Naureen S. Malik

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  • Josh ShapiroEnergy

    Pennsylvania threatens to go ‘own way’ if grid won’t change

    By Naureen S. Malik, Josh Saul, and others
  • An employee fixes part of a web server inside the Facebook Inc. Prineville Data Center in Prineville, Oregon, U.S., on Monday, April 28, 2014. The Facebook Prineville Data Center features leading energy-efficient technology, including features such as rainwater reclamation, a solar energy installation for providing electricity to the office areas and reuse of heat created by the servers to heat office space. Photographer: Meg Roussos/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    With AI forcing data centers to consume more energy, software that hunts for clean electricity across the globe gains currency

    By Naureen S. Malik and Bloomberg
  • winter stormEnvironment

    America’s electrical grid barely escaped a calamity as massive storm exposes a vulnerable natural-gas infrastructure

    By Gerson Freitas Jr., Naureen S. Malik, and others
  • A cold woman adjusts her thermostat.Finance

    ‘It’s going to be pretty bad’: This part of the US is hurtling towards a winter heating crisis and consumers could pay the highest prices in decades

    By Gerson Freitas Jr., Naureen S. Malik, and others
  • HOUSTON, TEXAS – FEBRUARY 21: A view of high voltage transmission towers on February 21, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Millions of Texans lost their power when winter storm Uri hit the state and knocked out coal, natural gas and nuclear plants that were unprepared for the freezing temperatures brought on by the storm. Wind turbines that provide an estimated 24 percent of energy to the state became inoperable when they froze. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

    Gas sellers made $11 billion while millions of Texans were without power in February

    By Kevin Crowley, Naureen S. Malik, and others
  • Elon Musk believes he knows how to fix Texas power grid

    Could a mega Tesla battery save the creaky Texas power grid? Elon Musk thinks so

    By Dana Hull, Naureen S. Malik, and others
  • Bill Magness, president and chief executive officer of Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc., speaks during the 2019 CERAWeek by IHS Markit conference in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, March 14, 2019.

    CEO of Texas’ power grid operator fired in wake of February blackouts

    By Will Wade, Naureen S. Malik, and others
  • The U.S. and Texas flags fly next to a power pole on February 21, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Millions of Texans lost their power when winter storm Uri hit the state and knocked out coal, natural gas and nuclear plants that were unprepared for the freezing temperatures brought on by the storm. Wind turbines that provide an estimated 24 percent of energy to the state became inoperable when they froze. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

    As power has returned to Texas homes, residents face a new hurdle: huge energy bills

    By Yueqi Yang, Naureen S. Malik, and others
  • Natural gas sits in storage tanks at the Amerada Hess gas processing plant adjacent to the Henry Hub, a facility operated by Chevron Corp. subsidiary Sabine Pipe Line LLC, in Erath, Louisiana, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Natural gas futures fell to an 11-month low after an Energy Department report today showed that U.S. stockpiles rose more than forecast last week. Henry Hub is the delivery point for New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) natural gas futures contracts. Photographer: Derick E. Hingle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    Gas at one U.S. hub is trading at $999. Last week it was at $4

    By Naureen S. Malik, Gerson Freitas Jr., and others