Can Warren Buffett's Pacificorp bring the Northwest's renewable riches to market?

The Energy Gateway will change the way America uses energy – when it gets finished.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 15, 2014

Appeals court upholds decision to overturn New Jersey subsidies for power plants

PPL: Let electricity markets decide what generation they want.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 15, 2014

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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

Florida utility: EPA emissions plan is 'most disruptive energy policy proposal in modern times'

The EPA's 2020 goals are “crazy, unnecessary and unattainable," according to Jacksonville's municipal utility. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 15, 2014

Xcel Energy seeks 200 MW of Texas solar

The RFP solicits cost-competitive, ITC-eligible projects to be online by the end of 2016.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 15, 2014

PPL partners with suppliers to offer new time-of-use rates

The voluntary program will begin in December.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 15, 2014

Regulator: Alaska needs $900M in transmission upgrades

New Environmental Protection Agency regulations could strain the state's ability to deliver power, say regulators.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 15, 2014

APS adds to flurry of Southwest coal plant closures, gas conversions

APS: It will be cheaper to close and convert at Arizona’s Cholla than to retrofit.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 12, 2014

Missouri Supreme Court to hear case against utility's exemption to solar mandate

An amendment to a bill gave one utility a special break.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 12, 2014

Delaware regulators clear way for PJM transmission project

Delaware's Public Service Commission determined outside companies can construct transmission facilities in the state.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 12, 2014

FBI: Attack on PG&E substation was not terrorism

The FBI has a theory about who did it.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 11, 2014

Governors to Obama: EPA emissions plan is illegal

Will the Clean Power Plan become a state’s rights issue?

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 11, 2014

Why the net metering fight is a red herring for utilities

Net metering is not the only cross-subsidy embedded in electricity rates. 

By William Pentland • Sept. 11, 2014

Federal regulators decide not to shut down PG&E's Diablo Canyon nuclear plant

PG&E claims a new study shows the plant can withstand earthquake forces.

By Davide Savenije • Sept. 11, 2014

USDA to invest $518M in rural electric grids

Loan guarantees are being provided through USDA's Rural Utilities Service.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 11, 2014

Regulator: Mississippi power associations owe customers millions

Only seven of the state's 25 power associations returned funds to customers last year.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 11, 2014

How new transmission will bring Wyoming wind to California

President Obama’s transmission plan aims to bring remote renewables to load centers.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 10, 2014

Utilities ask North Carolina regulators for new delay of waste-to-energy mandate

There are not enough facilities turning the state's abundant swine and chicken waste into electricity.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 10, 2014

Documents: Xcel put $460K to attack Boulder municipalization in rate hike

Opponents of both Xcel and Boulder want to know who is paying for the fight.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 10, 2014

NV Energy, others plan 480 MW of new utility-scale solar in Nevada

Concentrating solar gets bypassed as more big solar gets greenlighted.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 9, 2014

SDG&E seeks new local capacity, renewables and storage

Already on track to meet its 33% renewables mandate, SDG&E wants the cheapest sources.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 9, 2014

NC Attorney General challenges Duke Energy rate hikes in state Supreme Court

Regulators continue to deny accusations that rate increases are unfair to customers.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 9, 2014

Xcel files to renegotiate solar contracts as prices drop to $0.085/kWh—or less

The PPA that beat natural gas last year is too expensive now as solar’s price keeps dropping.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 8, 2014

Hawaii utilities call for rogue solar systems to disconnect from grid

Unapproved solar threatens the grid while HECO’s interconnection queue remains an issue.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 8, 2014

California regulators reject $4.7B San Onofre settlement

Commissioner says SCE and SDG&E must pay more of the $4.7 billion closure costs.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 8, 2014

What doesn't stay in Vegas: Hillary Clinton's energy policy, NV Energy's solar leasing plan, and more

Clinton keynotes the National Clean Energy Summit as utility CEOs talk new business models.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 8, 2014