How the West's new Energy Imbalance Market is building a smarter energy system

The market saved millions in its first two months and helped prevent curtailment of renewable resources.

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 19, 2015

Exelon expects Illinois bill to support nuke plants in March

Company officials expect the measure to have broad support in the state legislature.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 19, 2015

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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

Hawaii group explores forming co-op, intervenes in NextEra-HECO docket

Regulatory proceedings to finalize the $4.3 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Electric are expected to conclude in Q4.

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 18, 2015

New Mexico bill would end unregulated rate increases for fuel costs

Utilities say the charges protect customers, but opponents say they are tantamount to unapproved rate increases.

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 18, 2015

NARUC meetings: Will the EPA's Clean Power Plan change? It's 'very much on the table'

Amendments to interim targets and the plan's timeline are "very much on the table," EPA officials said during day two. 

By Gavin Bade • Feb. 18, 2015

NARUC meetings: Do we need a carbon price to comply with the EPA's Clean Power Plan?

The nation's utility regulators met in Washington on Monday and we've got your rundown.

By Gavin Bade • Feb. 17, 2015

Indiana regulators reject IPL's electric vehicle charging infastructure, car sharing plan

Indianapolis Power & Light proposed an expansion of electric vehicle infrastructure that would have been owned by a private company.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 17, 2015

TVA to sign major solar deal with NextEra for 80 MW

The deal will be TVA's first utility-scale solar purchase.

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 13, 2015

How Basin Electric is handling explosive new load growth in North Dakota

Explosive growth from North Dakota’s oil boom is creating an unprecedented new generation and transmission need.

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 13, 2015

Miss. Supreme Court strikes down Southern's Kemper plant rate hikes

The state's high court says regulators did not evaluate the prudency of costs incurred at the IGCC plant.

By Gavin Bade • Feb. 13, 2015

Tong and Wellinghoff: Why fixed charges are a false fix to the utility industry's solar challenges

James Tong and Jon Wellinghoff explain why the recent push for fixed charges may help utilities in the short run, but will come at a huge cost to all.

By James Tong and Jon Wellinghoff • Feb. 13, 2015

EPA hints at loosening Clean Power Plan timeline

Regulators hinted they are considering backing away from early interim goals under the Clean Power Plan.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 13, 2015

Southern Co. subsidiary Gulf Power buys 180 MW of Oklahoma wind

A third Southern Company subsidiary buys wind – is it the end of the coal era?

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 12, 2015

Inside the PG&E proposal to build 25,000 EV charging stations

 Utility-private partnerships are looking to drive the EV market, grow electricity sales, and get more renewables onto the grid.

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 12, 2015

ARPA-E 2015: Storage, a 'plug-and-play' grid, and SolarCity's appeal to utilities

Here are the highlights from the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit 2015.

By Gavin Bade • Feb. 12, 2015

Battle brewing in South Carolina over utility's solar proposals

Rooftop solar advocates say the SCE&G's plan would erode solar’s value proposition.

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 11, 2015

Ameren offers support for EPA regs in exchange for revisions

Utility agreement is forming around extending interim goals under the Clean Power Plan and lengthening the timeline to 2035.

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 11, 2015

California lawmakers propose ambitious energy agenda

Cleaner energy goals are being pitched as a way to boost employment in California.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 11, 2015

New Jersey regulators approve Exelon-Pepco merger

Regulators approved a settlement between the companies, energy consumers and regulatory staff.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 11, 2015

Study: EPA Clean Power Plan won't hurt electric reliability

Concerns raised by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation underestimate the compliance options offered by the Clean Power Plan, a new analysis finds.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 11, 2015

Hundreds protest Salt River Project's proposed $50 per month solar charge in Arizona

Solar advocates say it ruins solar’s value proposition and threatens home resale prices.

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 10, 2015

Wood Mackenzie: Solar could be "the next shale"

With regulatory support to keep gas back-up in place, solar could revolutionize power markets, the consultancy says.

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 10, 2015

SolarCity to utility industry: Here's how you can solve solar revenue losses

CTO and Co-Founder Peter Rive says utilities can benefit greatly from distributed energy if they would change their thinking.

By Gavin Bade • Feb. 10, 2015

SCE admits to private conversations with Peevey on SONGS closure

An SCE executive and the CPUC chair met at a luxury hotel in Poland where the regulator laid out his plan for the nuclear plant.

By Gavin Bade • Feb. 10, 2015

Poll: 6% of D.C. residents support Exelon-Pepco merger

Exelon says the poll was "fundamentally flawed."

By Gavin Bade • Feb. 9, 2015