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Deep Dive
Hawaii's new fuel price performance incentive gives HECO 'skin in the game'
A new sharing mechanism moves some risk of fuel price volatility from customers to the utility, but not everyone is convinced it will make a difference.
By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 6, 2018 -
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How low can solar prices go? GTM predicts under $15/MWh in 2022
Solar bids could fall to $14.70/MWh in less than five years, given a perfect mix of financing and technology, according to a new analysis that also says the rate of price decline is slowing.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 6, 2018 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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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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Corporate clean power purchases reach 7.2 GW, surpassing 2017 record
As more companies sign 100% renewables pledges, a Bloomberg report estimates they will need to buy another 197 TWh of clean energy by 2030.
By Catherine Morehouse • Aug. 6, 2018 -
Alliant Energy
Alliant plans to eliminate coal, cut emissions 80% by 2050
Alliant Energy, which serves almost 1 million customers across Iowa and Wisconsin, said by 2030 renewables will supply almost a third of its capacity.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 3, 2018 -
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Judge declines to block Arizona 50% renewables initiative, but risks remain
Arizonans for Affordable Energy challenged more than 75% of the signatures collected by supporters of the ballot initiative, but a judge says the court doesn't have authority to block them.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 3, 2018 -
Musk sees 'insane' fast growth for Tesla's energy storage business
Tesla executives predicted growth levels in 2019 of 300% to 400% for its energy storage business.
By Peter Maloney • Aug. 2, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Will lower cost renewables and natural gas accelerate PacifiCorp's generation transition?
A Sierra Club-commissioned study is aimed at moving PacifiCorp’s planning ahead and getting more coal "off the grid."
By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 2, 2018 -
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Recent heat wave provides stress test for US renewables integration
CAISO has called for conservation as a heat wave spiked electricity use. Like other areas of the country, the lights stayed on but also revealed weaknesses in the electric grid.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 2, 2018 -
Massachusetts utilities file US-record offshore wind contracts at $65/MWh
If approved by regulators, utilities say the contracts would save $14/MWh compared with buying renewable energy on the open market.
By Gavin Bade • Aug. 2, 2018 -
Advocates hail passage of Massachusetts clean energy bill but want to take it further
The state's final energy bill is a watered down version of the one passed by the Senate in June.
By Peter Maloney • Aug. 2, 2018 -
DC Circuit tosses challenge to ISO-NE renewable energy market rules
The judges ruled that exemptions to ISO-NE's capacity market price floor that allow renewables to bid in below the minimum level are legal.
By Gavin Bade • Aug. 1, 2018 -
How can the US reach the cutting edge of offshore wind R&D? DOE seeks input
Despite the president's rhetoric against wind power, the Energy Department is looking at how it can improve research and development, on and offshore.
By Catherine Morehouse • Aug. 1, 2018 -
Energy storage could take off in Massachusetts with proposed compromise on capacity ownership
The tentative deal would allow owners of residential solar and storage facilities to retain the right to bid the resulting capacity into ISO New England's forward capacity market, if state regulators approve it.
By Peter Maloney • July 31, 2018 -
Community solar can address renewables accessibility gap, report finds
GTM Research mapped out a vision for community solar for the next few decades, encouraging states and utilities to consider low-to-moderate income households.
By Catherine Morehouse • July 31, 2018 -
Opinion
The shift to renewables can't wait until 2035
Cities and universities play an important role in reducing carbon emissions through sustainable energy practices. But many are baking unreasonable timelines into their plans for carbon neutrality.
By Bryce Smith • July 31, 2018 -
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New York to consider enhancing payments for distributed generation
The Department of Public Service expects the proposals, outlined in two reports, could stimulate 1 GW of new community distributed generation.
By Robert Walton • July 31, 2018 -
Maui Economic Development Board
Idaho approves $2 billion, 1,150 MW in wind projects
The three wind facilities will be built in Wyoming as part of Rocky Mountain Power's Energy Vision 2020 plan.
By Robert Walton • July 31, 2018 -
NextEra's renewables backlog grows to 7.4 GW as customers anticipate lower costs
The company's record backlog includes many energy storage and solar projects slated for years in the future, as prices are expected to drop in the 2020s.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • July 27, 2018 -
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Dominion targets 3 GW of wind and solar, $870M efficiency spending in grid mod plan
The utility issued the first phase of a larger plan, as directed by Virginia's Grid Transformation & Security Act, which took effect three weeks ago to reshape the state's grid.
By Robert Walton • July 27, 2018 -
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AEP cancels largest US wind project after Texas rejection
Regulators said AEP's 2 GW Wind Catcher project, planned for the Oklahoma panhandle, did not provide enough benefits to customers.
By Gavin Bade • July 27, 2018 -
Green groups come out against Nevada retail choice ballot measure
Groups like the Sierra Club and NRDC had been neutral on the measure to end monopoly utilities until NV Energy promised to double its renewables if the proposal is defeated.
By Robert Walton • July 27, 2018 -
Los Angeles considers $3B pumped storage project at Hoover Dam
The city's municipal utility is studying the potential of using the dam as a giant pumped hydropower plant run by renewables.
By Peter Maloney • July 26, 2018 -
Residential storage hits new record, deploying 36MWh in Q1
Changing policies in California and Hawaii led to 74% of the nation's residential storage deployments in the past quarter, according to GTM Research and the Energy Storage Association.
By Peter Maloney • July 25, 2018 -
Judge scraps lawsuit against Maine wind moratorium
Renewable energy and conservation advocates tried to challenge the legality of Gov. Paul LePage's January executive order, which halts wind turbine permitting for the largest wind generation state in the Northeast.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • July 25, 2018 -
Array Technologies
Sponsored by Array TechnologiesNot all bankability reports are created equal
In a new white paper, DNV GL lays out the details all reports on trackers should include.
July 25, 2018
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