Renewables

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    Government shutdown could delay clean energy guidance, permitting: report

    Shutdown plans could become hard to implement as agency staffing levels “are significantly lower than at the beginning of the year," said sustainable finance company Crux.

    By Lamar Johnson • Oct. 3, 2025
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    The week in 5 numbers: DOE slashes clean energy funding following coal ‘investment’

    Plus PJM’s data center woes, record storage deployment and new generation additions.

    By • Oct. 3, 2025
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    Top 5 Stories from Utility Dive

    Power demand is rising amid dramatic shifts in federal energy policy, but technology and markets continue to push the grid toward cleaner, more distributed resources. 

    By Utility Dive staff
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    Corporate procurement stabilizes renewable energy projects: CEBA

    “The primary role of corporate offtake agreements [is] to mitigate the financial risk associated with earning revenue from the variable wholesale electricity market,” the Clean Energy Buyers Association said.

    By • Oct. 2, 2025
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    DOE cancels $7.6B in clean energy awards in states that voted against Trump

    “Our democracy is badly broken when a president can illegally suspend projects for Blue states in order to punish his political enemies,” said Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

    By • Oct. 2, 2025
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    Utility conferences to watch in 2026

    See our annual list of notable power-sector conferences where industry leaders will share knowledge in a rapidly-changing landscape. 

    By • Oct. 1, 2025
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    Opinion

    Why utility-scale solar requires a smarter approach to predictive modeling

    By augmenting manual energy forecasting processes with state-of-the-art digital tools, utilities can make better decisions faster, writes Tigo Energy Vice President of Software Archie Roboostoff.

    By Archie Roboostoff • Sept. 30, 2025
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    Democratic House bill would reverse Trump energy policies, bolster RTO oversight

    The Trump administration is driving up the cost of electricity by creating barriers to clean energy investment to support higher-cost fossil fuel sectors, Rep. Sean Casten said.

    By • Sept. 30, 2025
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    Lawmakers urge PJM to take steps so clean energy projects can meet tax credit deadlines

    “Either we have a resource adequacy issue or we don't — and I believe we do — so we need to be getting all of this energy online as quickly as possible,” Maryland Delegate Lorig Charkoudian said.

    By • Updated Sept. 30, 2025
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    Georgia Power seeks 500 MW storage, possibly with renewable component

    The resources should be online in 2028 at the earliest and no later than the end of 2031, the utility said in a draft request for proposals.

    By • Sept. 25, 2025
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    Revolution Wind to resume construction after judge grants injunction

    The project’s developers are likely to succeed in their claims, and the project is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of an injunction, Judge Royce Lamberth ruled.

    By • Sept. 23, 2025
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    Utilities are backtracking on climate commitments: Sierra Club

    The report named six utility companies reversing course on emissions reductions: Entergy, Duke Energy, Evergy, Cleco, American Electric Power and Arizona Public Service.

    By • Updated Sept. 23, 2025
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    Data center demand drives 33% jump in VPP deployments: Wood Mackenzie

    But virtual power plant capacity rose more slowly than deployments last year, highlighting barriers to broader adoption, WoodMac said.

    By Brian Martucci • Sept. 22, 2025
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    Clean energy jobs grew in 2024 but face policy threats: E2

    Clean energy jobs outpaced growth in the rest of the energy sector as well as overall employment growth.

    By • Sept. 22, 2025
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    Mars signs solar PPAs with Enel to speed energy transition across supply chain

    The confectionery company is teaming up with Enel North America on a trio of renewable purchase agreements estimated to annually generate 1.8 TWh from three Texas solar projects.

    By Zoya Mirza • Sept. 22, 2025
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    Opinion

    AI’s electricity demand is a challenge utilities can’t ignore, but subsidies aren’t the solution

    Utilities need portfolios that balance renewables and natural gas with long-duration storage, writes Stefan Pastine, CEO of semiconductor materials company Thintronics.

    By Stefan Pastine • Sept. 22, 2025
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    Connecticut and Rhode Island file for injunction to restart Revolution Wind

    The states argue in their motion that Revolution Wind is “real, fully permitted, and nearly complete.”

    By • Sept. 18, 2025
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    Bipartisan House group releases permitting reform ‘framework’

    This and other permitting reform efforts — supported by groups like the Edison Electric Institute — come amid rising electric demand and increasing electricity bills.

    By • Sept. 18, 2025
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    Regulators approve demand charge, net metering changes for NV Energy

    Consumer advocates say the changes will worsen energy affordability issues in Nevada and make NV Energy’s solar net metering program less effective for customers.

    By • Sept. 18, 2025
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    Eversource faces financial risk over Trump administration’s offshore wind stop-work order: Fitch

    At the same time, New Hampshire's governor signals that an Eversource Energy utility may face more regulatory challenges.

    By • Sept. 17, 2025
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    CenterPoint Energy courts Minnesota communities for networked geothermal pilot

    The utility is hoping to prove to local governments that such decarbonization efforts can meet residents’ energy needs in a cold-weather climate.

    By Brian Martucci • Sept. 16, 2025
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    Thermal power plants more competitive than clean energy when considering reliability: Vistra CEO

    Even so, in the near term Vistra President and CEO Jim Burke expects solar and batteries to do well because they can be built quickly.

    By • Sept. 12, 2025
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    Entergy expects data centers to drive 13% near-term annual industrial sales growth: CEO

    With new gas-fired generation expected, Entergy faces challenges in meeting its 50% carbon reduction goal for 2030, CEO Drew Marsh said.

    By • Updated Sept. 24, 2025
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    Amid policy pressures, clean energy investment is diversifying: Crux

    Data from the first half of this year shows clean energy investment continuing to increase, but changing in shape, said Crux CEO Alfred Johnson.

    By • Sept. 11, 2025
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    ‘Green banks’ petition for rehearing in $14B EPA funding freeze case

    A three-judge panel ruled 2-1 to uphold the EPA’s freeze on Inflation Reduction Act grants, but the plaintiffs have asked for a rehearing from the entire appeals court.

    By • Sept. 11, 2025
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    Complaint over MISO’s $22B transmission portfolio faces widespread opposition

    Granting the complaint from five utility commissions could delay adding power supplies in the Midcontinent region and hurt reliability, according to comments filed at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

    By • Sept. 10, 2025