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Deep DiveAs FERC’s transmission proposal sparks clashes, potential solutions emerge from MISO, elsewhere
Federal transmission planning reforms must decide who builds and where, who benefits and pays, who balances state and national interests, and who enforces the rules, stakeholders said.
By Herman K. Trabish • Nov. 7, 2022 -
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Duke Energy greenlights sale of $4B commercial renewable energy unit amid ‘robust’ interest
Proceeds from the sale will help the company reduce debt and lower costs associated with decarbonization amid rising interest rates, CEO Lynn Good told investors on Friday.
By Emma Penrod • Nov. 7, 2022 -
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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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DTE Electric proposes $9B spend on 5.4 GW renewables, 760 MW storage, coal-to-gas power plant switch
The Detroit-based utility aims to exit coal in 2035, with carbon capture and small nuclear reactors as replacement options.
By Ethan Howland • Nov. 4, 2022 -
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Low-income households’ residential solar adoption is rising, but a stark income gap remains the U.S. norm
More residential solar adoption in middle- and lower-income states like Texas and Florida has helped close the national income gap, according to the report from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
By Emma Penrod • Nov. 3, 2022 -
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Clean energy deployments tumble 22% in Q3 to 3-year low as delayed projects rise to 36 GW: report
However, while installations of solar and onshore wind capacity fell, battery storage installations grew significantly.
By Robert Walton • Nov. 3, 2022 -
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OpinionAs Memphis Light, Gas and Water weighs an exit, is TVA headed for a renewable energy sea change?
TVA could soon be facing a widespread defection of other local power companies, opening the field to an increasingly renewable future for its customers, the author writes.
By Gaby Sarri-Tobar • Nov. 3, 2022 -
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AES Indiana says converting 1,052 MW of coal to gas will be $381M cheaper than renewables and storage
The utility’s resource plan includes little near-term solar and fails to take advantage of Inflation Reduction Act tax credits for “energy communities,” said Ben Inskeep, Citizens Action Coalition program director.
By Ethan Howland • Nov. 2, 2022 -
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Xcel to retire Texas coal-fired power plant early, speeding up companywide exit from coal to 2030
The Minneapolis-based utility plans to add 11,700 MW of wind and solar across its eight-state system.
By Ethan Howland • Nov. 1, 2022 -
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Deep DiveHow the US plans to transform its lithium supply chain
With just 3.6% of global reserves, U.S. access to the critical mineral is vital to the country’s sustainable energy plans.
By Deborah Abrams Kaplan • Nov. 1, 2022 -
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Dominion settles with Walmart, others on potential cost overruns for $9.8B offshore wind project
“Today’s settlement strikes a much better balance between shareholders and ratepayers that enables the project to move forward,” said Will Cleveland, a Southern Environmental Law Center senior attorney.
By Ethan Howland • Oct. 31, 2022 -
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Electric utilities aren’t doing enough to address inequities in today’s power system, advocates say
How are companies, regulators, NGOs and others ensuring that the energy transition is equitable?
By Robert Walton • Oct. 28, 2022 -
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Engie buys 6-GW solar and storage development portfolio from Belltown Power
The deal for projects in PJM, ERCOT and other markets comes as Consolidated Edison, American Electric Power and Duke Energy move to sell their unregulated renewable energy businesses.
By Ethan Howland • Oct. 28, 2022 -
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Deep DiveBringing equity to electricity service through home, power sector and regulatory innovation
Individual homes can be upgraded, community solar can help to lower bills and regulators can broaden the public engagement process to be more inclusive, consumer advocates say.
By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 27, 2022 -
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National Grid, VEIR collaborating on superconductivity in transmission
Technology that can increase capacity on transmission rights-of-way is highly sought after as electrification increases.
By Stephen Singer • Oct. 26, 2022 -
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Deep DiveThe energy system is ‘inherently racist,’ advocates say. How are utilities responding to calls for greater equity?
Utility commitments to customer equity, energy affordability and equitable access to clean energy resources are becoming more common, but energy justice advocates say companies need to do more.
By Robert Walton • Oct. 26, 2022 -
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5 Walmart suppliers team up on renewable energy buy
Levi Strauss, J.M. Smucker and three others completed the first aggregated power purchase agreement under the retailer’s Project Gigaton, which encourages vendors to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
By Sarah Zimmerman • Oct. 25, 2022 -
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Georgia Power has overcharged customers nearly $1.9B since 2011, solar groups allege
Georgia Power’s complaint that net metering costs customers too much money is nonsensical in the face of the utility’s excessive profits, the Solar Energy Industries Association and other groups say.
By Emma Penrod • Oct. 25, 2022 -
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Texas solar and wind resources saved consumers nearly $28 billion over 12 years: report
Intermittent fossil-free generation reduces Texans’ exposure to volatile natural gas and coal costs as well as emissions, according to the report from energy system analysis firm IdeaSmiths.
By Elizabeth McCarthy • Oct. 25, 2022 -
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Sunnova urges California PUC to dismiss PG&E, SCE ‘sky is falling’ concerns, review microgrid proposal
“This is a real opportunity to examine what's going to be a fairly prevalent use case,” said Robert Perry, a consultant for World Business Academy, one of 16 organizations supporting a commission review of the plan.
By Ethan Howland • Oct. 25, 2022 -
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Duke Energy to pass first $56 million wave of Inflation Reduction Act tax credits to customers
The company owns several solar projects in Florida that qualify for retroactive tax credits now available under the Inflation Reduction Act, a company spokesperson said.
By Emma Penrod • Oct. 21, 2022 -
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BOEM to hold California offshore wind lease sale with 4.5 GW potential in December
How much revenue the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s unprecedented sale of leases off the Golden State’s central and northern coast can generate is an open question given the developing wind turbine technology at issue.
By Elizabeth McCarthy • Oct. 20, 2022 -
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Venture capital interest in solar, energy storage is soaring in the first months post-Inflation Reduction Act
Solar and energy storage remain hot commodities among investors, but high interest rates have slowed the flow of capital into solar companies, according to new data on renewable energy finance.
By Emma Penrod • Oct. 18, 2022 -
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PPA prices jump 9.6% in Q3 as growing demand hits supply chain, transmission roadblocks: LevelTen
While the Inflation Reduction Act has spurred greater excitement about renewable energy, it has yet to slow a 34% year-over-year increase in power purchase agreement prices, according to LevelTen Energy.
By Emma Penrod • Oct. 18, 2022 -
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Sponsored by PanasonicHow solar installers can leverage the IRA to boost business
The Inflation Reduction Act is set to spur a major wave of home electrification across the country. But, achieving this depends on the expansion of renewable energy like solar and battery storage.
Oct. 17, 2022 -
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New offshore wind best-practice guidance could speed project approvals, boost worker safety
The guidance will help provide greater transparency, consistency and certainty to the offshore wind energy industry’s regulatory process, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
By Ethan Howland • Oct. 13, 2022
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