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OpinionWhy utilities and environmentalists can find common (green) ground
Ex-FERC Chair Norman Bay argues clean energy can gain more ground if utilities and enviros team up.
By Norman C. Bay • Feb. 20, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Are recent disasters enough to spur utilities to take climate change seriously?
Sector expert Allison Silverstein argues utilities need a new paradigm in long-term grid planning.
By Krysti Shallenberger • Feb. 20, 2018 -
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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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PJM board sends competing capacity market reforms to FERC
The grid operator's decision sets up a rare policy face-off at FERC that could raise legal stakes for the agency.
By Gavin Bade • Feb. 16, 2018 -
New Mexico lawmakers send solar tax credit to governor's desk
But Gov. Susana Martinez (R) is reportedly unlikely to sign stand-alone tax measures.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 15, 2018 -
Republic Services
New Arizona renewable ballot initiative could spark utility opposition
The measure would boost the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard to 50% by 2030, following a proposal from a state official to raise it to 80% by 2050. But the state's largest utility might not be on board.
By Krysti Shallenberger • Feb. 15, 2018 -
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FERC issues storage, reliability orders, calls conference on aggregated DERs
The commission directed grid operators to design rules that allow storage to provide energy, capacity and ancillary services, as well as set wholesale prices as buyers and sellers.
By Gavin Bade • Feb. 15, 2018 -
Deep Dive
How solar owners' post-hurricane demand for batteries could impact utilities
Extreme weather is driving customers to solar-plus-storage as backup power, but they can use it to cut back on electricity use, too
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 15, 2018 -
ISO-NE presses FERC to approve capacity market reform
The grid operator argues its two-part capacity market proposal will better integrate subsidized resources than existing rules.
By Gavin Bade • Feb. 14, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Resilience, pipelines & PURPA: FERC regulators preview major issues at NARUC
State utility regulators heard from all five federal energy regulators at a conference in Washington this week.
By Gavin Bade • Feb. 14, 2018 -
Deep Dive
California regulators first to allow multiple revenue streams for energy storage
The state has approved rules that increase the ways for energy storage systems to make money, for example, through frequency regulation, capacity or spinning reserve services.
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New Massachusetts bill seeks 1.77 GW storage target, quicker renewables transition
The legislation would also direct state regulators to develop rules that exceed those adopted by the United Nations Paris Climate Agreement.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 13, 2018 -
Batteries will boost yearly solar plant output by 500 MWh, FPL says
The utility's Citrus Solar Energy Center was completed in 2016, but now has a 4 MW/16 MWh storage system that will allow the plant to continue sending out electricity after the sun goes down.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 12, 2018 -
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Trump budget would gut EPA, DOE renewables office
The budget would cut the DOE renewables office by 65% and eliminate ARPA-E and the agency's loan programs. EPA would be cut by nearly a quarter.
By Gavin Bade • Feb. 12, 2018 -
Opinion
At NARUC, three actions to support the grid of the future
A group of solar companies and advocates lay out out what utility commissioners should consider during NARUC's annual winter meeting
By Anne Hoskins; Abigail Hopper; Tom Starrs; Thomas Plagemann; Sachu Constantine • Feb. 12, 2018 -
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APS to install 50 MW, 135 MWh solar-shifting battery
The contract with developer First Solar will allow APS to use the battery to deliver solar power when electricity use is at its peak, 3-8 p.m. each day.
By Gavin Bade • Feb. 12, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Is PURPA done? New bill takes aim at law's mandatory purchase obligation
The law has been under fire for much of its 40-year history, but changes proposed in November could be the most significant yet.
By Peter Maloney • Feb. 12, 2018 -
Tesla plans to triple battery storage deployments in 2018
But its solar business appears to be slumping, in part due to a change in the payment model, the company says.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 9, 2018 -
Opinion
Markets matter: US wind belt expands as more utilities do the math
The DOE NOPR and the tax overhaul bill initially threatened the continued growth of wind energy. But "ultimately, clean power emerged a winner on policy, again," Vestas Americas President Chris Brown writes.
By Chris Brown • Feb. 8, 2018 -
Deep Dive
The 'small miracle' that may lead to California's net metering successor
Sooner or later, retail rate net metering must go, stakeholders agree. But solar advocates say later, while utilities say sooner, and therein hangs the tale.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 8, 2018 -
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Hawaii regulators approve HECO's suite of demand response, solar programs
The utility has proposed demand response programs aimed at harnessing electric vehicles, appliances and storage, while the new solar programs aim to compensate rooftop solar users.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 8, 2018 -
Energy tax credits included in Senate budget deal
Tax credit extensions for nuclear plants and a number of natural gas and renewable energy technologies are in the Senate package, but are likely to face opposition in the House.
By Gavin Bade • Feb. 8, 2018 -
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China wants compensation for US solar panel tariffs as industry braces for job losses
A string of countries have started filing challenges at the World Trade Organization over a recent decision by the Trump administration to impose tariffs on solar equipment. China is the latest.
By Krysti Shallenberger • Feb. 7, 2018 -
Republic Services
Tech company Switch announces 1 GW solar farm for Nevada
The project, dubbed Gigawatt 1, would cost "half as much" as NV Energy's green offerings, the company said, and could be the biggest project in the U.S.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 7, 2018 -
AES prepares for layoffs at US utilities as part of wider restructuring effort
The energy company is pushing to shrink its carbon footprint and pivot to cleaner energy resources.
By Peter Maloney • Feb. 7, 2018 -
NRG sells renewable energy business, Southern plants in reorganization move
The company says the sale will bring in $2.9 billion in cash and more is to come as it continues to remake itself.
By Gavin Bade • Feb. 7, 2018
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