Sumitomo begins operation of 6 MW, 2 MWh battery for PJM frequency regulation

The new project in Ohio is the first to come online operated by the Japanese corporation.

By Peter Maloney • Jan. 19, 2016

J.D. Power: Business customer satisfaction with utilities at 8-year high

Improvements in communications, corporate citizenship and prices mean business customers are happier with their utilities than they have been in nearly a decade.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 15, 2016

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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

PG&E tried to dispose of safety records on San Bruno explosion, federal attorneys say

A former employee hired to improve record keeping reportedly found key safety records in a dumpster outside a company natural gas facility.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 15, 2016

UBS: Resident opposition could sink NextEra-Hawaiian Electric deal

The investment research firm sees a good chance of “the deal breaking up given persistent consternations.”

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 14, 2016

Iowa regulators deny Clean Line's third request to change transmission approval process

The developer wants the leverage of a permitted line before it seeks the right of eminent domain. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 14, 2016

How a new business model could get the Puerto Rico public utility out of debt

The only way PREPA can save itself is to find a path to lower cost electricity, but any restructuring deal is bound up in the politics of both the island and Capitol Hill.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 13, 2016

Nevada regulator urges commission not to delay new solar net metering rates

The full Nevada commission will meet today to consider calls from the solar industry to stay a controversial net metering ruling, but one regulator has already made his opinion on the matter clear.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 13, 2016

Oncor CEO, former Texas Gov. express concerns over Hunt plan to restructure utility

As regulators consider the proposed acquisition of Oncor Electric Delivery by Hunt Consolidated for an estimated $18 billion, lobbying is still going on in the pages of The Dallas Morning News.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 13, 2016

Dominion Virginia Power commits $700M to solar in long-term resource plan

Virginia regulators use regulatory process to push the utility toward a bigger resource mix. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 13, 2016

Hawaii PUC Chair warns NextEra against sideline maneuvers with HEI merger opponents

Hawaii's lead regulator says NextEra's most recent filing in the case came too close to an evidentiary hearing for other stakeholders to review it. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 12, 2016

Vermont regulators approve new line to bring Canadian renewables to New England

The New England Clean Power Link will carry 1,000 MW of capacity under Lake Champlain.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 11, 2016

Bigger than batteries: Why the cost of other components matters to storage deployment

As deployment accelerates, the plummeting cost of balance of system components will help make storage a better deal for utilities and third parties nationwide. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 11, 2016

Sunrun exits Nevada after net metering decision

Sunrun Inc. has followed two other major solar developers in ceasing operations in Nevada after what they preceived are unfriendly solar policies. 

By Krysti Shallenberger • Jan. 7, 2016

Cleco boosts customer perks again in Louisiana merger bid

Cleco Corp. and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets have almost doubled customer bill credits in an effort to get approval for their plan to take the power company private.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 7, 2016

Nevada regulators will consider delaying new net metering rates, monthly charges

The state's consumer advocate argues the ruling could violate the U.S. constitution’s contracts clause.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 6, 2016

Illinois landowners push regulators to rethink $2B Grain Belt Express transmission line

The permit allows Grain Belt Express line connecting Kansas wind to the East to use eminent domain. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 5, 2016

Midwestern utilities Xcel and Westar make big wind buys

Upper Midwest wind is now “competitive with new natural gas," an Xcel executive said. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 5, 2016

DERs in 2016: What experts expect for a booming sector

With the market for distributed energy resources set to blossom thanks to the extensions of vital tax credits, solar especially is primed to grow, experts predict. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 4, 2016

Survey: Over half of solar installers do not offer TPO financing or PPAs

Solar installers across the country are facing stiff competition for customers, and many are selling systems for cash or unsecured loans, a new survey finds. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 4, 2016

Puerto Rico electric utility reaches debt restructuring deal with creditors

 Puerto Rico's public utility finalized a deal to restructure its debt, cutting obligations by more than $600 million. 

By Gavin Bade • Dec. 28, 2015

Duke's $4.9B acquisition of Piedmont clears federal regulatory hurdle

The Federal Trade Commission found no issues with Duke Energy's proposed acquisition of Piedmont Natural Gas, but the deal must still clear regulators in North Carolina.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 23, 2015

DTE Energy's new solar contracts will triple Michigan solar

Solar developer Inovateus Solar and state’s biggest electricity provider join for two utility scale installations totalling 45 MW.

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 23, 2015

Editor's Picks: The biggest Utility Dive stories of 2015

2015 was a time of change like no other in the electric power sector. Here's a recap of the year as told by some of our most important stories. 

By Gavin Bade • Dec. 22, 2015

Puerto Rico's utility reaches tentative agreement to restructure $8.2B debt

Bloomberg Business reports that Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority has reached an agreement with a pair of insurance companies that will allow it to restructure some $8.2 billion in debt.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 21, 2015

Iberdrola-UIL Holdings finalize merger, creating a new 'American energy giant'

The combined company will operate under the name Avangrid, and has begun trading on the New York Stock exchange under the symbol AGR.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 21, 2015