Senate Finance Committee reduces House IRA cuts, but few changes for wind and solar

Wind and solar projects must begin construction by the end of 2025 to qualify for the Inflation Reduction Act’s full 45Y and 48E tax credits in the Finance Committee's proposed budget bill.

By Diana DiGangi • June 18, 2025

‘Shoulder season’ reliability a growing concern in ERCOT, other ISOs: Aurora Energy Research

Batteries, gas peaker plants and data centers will provide critical system flexibility by 2030 as load growth, aging infrastructure and weather volatility increase planning uncertainty, Aurora said.

By Brian Martucci • June 17, 2025

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The Energy Transition to Renewables

Rising demand for power is continuing to drive demand for renewables, but policy uncertainty and mixed signals from the Trump administration add to existing challenges.

By Utility Dive staff

Senate: Don’t fumble the energy future

Ending clean energy tax deductions would limit power supply and raise electricity prices. It would be like sending a great football team to compete in the Super Bowl without cleats.

By Dean Granoff • June 17, 2025

Meta signs geothermal power deal for New Mexico data centers

The tech and social media giant entered an agreement with XGS Energy to help develop 150 MW of geothermal power generation.

By Lamar Johnson • June 17, 2025

Will ERCOT’s streamlined connect-and-manage approach work for other markets?

ERCOT’s single-state, energy-only interconnection process doesn’t include other markets’ deliverability requirements and generator cost certainty needs.

By Herman K. Trabish • June 16, 2025

Utilities must evolve their resource adequacy approach – here’s how

Utilities must increasingly embrace an “all of the above” approach to resource adequacy.

June 16, 2025

Solar industry posts record Q1 growth but projects longer-term decline

Prematurely ending federal tax credits for renewable energy and manufacturing risks project cancellations and a possible energy shortage, SEIA says.

By Emma Penrod • June 12, 2025

GOP lawmakers reiterate asks for clean energy credit tweaks in reconciliation bill

Rep. Jen Kiggans, a Virginia Republican, said “there remains significant room for improvement in preserving the clean energy tax credits” in the Senate’s version of the budget bill.

By Lamar Johnson • June 12, 2025

Maryland residential solar loan program sees success in rough market

“In just a few months, we saw enough loan demand to meet our entire annual budget,” said Rokas Beresniovas, a senior director with the Montgomery County Green Bank.

By Diana DiGangi • June 12, 2025

Supercharging America’s power grid from the demand side

Microgrids with continuous AI-powered monitoring can significantly reduce the need for costly grid upgrades and lower the risk of power failures.

By James Richmond • June 11, 2025

Residential solar installer Sunnova files for bankruptcy, plans to sell and wind down operations

Difficult market conditions, including uncertainty created by the Trump administration, prevented the company from accessing needed capital, company officials said in the bankruptcy filings.

By Emma Penrod • June 11, 2025

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind asks to terminate project’s renewable energy credits

The New Jersey OREC termination is “the closing of a chapter, but not the end for Atlantic Shores,” CEO Joris Veldhoven said.

By Diana DiGangi • June 10, 2025

MISO submits revised fast-track interconnection process for FERC approval

NextEra, Sierra Club and other groups say, however, that the Midcontinent Independent System Operator failed to work with stakeholders on the proposal as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission directed.

By Ethan Howland • June 10, 2025

Baseload blind spot? Senate should unleash 24/7 clean-energy workhorses

As the U.S. Senate drafts a budget bill, it should value geothermal and hydropower appropriately to secure a stronger, more resilient and more dominant energy future.

By Malcolm Woolf and Bryant Jones • June 9, 2025

MISO resource outlook improves; surplus expected next summer

The potential surplus for the Midcontinent Independent System Operator ranges from 1.4 GW to 6.4 GW next summer, but uncertainty clouds the longer-term outlook, according to the OMS-MISO survey.

By Ethan Howland • June 9, 2025

Tariffs to spike power generation costs: reports

Battery energy storage systems are especially vulnerable to tariffs, according to Wood Mackenzie and Anza Renewables. Data from the two firms showed a sharp increase in BESS costs last quarter.

By Brian Martucci • June 9, 2025

Vast array of solar power equipment left exposed online

The most commonly exposed device has been discontinued and vulnerable for a decade, new research found.

By Eric Geller • June 6, 2025

Transferability is transforming clean energy project finance, say dealmakers

The ability to transfer tax credits has allowed for new investors, new structures and faster deals, experts say, but is threatened by congressional budget proposals.

By Diana DiGangi • June 6, 2025

Large load tariffs have a problem. Clean transition tariffs are the solution.

These tariffs were designed to offer large loads access to renewable energy, but they could be expanded to baseload generation to remove at-risk generation from the utility’s books.

By Ben Hertz-Shargel • June 5, 2025

Anti-renewables bills die in Texas House, but may reemerge in 2027

Experts said three bills would have raised power prices, hurt reliability and reduced investment. Oil and gas producers were part of a broad coalition in opposition.

By Brian Martucci • June 3, 2025

House budget bill would kill 330K solar, storage jobs: SEIA

The Solar Energy Industries Association is lobbying the Senate to revise the House’s rollback of IRA tax credits during budget negotiations, citing estimated job losses in every state.

By Diana DiGangi • June 2, 2025

Clean power deployments neared record in Q1, but development pipeline growth slowed: ACP

Utility-scale solar and energy storage have made inroads in the Midwest and South, but political uncertainty could quash the momentum, the American Clean Power Association said.

By Brian Martucci • May 30, 2025

California’s solar, wind curtailment jumped 29% in 2024: EIA

California is pursuing options such as increasing battery storage and using excess renewable energy to make hydrogen, said the Energy Information Administration.

By Diana DiGangi • May 30, 2025

IRA tax credits spur construction, manufacturing in red and blue states

Repealing the Inflation Reduction Act could slow our ability to build more power generation and increase the risk of rolling blackouts and higher energy costs.

By Emmanuel Martin-Lauzer • May 29, 2025

California could nearly double generation capacity using surplus interconnection: UC Berkeley report

The authors say about 16 GW of thermal capacity — dominated by gas — is operating below a 15% capacity factor, making it ripe for adding solar, wind or storage.

By Meris Lutz • May 29, 2025