Opinion by Drew Williamson © 2026 Williamson News Service LLC Here’s a crazy idea: What if the government adopted a goal of lowering the cost of electricity for everyone while protecting the environment? Saving money on electricity and protecting the environment seem unimportant to the current administration. The federal government
By Drew Williamson © 2026 Williamson News Service LLC An emphasis on rooftop solar energy has greatly increased the reliability of the New England power grid and reduced the need for burning natural gas that produces heat and other air pollution, according to Independent System Operator New England (ISO-NE), the
Opinion by Drew Williamson © 2026 Williamson News Service LLC Bypassing built-in safeguards in federal decision-making has cost hundreds of millions of dollars, damaged air quality and endangered national security. The federal government has waived air quality standards for data centers who provide their own power and exempted the
By Drew Williamson © 2026 Williamson News Service LLC The federal government is pushing for increased growth in nuclear power generation while proposing to decrease by 8% the funding to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the independent federal agency in charge of nuclear plant safety. One concern regarding these changes is
Opinion by Drew Williamson © 2026 Williamson News Service LLC Arizona residents are entering the season of the summertime blues when my electrical use spikes June through August by more than 40%. Ouch, that burns! I have been reviewing my Salt River Project (SRP) monthly bills for the past three years.
Opinion by Drew Williamson © 2026 Williamson News Service LLC During my 14 years as a retirement planner, I learned a lot about the thousands of people I talked to and even more about myself. One thing that became clear to me over time is the huge benefit of following a
Opinion By Drew Williamson © 2026 Williamson News Service LLC One of the reasons that public officials end up in so much hot water over proposed data centers is the starting point for these negotiations. One of the principles in negotiations is known as “anchoring”. Typically, this involves one of the
By Drew Williamson © 2026 Williamson News Service LLC A new “Assessor Alert” program will provide a second warning system to property owners in Arizona to help protect them from fraudsters who would steal their property by falsifying deeds. The new alert system is part of a bi-partisan bundle of
By Drew Williamson © 2026 Williamson News Service LLC The rapid growth of data centers that rely on fossil fuels is placing the health of Arizona residents at increased risk, according to the American Lung Association (ALA). The ALA recently released its 26th annual “State of the Air” report that ranks
By Drew Williamson Copyright 2026 Williamson News Service Government planning and regulation is needed to avoid disaster in many areas of economic activity. For example, the production and distribution of hydrogen bombs. That's fairly obvious. The attached interview clearly states this is the case for the construction of
By Drew Williamson Copyright 2026 Williamson News Service LLC I just completed a Society of Professional Journalist seminar with a module on using Gemini, Google's artificial intelligence (AI) engine. I was practicing with it at home and decided to ask it a complex question about something that I
By Drew Williamson ©2026 Williamson News Service LLC Proposed large data centers could be bringing higher electric rates, dwindling water supplies and increased pollution to Arizona in the absence of uniform public planning. The state’s relatively cheap land is attracting the data centers, which have tremendous appetites for electricity