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Utility trade groups press EPA to embrace EVs in fuel standard rewrite
Major utility trade groups EEI, NRECA and APPA joined with automakers to press the agency to include electric vehicles as a compliance option in any revision to fuel economy standards.
By Gavin Bade • May 23, 2018 -
EV charging could significantly reduce storage needs, DOE lab finds
Electric vehicles could play a major role in balancing the grid by soaking up excess solar generation during the middle of the day, according to analysts at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
By Robert Walton • May 22, 2018 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineTop 5 Stories from Utility Dive
The U.S. clean energy transition is expected to accelerate in 2024 but faces question around transmission, financing, federal elections and other issues.
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What are utilities doing about the growing need for grid security?
Utility Dive takes an in-depth look at how utilities are addressing cybersecurity on a distributed grid, hardening against natural disasters and training utility workers.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • May 22, 2018 -
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Deep DiveCybersecurity and the distributed grid: A double-edged sword
As the Internet of Things merges with grid edge technology, experts say the power sector is both more vulnerable and more secure.
By Robert Walton • May 21, 2018 -
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Federal government halts linework on Puerto Rico's grid
FEMA has ended the restoration portion of its mission to repair Puerto Rico's grid two weeks ahead of the official start of hurricane season.
By Robert Walton • May 21, 2018 -
California utilities, solar developers advocate dialogue on new solar mandate
The state's public utilities commission will reconsider net metering tariffs in the next two years.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • May 20, 2018 -
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Hawaii Electric improvising with microgrids as lava stalls resiliency efforts
The utility operator on Hawaii's big island is "handling the situation as well as anyone could," according to the state's PUC.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • May 18, 2018 -
Public power utilities face growing risk from renewables shift, says Moody's
Credit risks for utilities with a higher share of coal power in their generating mix, such as municipal utilities, center on the potential for stranded assets.
By Peter Maloney • May 18, 2018 -
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Utilities join with Tesla to sue EPA over fuel standard rollback
The D.C. Circuit case filed earlier this month is another indication that utilities are beginning to lean into the fight over electric vehicles.
By Gavin Bade • May 18, 2018 -
Nevada regulators allow utilities to own EV charging stations
The Public Utilities Commission also approved funding for storage and a low income solar program.
By Robert Walton • May 15, 2018 -
South Australia's grid service costs slashed 90% by Tesla battery
New data shows the 100 MW / 129 MWh battery has already taken over 55% of the state's frequency control ancillary services.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • May 14, 2018 -
Massachusetts rejects smart meter rollout for 'weaknesses in the business case'
Regulators approved some grid-facing modernization benefits, but ordered utilities back to the drawing board on automated metering infrastructure.
By Robert Walton • May 14, 2018 -
Deep Dive
How two value-of-solar studies add up to no clear value of solar
Valuation studies for Montana and Maryland demonstrate the complications of trying to use rooftop solar’s costs and benefits to settle net energy metering disputes.
By Herman K. Trabish • May 10, 2018 -
New Hampshire rethinks distributed generation-only pilots for non-wires alternatives
Stakeholders said that without including other distributed energy resources, like energy storage, efficiency and demand response, any study of DER value would not yield much useful information.
By Robert Walton • May 10, 2018 -
EnSync's solar+storage to allow energy sharing in Hawaii
By combining solar energy and storage to share power, the company says it can increase system efficiency and lower costs.
By Peter Maloney • May 10, 2018 -
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California to require rooftop solar for new homes
The state is the first to mandate that new homes be built using advanced energy efficiency measures and rooftop solar, starting in 2020.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • May 9, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Pig-powered microgrid in North Carolina may be the future of rural cooperative supply
The Butler pig farm includes a range of clean energy technologies, and the state's cooperatives see its grid integration efforts efforts as a replicable model.
By Robert Walton • May 9, 2018 -
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As California energy markets modernize, regulators worry about repeating the past
A new report from staff of the California Public Utilities Commission concludes the state could drift back into another power crisis without careful planning as markets and technologies evolve.
By Robert Walton • May 7, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Solar has transformed into solar-plus-storage: What will net metering become?
Two prominent policy actions that could drive a more innovative use of solar-plus-storage are time-of-use rates and three-part rates with demand charges.
By Herman K. Trabish • May 7, 2018 -
Pennsylavania opens 'future of utility rates' proceeding
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission issued a proposed policy statement calling for utilities to explore alternative ratemaking methodologies.
By Robert Walton • May 7, 2018 -
Sponsored by Guidehouse[Podcast] Where's the energy cloud going?
Welcome to Beyond the Electron: The Energy Cloud podcast series.
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ISO New England hits milestone: More grid power used at night than midday
Officials say this is a first but had been expected, due to the proliferation of distributed resources.
By Robert Walton • May 4, 2018 -
from Clean Energy Collective (used with permission)
New York ISO: Distributed solar largely to blame for declining load
New York's grid is aging needs an upgrade, but it's also undergoing rapid transition, due to a mix of policy and emerging technologies.
By Robert Walton • May 4, 2018 -
Opinion
How can US utilities be ready when everything changes?
EY has modeled three critical tipping points for utilities on the way to a new energy system. In Europe and Oceania they're staggered, but in the U.S., they'll arrive in much quicker succession, Dana Hanson writes.
By Dana Hanson • May 4, 2018 -
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Deep DiveSolar at the crossroads: Is utility-scale, distributed or both the way to go?
Sunrun says solar's future is on rooftops, but solar advocates and utilities say an advanced power system with utility-scale and distributed energy resources is a better bet.
By Herman K. Trabish • May 3, 2018
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