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DTE, Consumers Energy outage restoration times, reliability measures lagging: audit
Michigan regulators launched the review of DTE and Consumers’ operations in 2022 following a string of outages. Restoration times at both utilities are “worse than average,” the audit found.
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Energy’s changing landscape: What a decentralized grid means for grid operators
As we move towards a decentralized grid, grid operators will need to rethink their management strategies using various tools to ensure grid stability.
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Policy support, utility buy-in key for VPP growth, say experts from Ford, EnergyHub
Legislation, program design and appropriate compensation for their grid benefits will help realize virtual power plants’ full potential, said panelists at a webinar hosted by Advanced Energy United.
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JFK International Airport’s new Terminal One to host largest airport microgrid in US
The 12-MW microgrid comprises solar, fuel cells and battery energy storage that can power half of the terminal’s daily operations, airport and project officials said.
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Banks endorse goal of tripling nuclear capacity as Climate Week NYC begins
Some 14 financial institutions, including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, announced their support for the declaration made by 25 countries at COP28 last year.
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Opinion
Results show carbon capture’s alleged promises are full of hot air
The happy-talk DOE press information says nothing about the difficulties associated with building a first-of-its kind technology and hooking it up to a large-scale electric generator.
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Seattle boosts electric heat pump incentives with goal to eliminate oil-heated homes
With the city's new rebate, income-qualified households can access up to $8,000 each to switch from oil heat to an electric heat pump.
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PJM market design flaws add billions to latest capacity auction costs: market monitor
A switch in how PJM measures power plant availability, one of several market issues flagged by Monitoring Analytics, increased capacity costs by $4.4 billion compared to its previous approach.
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The bipartisan ADVANCE Act is boosting US nuclear. What does the industry want next?
Nuclear executives and analysts reflect on the landmark law’s expected benefits while gaming out the next wave of policy support — and a future where it’s no longer necessary.
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Energy storage underused as transmission asset amid unresolved questions, experts say
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission allows storage to be used as a transmission asset, but regulatory and use-case uncertainty hold back deployment, a panel organized by Heatmap Labs said.
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Hydrogen investment has doubled since 2022, but US electrolytic production still struggles
China has become the world's leading producer of renewable hydrogen while the U.S. and Europe struggle to resolve regulatory questions, according to the Hydrogen Council.
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SEIA proposes solar supply chain traceability standard
The first-of-its-kind standard is aimed at helping companies comply with laws like the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.
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A fast-track PJM interconnection review could speed Three Mile Island restart: Constellation CFO
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, D, urged the PJM Interconnection on Friday to adopt expedited interconnection studies for shovel-ready projects.
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PJM rejects call to include RMR plants in capacity auctions to lower prices
However, the grid operator said it plans to soon propose an expedited framework to fast-track certain generation interconnection projects.
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GE Vernova could cut 900 jobs as it aims to curb offshore wind losses
The company is “very intentionally taking a step back” to evaluate its strategy on offshore wind as blade failures at Vineyard Wind and another project contribute to a likely $300 million loss, CEO Scott Strazik said.
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Palisades nuclear plant restart on track for October 2025 despite NRC petition: Holtec International
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is requesting comments this month on a request from residents living near Palisades for a generic rulemaking process for nuclear reactor recommissioning.
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How a 2nd Trump administration could ‘jeopardize’ Inflation Reduction Act climate funds
If elected, could Donald Trump claw back or withhold funds from communities? Experts from Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law offer insight.
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Constellation plans 2028 restart of Three Mile Island unit 1, spurred by Microsoft PPA
The tech giant will purchase energy from the 835-MW plant over 20 years to match power consumed by its data centers in the PJM Interconnection.
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FERC rejects CPower’s challenge to PJM demand response rules, plus 4 other open meeting takeaways
CPower had argued that PJM’s rules are a “Catch-22” that effectively block large-scale residential demand response aggregation, potentially increasing energy and capacity prices.
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Battery sector gets $3B from Biden administration
The funding will go toward new battery manufacturing facilities as well as critical mineral processing plants and recycling sites.
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Biden administration proposes expanding tax credits for EV charger installations
The proposed rule would expand on January guidance from the Treasury Department. Each individual charging port that is installed would qualify for the tax credit.
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BlackRock, Microsoft, others form AI and energy infrastructure investment partnership
Microsoft President Brad Smith said the funding necessary to build out the data centers, AI factories and energy needed to power them “goes beyond what any single company or government can finance.”
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Opinion
Permitting reform’s false choice
Any benefits to green infrastructure that would be gained by undoing federal protections are likely to be more than offset by the proliferation of fossil fuels.
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Clean energy a ‘big winner’ as Fed cuts interest rates more than expected
Renewable energy projects are “very sensitive to the cost of capital,” particularly for capital-intensive technologies like offshore wind, said Mona Dajani, a partner at Baker Botts.
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NERC sounds alarm over winter gas supplies, potential grid impacts
December could be colder than normal across the northern and midwestern U.S., and grid operators and the natural gas sector say they are preparing.
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PJM is blocking battery storage interconnection pathway: renewable energy group report
PJM could unlock “tens of thousands of megawatts” of additional capacity with certain rule changes consistent with FERC requirements, said Gabel Associates’ Michael Borgatti, who co-authored a report on the topic for ACORE.
Updated Sept. 20, 2024