Energy transition reporter
Robert Zullo is a national energy reporter based in southern Illinois focusing on renewable power and the electric grid. Robert joined States Newsroom in 2018 as the founding editor of the Virginia Mercury. Before that, he spent 13 years as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Louisiana. He has a bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. He grew up in Miami, Fla., and central New Jersey.
From winter storms to sweltering summer heat, there’s a consensus among experts that increasing extreme weather, a shifting electric generation mix, delays in getting…
Two projects are under development off the coast of Ocean City, while Maryland has upped its generation goals.
Beyond who builds and owns the chargers, however, there are other thorny issues to untangle.
Not enough critical materials are mined in the United States or other friendly countries to meet projected demands of a decarbonizing nation.
Despite reforms meant to speed up the queue, delays in getting mostly new solar, wind and storage projects through the largest American grid operator’s…
State officials believe the rule could be beneficial as Maryland grapples with downwind pollution from other states’ power plants.
Md. is studying the costs and feasibility of expanding nuclear power in the state, both at the Calvert Cliffs plant and with small modular nuclear reactors.
The organization in charge of setting and enforcing reliability standards for the U.S. electric grid isn’t recommending new physical security requirements for thousands of…
At industry conference in Baltimore, Moore endorses key provisions of wind power legislation and vows to make Maryland ‘the offshore wind capital of America.’
The nation’s largest grid operator is warning that it might not have enough electric generation in the future to guarantee reliability.