NY PSC, utilities appeal FERC's capacity zone order

New York's Public Service Commission and several utilities filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals to overturn a FERC order imposing a capacity zone in the Lower Hudson Valley.

By Claire Cameron • June 30, 2014

Inside Massachusetts' ambitious plans to modernize the grid

Energy efficiency and demand response are to be the backbone of Massachusetts' future grid, but many are asking: Does the vision go far enough?

By Claire Cameron • June 27, 2014

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Sustainability

Companies are pursuing increasingly ambitous sustainability goals around clean energy, but integrating rising amounts of renewables, minimizing environmental impacts, and achieving carbon reduction targets can be challenging.

By Utility Dive staff

Consumers Energy eliminates renewables bill surcharge

Falling wind energy costs drove the decision.

By Herman K. Trabish • June 26, 2014

Michigan PSC: State IOUs can expand solar without hitting customer bills

The decision comes in a new report addressing claims that costs were stopping the rollout of more solar in the state.

By Claire Cameron • June 26, 2014

NextEra Energy putting new company on stock market

The firm plans to sell stock in a subsidiary company in the hope of attracting investment for its expanding renewables portfolio.

By Claire Cameron • June 26, 2014

Florida Power & Light seeks natural gas generation investment

The company is creating a new partnership with gas production company PetroQuest Energy, giving them a stake in up to 38 new gas wells to be built in Oklahoma.

By Claire Cameron • June 26, 2014

Duke Energy to supply solar power to George Washington University, American University

Duke will build 52 MW of solar.

By Herman K. Trabish • June 25, 2014

Wisconsin Energy to buy Integrys for $5.7B

The agreement marks the second-biggest utility deal so far this year.

By Herman K. Trabish • June 24, 2014

GE wins Alstom bidding war over Siemens

The $17 billion deal is the largest in General Electric history.

By Herman K. Trabish • June 24, 2014

Google's Nest buys Dropcam for $555M

The company is buying the home security firm smart in a bid to grow its foothold in the growing smart home market.

By Claire Cameron • June 24, 2014

Omaha power district to retire, retrofit coal units

Energy efficiency and demand response programs are expected to meet the lost 300 MW of capacity. 

By Herman K. Trabish • June 24, 2014

Report: Traditional utilities more reliable than competitive markets

A new report finds serious resource adequacy issues in competitive markets.

By Claire Cameron • June 23, 2014

Southern CEO: Grid security fearmongers 'don't know what they're talking about'

As opposed to the dire predictions made by leaked reports in the Wall Street Journal, Tom Fanning believes the industry is in good shape to deal with security threats.

By Claire Cameron • June 23, 2014

Did Duke Energy ignore warnings ahead of the Dan River coal ash spill?

Engineers warned the utility nearly 30 years ago. 

By Herman K. Trabish • June 23, 2014

Candidates suspect APS influence in election for Arizona utility regulators

The candidates have asked Arizona Public Service to confirm or deny the allegations.

By Herman K. Trabish • June 23, 2014

Rocky Mountain Power to buy 320 MW of solar

Rocky Mountain Power boosts renewables portfolio in Idaho and Utah after striking new deals with FirstWind.

By Claire Cameron • June 22, 2014

PG&E to spend $100M to harden substations against attacks

The armed attack on PG&E's Metcalf substation has brought grid security back into the national spotlight.

By Herman K. Trabish • June 20, 2014

Duke Energy is top utility for women

Duke and Sempra Energy made the top five of Ernst & Young's rankings of power companies for gender diversity.

By Herman K. Trabish • June 20, 2014

Louisiana utility Cleco for sale

A Canadian infrastructure firm's unexpected bid has led Cleco Corp. to put itself up for sale for the second time in two years.

By Claire Cameron • June 20, 2014

AES sells part of solar portfolio to SunEdison for up to $207 million

SunEdison will own 50% of 336 MW of solar. 

By Herman K. Trabish • June 19, 2014

Report: 50% of U.S. homebuilders to offer rooftop solar for single-family homes by 2016

Solar is becoming an increasingly standard offering for homebuilders.

By Claire Cameron • June 19, 2014

Decisions loom on aging U.S. coal plant fleet

With environmental regulations looming large, utilities must decide what to do with their oldest, most inefficient coal plants.

By Herman K. Trabish • June 18, 2014

San Francisco proposes competing with PG&E for electricity customers

The city Board of Supervisors has proposed selling hydropower from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir to customers. 

By Herman K. Trabish • June 18, 2014

SolarCity buys Silevo to become 4th U.S. vertically integrated solar giant

The acquisition will assure adequate module supply as the company expands installation capacity to “tens of gigawatts per year” through the next ten years.

By Herman K. Trabish • June 18, 2014

Public power chief eyes 'substantial challenges' ahead

At the American Public Power Association's annual meeting, CEO Sue Kelly criticized the EPA and warned of significant challenges ahead for public utilities.

By Claire Cameron • June 18, 2014