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OpinionAmerica faces another high-wire moment: This one around its energy future
The debt ceiling bill included some much-needed reforms to improve the efficiency of the permitting process for energy infrastructure. But they were step one. The question is, what comes next?
By Amy Andryszak and Jason Grumet • July 18, 2023 -
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Lawmakers urge NRC to address several issues in draft licensing framework for advanced reactors
Concerns include “inconsistent application of new programs and terminology,” the 20 senators and 44 House members said.
By Robert Walton • July 18, 2023 -
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TrendlineThe Energy Transition to Renewables
New policy and business actions are giving a significant boost to renewable energy in the U.S., but opposition is growing and grid interconnection, permitting, labor and other challenges remain.
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Federal appeals court strikes down FERC approval of Southeastern SEEM market
The market’s transmission rules may violate Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requirements that transmission owners provide open access to their systems, the court said.
By Ethan Howland • July 17, 2023 -
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FERC reverses course, rejects SPP regional transmission cost allocation pathway for wind-heavy zones
After considering arguments from American Electric Power, OGE Energy and Xcel Energy utilities, FERC decided the Southwest Power Pool plan gave too much discretion to its board.
By Ethan Howland • July 14, 2023 -
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Deep DiveThe meaning of an ‘optimal’ clean energy investment is changing as prices rise, analysts report
Inflation Reduction Act incentives and supply-demand imbalances have developers and off-takers recalculating the value of clean energy.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 13, 2023 -
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Evergy capital plan rises 64% in 4 years, reflecting surge in US utility spending: Kansas regulatory staff
S&P Global expects record-setting capital spending by utilities starting this year, partly in response to federal clean energy and infrastructure policy.
By Ethan Howland • July 12, 2023 -
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OpinionBigger meals require better receipts: A call for coordinated greenhouse gas emissions tracking
States need to work together to create a consistent, transparent and ironclad greenhouse gas accounting system, writes Abigail Anthony, a commissioner with the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission.
By Abigail Anthony • July 12, 2023 -
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OpinionHow years of mismanagement and regulatory failures broke California’s utilities
There is a chronic misperception that Herculean efforts are required to overhaul utility infrastructure and set California back on the path of improvement. In fact, the solutions are much more basic than that.
By Jeffrey Conklin and Andrew Heath • July 11, 2023 -
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OpinionHow hourly tracking can prevent a ‘clean’ hydrogen boondoggle
Hourly matching is feasible, in use today and absolutely necessary for deploying clean hydrogen and building a clean grid.
By Ben Gerber and Killian Daly • July 10, 2023 -
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State clean energy goals are ‘key driver’ for generation growth, but impact differs between regions: report
In Texas and the Midwest, renewables growth has “far outpaced RPS needs, driven by attractive wind energy economics,” says a Berkeley Lab report.
By Diana DiGangi • July 10, 2023 -
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DC Circuit backs FERC decision in interconnection dispute between Hecate Energy, NYISO
The case centers on how detailed a grid operator’s tariff must be. A lack of clarity will delay renewable energy projects, according to Hecate Energy.
By Ethan Howland • July 10, 2023 -
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OpinionFrom power to pharma, companies need better carbon emissions reporting
The key to progress is interoperability, or the ability to compare, share and use information across greenhouse gas accounting and reporting systems.
By Liv Watson and Marian Van Pelt • July 7, 2023 -
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OpinionTapping into DOE’s $250B of loan authority for projects that reinvest in US clean energy infrastructure
Potential projects include replacing retired infrastructure with nuclear energy or renewables with or without storage, retrofitting power plants, reconductoring transmission lines and more.
By Jigar Shah • July 6, 2023 -
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Environmental advocates rally in support of EPA legacy coal ash rule
The groups urged the EPA to press forward with a proposed rule for certain legacy coal ash sites while pushing for further regulation.
By Jacob Wallace • July 6, 2023 -
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$6.6B Mountain Valley Pipeline gets green light to finish construction
The much-delayed pipeline got permission from federal regulators to move ahead after years of legal challenges.
By Julie Strupp • July 5, 2023 -
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Republicans seek FERC conferences to assess grid effects of EPA’s proposed power plant carbon limits
“EPA clearly lacks the expertise to project accurately the impact of its rulemaking on electric reliability without deeply informed and engaged participation from FERC,” said Sens. John Barrasso and Shelley Moore Capito.
By Ethan Howland • July 5, 2023 -
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As Texas sweats, its electric grid has remained stable, in part due to renewables
The Public Utility Commission of Texas continues to develop a new dispatchable reliability reserve service and approved an 83% pay raise for the board of the state’s grid operator on June 29.
By Robert Walton • June 30, 2023 -
Energy workforce grew 3.8% last year; clean energy jobs increased in every state: DOE employment report
Clean energy technologies were the source of almost 87% of net new jobs in the power generation sector, according to the 2023 U.S. Energy and Employment Report.
By Robert Walton • June 29, 2023 -
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On EV policy, states are making ‘incremental progress, not transformational’: ACEEE
Most state transportation policies ”scored poorly on equity metrics,” according to a new assessment by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
By Robert Walton • June 29, 2023 -
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Hawai’i looks to tackle equity considerations of siting energy infrastructure as part of new docket
The state has some of the highest electricity rates in the country, and regulators opened a docket in December focused on ensuring more equity in its energy landscape.
By Kavya Balaraman • June 28, 2023 -
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New Mexico PRC cuts number of open meetings, adds closed sessions
The Public Service Company of New Mexico says regulators have “set a reasonable schedule” and can add additional open meetings as needed.
By Robert Walton • June 27, 2023 -
Vistra-Energy Harbor deal poses market power risks, say Ohio rate payer advocate, PJM market monitor
“Vistra currently has market power in the PJM energy and capacity markets … and adding the Energy Harbor nuclear units to its fleet will increase the incentive to exercise market power,” PJM’s market monitor said.
By Ethan Howland • June 26, 2023 -
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Arizona Public Service reaches settlement with ACC, will raise rates to recover Four Corners investment
The utility will also be allowed to earn a higher return on equity after a court determined regulators overstepped their authority in lowering the ROE to punish the utility for customer service issues.
By Robert Walton • June 26, 2023 -
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Sponsored by SungrowOpponents chip away at clean energy policies
Renewable energy policy in the U.S. has faced threats recently from both sides of the political aisle.
June 26, 2023 -
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Sponsored by Copper LabsTo meet emerging clean heat targets, utilities need better gas consumption data
High-resolution data can help gas and dual-fuel utilities improve decarbonization planning, expand efficiency efforts, and unlock non-pipes alternatives through gas load management.
June 26, 2023
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