{"id":842181,"date":"2026-09-09T21:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/842181\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T21:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:30:10","slug":"automation-renewable-energy-policy-impact-energy-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/842181\/","title":{"rendered":"Automation, renewable energy policy impact energy employment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iStock-Kannika-Paison.jpg.optimal.jpg\" data-caption=\"(iStock\/KannikaPaison)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2122\" height=\"1412\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/iStock-Kannika-Paison.jpg.optimal.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"High angle look down view over young Asian technician worker climbing ladder for inspect or maintenance machine in high voltage electric transformer sub station. Industrial business occupation worker concept.\"\/><\/a>(iStock\/KannikaPaison)<\/p>\n<p>Energy sector employment fell about 1% nationwide and in Louisiana from 2024 to 2025, with Louisiana losing 1,131 jobs to reach roughly 160,000 workers.<\/p>\n<p>The decline was driven largely by automation, policy changes affecting renewable energy, and shifting economics, while traditional energy industries such as coal and nuclear saw job growth.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the losses, the Department of Energy expects demand for energy workers to rise as electricity use and data centers expand, with technology creating a smaller, more highly paid workforce.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/louisiana\/article_7ce61b64-e436-412e-ba9c-47518cd39a7d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Center Square\u00a0has the full story.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(iStock\/KannikaPaison) Energy sector employment fell about 1% nationwide and in Louisiana from 2024 to 2025, with Louisiana losing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":842182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[28,134],"class_list":["post-842181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jobs","tag-business","tag-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/842182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}