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FERC approves NextEra waiver needed for Duane Arnold nuclear plant restart
NextEra Energy — majority owner of the nuclear plant in Iowa — is in talks with potential customers for the output from Duane Arnold.
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Sponsored by Bloom EnergyFuel cells: A distributed approach for accelerating load growth
Discover how solid oxide fuel cells can support your grid strategy and customer relationships.
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Greenlane announces second long-haul electric truck charging corridor
Greenlane is a joint venture between Daimler Truck, NextEra Energy and BlackRock. The new charging corridor will run from Southern California to Arizona via Interstate 10.
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TXNM Energy seeks state regulators’ approval for $11.5B Blackstone acquisition
New Mexico advocates are lining up to oppose the deal. Blackstone “has a long track record of putting profits above people,” said Mariel Nanasi, executive director of New Energy Economy.
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Import tariffs could slow transmission development, drive up utility costs: Morningstar
With electric bills already rising, utility regulators may shield ratepayers from tariff-related costs, analysts with the ratings agency said.
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OpinionSoutheast utilities are signing gas capacity contracts that will burden customers for decades
“Adding even one more dekatherm of gas commitment to the Southeast is senseless,” writes SACE senior decarbonization manager Shelley Hudson Robbins.
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Energy demand, permitting top of mind at Congressional renewables expo
Speakers from industry and national labs warned of obstacles to meeting the surge in energy demand expected in the next five to 10 years at July’s Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Expo.
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PacifiCorp urges FERC to dismiss challenges to adding $1.7B in wildfire costs to transmission rates
The Bonneville Power Administration, Powerex, Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-Operative and others contend PacifiCorp has failed to show its wildfire-related costs were prudent.
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Texas regulators trim, approve $2.7B CenterPoint system resiliency plan
CenterPoint's January resiliency plan had a $5.75 billion price tag. A settlement cut the ask to $3.2 billion, and the Public Utility Commission of Texas trimmed further on Thursday.
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Trump administration halts work on 700-MW Revolution Wind
Developer Ørsted said the project, located in federal waters about 15 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, is about 80% complete. The company’s shares tumbled to an all-time low following the news.
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OpinionThe cheapest power plant is in your home
Households can help prevent blackouts and lower energy bills if we plan smarter and reward people for using power at the right time.
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Utilities need to plan for flexibility, confirm data centers when forecasting load: report
While the Energy Systems Integration Group report focuses heavily on distributed energy resources, data centers have become “the latest and largest elephant in the room” when it comes to utility planning, the lead author said.
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Ann Arbor’s all-electric community offers a new model for net-zero living
Veridian at County Farm stands out for its rooftop solar, heat pumps and potential community battery network. Will the local utility’s hesitation and loss of federal tax credits prevent other developers from following Veridian’s lead?
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‘Backed into a corner,’ Texas regulators consider cost caps for Entergy gas plants
Entergy Texas needs new generating capacity — and soon — but regulators say the utility failed to consider potentially cheaper options to a portfolio of gas plants.
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Trump sets stage for more tariffs with wind turbine probe
Capstone analysts said they expect the government to expedite the investigation and apply tariffs “likely around 25%-50%” on turbines and components.
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Meta, Silicon Ranch partner on solar farm for South Carolina data center
Silicon Ranch will invest $100 million to bring the 100-MW facility online by 2027, and Meta will receive all of the renewable energy credits from the deal to help power its first data center in the state.
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DOE extends order to delay retiring Consumers’ Michigan coal plant
Emergency energy conditions may last for years in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator footprint, the Department of Energy said.
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OpinionHow grid-enhancing technologies are shaping New York’s planning and protecting ratepayers
New technologies and planning approaches can help speed the energy transition while ensuring power system reliability and affordability.
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Georgia Power receives natural gas turbine as delays loom
The utility placed its turbine order around the time of its 2023 Integrated Resource Plan update, shortly before wait times for gas turbines began to climb to as long as seven years.
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PJM surplus interconnection can support 153 GW of solar, wind, storage: UC Berkeley researchers
Surplus interconnection capacity can enable rapid resource additions. “There's a demand for anything that can come online in any sort of a reasonable time frame,” EDP Renewables’ David Mindham said.
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Managed EV charging could generate $30B in annual savings by 2035: report
Carefully managing electric vehicle demand could cut all U.S. electric bills by 10% annually, regardless of whether a customer owns an EV, according to new research from ev.energy and The Brattle Group.
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FBI, Cisco warn of Russia-linked hackers targeting critical infrastructure organizations
The intrusions have exploited a vulnerability in Cisco’s networking equipment software.
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Opinion30 years after Chicago’s deadly heatwave, cooling should be recognized as a right
The 1995 heatwave that killed more than 700 people made clear that access to reliable, affordable energy is not a luxury, the authors write.
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Black Hills, Northwestern agree to merge, with eye on serving data centers
Data center development — and their need for major power infrastructure — may drive further consolidation among utilities, according to Jefferies analysts.
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California’s virtual power plant could save $206M by 2028: Brattle
Advocates say the taxpayer-funded Demand Side Grid Support program is critical to reducing energy costs and managing the California grid, but it faces an uncertain future.
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Win-wins are key to securing interregional transmission buy-in: experts
Projects like CapX2020 have found success because there was “something in it for each one of the utilities ... they all saw somewhat of a common vision,” said Beth Soholt, executive director of the Clean Grid Alliance.
