Michigan advocates fear rollback of retail electric choice program

The Michigan Public Service Commission is considering requiring alternative suppliers to procure the electricity they sell from in-state generators.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 13, 2017

FERC evaluating enhanced baseload compensation, Chatterjee writes

The acting FERC chair would have told a cancelled House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing that his commission is evaluating "compensation for providing [reliability] services," Axios reports. 

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 12, 2017

California Dems look to restart CAISO regionalization with 11th hour amendments

With only days left in the state's legislative session, lawmakers are pushing bills that would create a planning process for a full ISO across the western United States. 

By Gavin Bade , Peter Maloney • Sept. 12, 2017

Half of Florida still without power as Irma churns into Southeast

Federal officials say storm recovery and power restoration will involve the "largest ever mobilization of line restoration workers in this country."

By Robert Walton • Sept. 12, 2017

Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline project gains air quality plan approval from Pennsylvania officials

Williams Partners, the pipeline's primary sponsor, will use Emission Reduction Credits to comply with the offset requirements of state law.  

By Robert Walton • Sept. 12, 2017

Mississippi Power fails to reach PSC settlement over Kemper costs again

State regulators already extended a settlement deadline in August after its staff and the utility failed to reach a settlement over Kemper costs. 

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 12, 2017

West Virginia agency vacates water permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline project

The state Department of Environmental Protection said the decision will allow the agency to "re-evaluate the complete application."

By Robert Walton • Sept. 12, 2017

California energy interests set to square off over Puente natural gas plant

Solar and storage can meet power needs cheaper than outdated capacity analyses suggest, clean energy advocates will tell regulators this week. 

By Robert Walton • Sept. 11, 2017

Bill to California governor would direct utilities to plan storage, DERs for peak demand

SB 338 would compel utilities to include considerations for peak demand management with storage, efficiency and DERs in their integrated resource plans. 

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 11, 2017

DOE grid study offers no panaceas to struggling nuclear and coal plants

Ray Gifford, a former Colorado regulator and partner at Wilkinson, Barker and Knaur law firm, says the study's modest findings highlight the tension between energy policies. 

By Ray Gifford • Sept. 11, 2017

DOE grid study dominates FERC nomination hearing

The hearing illustrated how politicians of all stripes are deploying the study's findings to support their views on power sector transformation.

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 8, 2017

'Clean coal' production facility slated for Pennsylvania

CNX Coal Resources and OMNIS Bailey launched a partnership this week to produce the clean carbon fuel from waste coal at CONSOL'S Bailey Mine complex.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 8, 2017

New emails reveal behind-the-scenes battle over Summer nuke

Utility officials suspected they were victims of "financial malfeasance" by contractor Westinghouse as early as last summer, hiring bankruptcy lawyers in June 2016.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 8, 2017

Retail electricity prices rise, spurred by boost in delivery costs, EIA says

The average retail price of electricity in the U.S. increased about 1.5% annually between 2006 and 2016. 

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 8, 2017

Choosing the right grid infrastructure in the wake of the DOE grid study

Rocky Mountain Institute's Mark Dyson says the grid study failed to highlight the opportunities to boost resiliency with distributed energy resources. 

By Mark Dyson • Sept. 7, 2017

FERC rejects Southwest Power Pool resource adequacy proposal

Regulators determined the RTO's proposal needed to include a requirement that all power purchase agreements be backed by verifiable capacity, among other issues.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 7, 2017

Renewables developers 'gaming' PURPA should force reforms, utilities tell Congress

Testimony to a House Energy & Commerce subcommittee comes as lawmakers draft revisions to the 40-year-old law.

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 7, 2017

Idaho PUC says storage projects only eligible for 2-year PURPA contract

Franklin Energy sought 20-year PURPA contracts for four storage facilities, but regulators said those resources should be granted two-year contracts. 

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 7, 2017

Report: CPS Energy should cease investments in Texas coal plant

Sierra Club commissioned a report saying that replacing power from the utility's Spruce coal units at the Calaveras Power Station with renewables is more cost-effective. 

By Robert Walton • Sept. 7, 2017

FirstEnergy revises agreement to sell 1,600 MW of generation to LS Power

The utility now intends to sell more than 1,600 MW of competitive gas and hydroelectric generation in Pennsylvania and Virginia for an all-cash price of $825 million. 

By Robert Walton • Sept. 7, 2017

Dominion hits pause on North Anna nuclear plant development

The utility's decision follows Duke's move to pull the plug on two nuclear projects after South Carolina utilities abandoned construction of the V.C. Summer nuclear expansion. 

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 7, 2017

Natural gas pipeline projects move closer to development

The Atlantic Sunrise pipeline project received state and federal permits while FERC rejected a request to delay Northern Access Pipeline construction. 

By Robert Walton • Sept. 6, 2017

PJM mulls capacity repricing strategies to tackle subsidy programs

Issues under debate include whether repricing should be triggered only when a subsidy occurs in a capacity delivery year and if retriggering would apply to carbon dioxide pricing schemes.

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 6, 2017

Duke gas peaker plant project postponed in North Carolina

The decision to delay construction followed hefty lobbying by a local energy task force in Asheville, N.C., that wants to develop clean energy alternatives. 

By Robert Walton • Sept. 6, 2017

Texas cooperative to build solar-plus-storage project in Liberia

Bandera Electric Cooperative in Texas is building the 70 kW solar-plus-storage project in Totota.

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 5, 2017