PacifiCorp launches RFP for 1,270 MW of Wyoming wind

Projects must be capable of interconnecting with PacifiCorp’s Wyoming transmission system, but could also be located in Oregon or Utah.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 29, 2017

Entergy to keep Palisades nuke open until 2022 after PSC decision

The plant was slated to close in 2018, but Michigan regulators cut $36 million out of Consumer Energy's proposal last week to buy out its nuclear power purchase agreement with Entergy.

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 28, 2017

Explore the Trendline➔

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

South Carolina AG: SCANA should not charge customers for failed Summer nuke

SCANA's utility subsidiary is collecting almost $40 million every month to pay for the abandoned V.C. Summer nuclear project.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 28, 2017

$1B loan offer to struggling Puerto Rico utility may be rejected

If approved, the loan and a related debt discount would allow the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority to lower its total debt from $8.1 billion to roughly $7.95 billion, and apply for matching disaster funds from the federal government.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 28, 2017

ABB shores up electrification business with $2.6B GE unit purchase

The Swiss company expects its acquisition of GE Industrial solutions will close by mid 2018 and increase its presence in North America.

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 28, 2017

SolarCity to pay $29.5M to settle false claims allegations

The U.S. Department of Justice alleged that beginning in 2009, SolarCity submitted thousands of claims that overstated the cost of its solar projects.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 27, 2017

More renewables, much less coal in Ameren Missouri's future

Ameren Missouri has filed a 20-year Integrated Resource Plan calling for more renewable power and the closure of the coal-fired Meramec Energy Center by the end of 2022.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 26, 2017

Puerto Rico power grid 'devastated' by Maria, PREPA CEO says

The bankrupt utility may have lost 80% of its T&D infrastructure, its CEO said on Friday.

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 25, 2017

Solar sector steels for tariff fight after ITC harm ruling

Industry groups are pushing for softer trade remedies after the ITC found harm to domestic solar manufacturers last week. 

By Krysti Shallenberger • Sept. 25, 2017

Facebook selects 100% renewable energy option for headquarters

The social media giant has switched all electric accounts at its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., to Peninsula Clean Energy’s ECO100 option.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 25, 2017

Updated: ITC finds injury to US solar manufacturers, sending tariff decision to Trump

The ITC will submit formal recommendations to the White House by November, after which President Trump has two months to decide on a final policy.

By Krysti Shallenberger • Sept. 22, 2017

GridLiance completes transmission acquisition from Nevada utility

More than 17,000 member-owners of the Valley Electric Association are receiving checks of nearly $600 for the sale of the 230-kV lines.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 22, 2017

Solar sector girds for ITC ruling on tariff case

Sector leaders expect the International Trade Commission will find injury to domestic manufacturers, giving President Trump the chance to impose tariffs. 

By Krysti Shallenberger • Sept. 22, 2017

General Motors inks PPAs for 200 MW of wind

The turbines will come online at the end of 2018 and provide all the power for the company's factories in Ohio and Indiana.

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 21, 2017

Advanced metering: Making the most of connectivity for a modern grid

AEE's Coley Girouard outlines how the power sector can make the most of advanced metering infrastructure in the first of a seven-part opinion series. 

By Coley Girouard • Sept. 20, 2017

Westinghouse CEO: The firm is exiting the construction business

Instead, the bankrupt construction firm will focus on its "traditional businesses," which includes nuclear fuel, engineering, and decontamination and decommissioning. 

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 20, 2017

Itron agrees to acquire Silver Spring Networks in $830M deal

The combination of two leading smart grid and metering companies could help Itron challenge Swiss giant Landis+Gyr. 

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 19, 2017

Solar insiders expect ITC harm finding, handing tariff decision to Trump

Sector leaders are confident the International Trade Commission will find that imported solar panels have hurt domestic manufacturers, but how the president will respond remains unclear. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 19, 2017

FERC overrules New York permit denial for Millennium gas pipeline

The decision could signal that Trump's FERC appointees are more open to reversing state regulatory decisions on fossil fuel infrastructure. 

By Robert Walton • Sept. 18, 2017

Irma restoration expected to conclude this week as Duke apologizes for lapses

Florida Power & Light still has 300,000 customers without power and Duke Energy missed a self-imposed restoration deadline, sowing discontent among thousands. 

By Robert Walton • Sept. 18, 2017

Alectra Utilities CEO: 'Someone's going to cannibalize our business — it may as well be us'

"Someone's going to eat our lunch. They're lining up to do it," CEO Brian Bentz told Utility Dive. Here's how the Canadian utility is moving aggressively into DERs.

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 14, 2017

Anheuser-Busch buys enough wind power to brew 20 billion beers a year

The company is buying 152.5 MW from Enel Green Power's Thunder Ranch wind farm in Oklahoma, which is expected to come online later this year.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 14, 2017

DOE expands SunShot program after hitting original cost goal 3 years early

The new program aims to cut utility-scale solar costs to $0.03/kWh and boost durability and lifetimes in panels. 

By Krysti Shallenberger • Sept. 13, 2017

Customer grid defections are a utility branding issue

For decades, customers regarded electricity as a commodity, and electric utilities as its regional monopoly providers. Fast forward to today, and the landscape is undergoing a tectonic shift.

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