AEP to shutter 1,590 MW Ohio coal plant two years ahead of schedule

American Electric Power analyzed the results of recent power auctions before coming to the conclusion that it will shutter its Conesville coal plant by the end of May 2020.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 10, 2018

Westmoreland Chapter 11 marks 4th major US coal company to declare bankruptcy

Westmoreland Coal will join producers Peabody Energy, Arch Coal and Alpha Natural Resources, who found the sector's headwinds too much to overcome.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 10, 2018

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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

Ørsted expands US offshore wind presence with $510M buy

The Danish offshore wind developer plans to close its acquisition of Deepwater Wind by the end of 2018.

By Iulia Gheorghiu • Oct. 9, 2018

GE sells $1B portfolio of energy assets

The sale of approximately 20 investments to Apollo Global Management continues GE's efforts to streamline the business.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 9, 2018

Federal regulators OK $6B CenterPoint-Vectren merger

Shares of CenterPoint initially fell when the deal was announced in April on concerns it was paying too much, but since then, have risen about 8.5%.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 9, 2018

Dominion, SCANA inch closer to merger with North Carolina PSC staff deal

A settlement with regulatory staff puts the merger on firm ground in the state, but the real drama remains in South Carolina, where Dominion wants customers to pay for part of SCANA's failed nuclear project. 

By Robert Walton • Oct. 8, 2018

Mountain Valley stalled, Atlantic Sunrise cleared for service in busy pipeline week

The diverging fortunes of the two Appalachian projects illustrate the struggle between environmental advocates and natural gas companies over the siting and construction of new pipelines.

By Gavin Bade • Oct. 5, 2018

SunPower becomes biggest US solar panel builder with SolarWorld purchase

The company's domestic manufacturing capacity expanded due to its acquisition of SolarWorld, one of the solar panel tariff petitioners, as part of an ongoing shakeout of U.S. production.

By Iulia Gheorghiu • Oct. 4, 2018

Coal lobby pleased as Trump nominates ally McNamee to FERC

The Department of Energy official is expected to align closer with White House priorities than former Commissioner Robert Powelson, who stepped down in August. 

By Gavin Bade • Updated Oct. 4, 2018

Johnson Controls, ConEd subsidiary partner to grow energy storage

The joint venture makes Consolidated Edison Solutions the exclusive provider of energy storage to Johnson Controls customers.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 2, 2018

PJM: 'Significant chunk' of renewables to come from corporate procurement

Direct purchases from corporations are the largest area of renewable energy growth in the RTO, said senior market strategist Andrew Levitt.

By Iulia Gheorghiu • Oct. 1, 2018

Generators pan ISO-NE price taker proposal for fuel secure plants

The ISO-NE proposal to prop up plants with onsite fuel supplies would cause "massive suppression of prices" and displace more than a gigawatt of otherwise economic resources, critics wrote in comments. 

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 27, 2018

Vogtle nuke deadline extended again to 5 p.m.

The owners faced a Tuesday deadline to agree on cost-sharing terms for the plant, but extended their negotiation period three times.

By Gavin Bade , Peter Maloney • Updated Sept. 25, 2018

DOE urges Vogtle nuke owners to complete project ahead of Monday vote

Canceling the plant expansion would have a "profound impact on the U.S. nuclear industry" and trigger the repayment of billions in federal loans, DOE warned.

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 24, 2018

Duke shuts down gas plant after Florence flooding breaches coal ash pit

Environmental groups collected samples of what they believe to be coal ash from a nearby river, though the utility maintains there is no discernable harm downstream. 

By Catherine Morehouse • Updated Sept. 24, 2018

Outage at Exelon's Mystic plant drove tight ISO-NE Labor Day conditions

The unplanned event, caused by a power line fault, highlights the issues at stake in debates over fuel security in New England and grid resilience at FERC. 

By Gavin Bade • Updated Sept. 21, 2018

Navajo Generating Station buyer backs out, putting coal plant future in doubt

The largest coal plant west of the Mississippi could close next year unless a new buyer is found. 

By Robert Walton • Sept. 21, 2018

Sempra to sell $1.54B solar, storage assets to Con Edison

The sale is the first part of a multiphase, portfolio-optimization initiative for Sempra.

By Iulia Gheorghiu • Sept. 21, 2018

FERC allows construction to resume on Atlantic Coast Pipeline

The 600-mile pipeline was put on hold after a federal appeals court invalidated permits for where it crosses federal lands in Virginia.

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 18, 2018

EV charging providers scale up amid a 'revolution in transportation'

ChargePoint and EVBox plan to expand their charging networks as new numbers show electric vehicle adoption is growing faster than analysts previously thought.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 18, 2018

Duke's Brunswick nuclear plant declares low-level emergency as floodwaters block access

Federal rules require a utility to declare an "unusual event" when access to a plant is impeded, but NRC officials say public safety was never at risk.

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 18, 2018

Massachusetts governor puts rival utility in charge of Columbia Gas disaster response

Baker handed the restoration efforts for more than 70 fires to Eversource Energy, saying the "follow through" from Columbia Gas "was just not there."

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 17, 2018

Hurricane Florence triggers coal ash spill, cuts power to millions

Hundreds of thousands of customers remain without power in the Carolinas and Virginia after the storm dropped record-breaking rain on the region this weekend. 

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 17, 2018

FERC, NERC open inquiry into winter load event that stressed Midwest grids

The inquiry could take on special significance given FERC's open grid resilience proceeding and the looming threat of a coal and nuclear bailout from the White House. 

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 13, 2018

Outages, coal plant flooding top concerns as utilities brace for Hurricane Florence

Environmental groups are afraid flooding could release toxic coal ash, but utilities say their bigger worry involves cooling ponds at regional power plants. 

By Catherine Morehouse • Sept. 12, 2018