder that NextEra's track record on closing M&A's is spotty at best ... and that goes back to its "FPL Group Inc." days.
Dominion Energy and NextEra announce new Virginia benefits package
VIRGINIA (WAVY) — Dominion Energy and NextEra announced a benefits package Monday, set to prioritize Virginians and position the Commonwealth as a global energy leader. In response to feedbac…
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Bessent beefing with the press, cut off enough folks though and your ability to talk to the market is going to have some issues.
Exclusive: Inside the US Treasury secretary’s tense relationship with financial media
Scott Bessent’s blacklist starts with Bloomberg.
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From the files of, "this is why you read the regulatory documents, even if they are routine filings." My @ajc.com climate co-worker and I discovered that Georgia Power has ramped up its spending on potential sites for more nuclear reactors for later (chill, people) www.ajc.com/business/202...
Georgia Power spends money to study new nuclear reactor sites
This isn’t the first time Stewart County has been part of a discussion about nuclear reactors.
ajc.com
Bluesky needs an edit button ... Bloomberg had this one first, my error: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
EPA Poised to Repeal Carbon Standards for Coal, Gas Power Plants
The US Environmental Protection Agency is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Kristi E. Swartz@bizwriterkristi.bsky.social · 4w agoNice scoop from my former E&E colleague, who has been kicking ass at the NYT www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
Nice scoop from my former E&E colleague, who has been kicking ass at the NYT www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants (Gift Article)
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
nytimes.com
Gov. Kemp picks familiar face to replace PSC regulator who stepped down early www.ajc.com/politics/202...
Gov. Kemp picks familiar face to replace PSC regulator who stepped down early
Stan Wise, a Republican who previously served on the Public Service Commission for more than two decades, will replace Tricia Pridemore.
ajc.com
Longtime Georgia utility regulator Tricia Pridemore is vacating her position Sept. 4. She announced in February that she would not be running in November. www.ajc.com/business/202...
NEW: DHS plans to pay Thomson Reuters $125 million for access to its databases which includes peoples’ names, addresses, Social Security numbers, ethnicity, social media posts, and geolocation information — to help ICE investigate “voter fraud”, according to documents reviewed by 404 Media.
ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125 Million to Find ‘Voter Fraud’
A new procurement record says ICE wants access to personal data, including names, Social Security numbers, and ethnicity, to investigate in part what the agency calls “voters fraud.” It also plans to ...
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This news has been out for a while ... first time today I've really been able to sit with it. The story says that there won't be any staff cuts. Of course, there were some earlier this year ... buyouts and layoffs. www.semafor.com/article/06/0...
People here are being really shitty, including at fellow journalists who've been traumatized, and you will regret those posts. Or should. Also this does not help your political cause, whatever that might be.
espn airing replays to prove geno wrong on the jersey rip and the handshake. journalism isn’t dead.
On today’s @wsj.com front page: WNBA players getting the biggest raise in U.S. sports history www.wsj.com/sports/baske...
US Rep. Al Green escorted from House chamber during Trump speech reut.rs/4rUjeIl
US Rep. Al Green escorted from House chamber during Trump speech
Democratic U.S. Representative Al Green on Tuesday was escorted out of the House of Representatives chamber at the start of President Trump's State of the Union address, after he held high a protest sign.
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ICYMI -- veteran GOP utiltiy regulator Tricia Pridemore says she will not run again for the PSC, creating an open seat for this year's election. My story with Drew Kann in the @ajc.com www.ajc.com/news/2026/02...
Republican won’t seek reelection to Georgia Public Service Commission
Tricia Pridemore said her decision not to seek reelection came after “deep reflection” and “thoughtful conversations with my family, colleagues and trusted advisors.”
ajc.com