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RMI sees potential to de-risk municipal power acquisition in PPAs
Municipalities have only recently entered the PPA market in force, according to RMI, but PPAs could offer some unique benefits to cities and towns.
By Emma Penrod • March 30, 2021 -
Opinion
Decarbonization requires more access to and consensus around energy data
There is a need for more data to better track and quantify progress toward decarbonization, the author writes.
By Ben Gerber • March 30, 2021 -
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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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What's the biggest role for hydrogen in a clean energy economy? It depends who you ask
Hydrogen could play multiple roles in the clean energy transition, from decarbonizing heavy industry to expanding energy storage, industry experts agree. But visions diverge around questions of use and distribution.
By Emma Penrod • March 25, 2021 -
LIFT America Act's infrastructure proposals list landfill gas among renewable energy sources
The wide-ranging bill, which calls for numerous energy grid improvements, names municipal solid waste as a renewable energy resource.
By Megan Quinn • March 24, 2021 -
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DC first in Mid-Atlantic to require long-term renewable PPA for standard offer customers
The District of Columbia is requiring Pepco to serve 5% of the city's standard electrical service program from new long-term power purchase agreements.
By Robert Walton • March 24, 2021 -
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FERC open to revisiting MOPR, as grid operators, utilities mull future of wholesale markets
"Although I voted for our MOPR orders, and believe those determinations were supported by the record, I'm not wedded to the policy calls of the past," said Commissioner Neil Chatterjee during a FERC technical conference.
By Catherine Morehouse • March 24, 2021 -
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As early renewables near end-of-life, attention turns to recycling and disposal
The coming need to address renewable energy assets that reach the end of their useful lives is spurring conversations about creating an economy that's circular as well as green.
By Emma Penrod • March 24, 2021 -
Biden to unveil multi-trillion dollar plan targeting power grids, other infrastructure next week
President Joe Biden will announce his multi-trillion dollar infrastructure package Wednesday in Pittsburgh, the White House announced yesterday.
By Joe Bousquin • Updated March 25, 2021 -
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OpinionReforming capacity markets to meet clean energy goals and support the grid of the future
The goal of reform efforts should be to retool the regional markets so that they facilitate the achievement of state and consumer clean energy goals and meet regional reliability needs in tandem, the author writes.
By Jeff Dennis • March 22, 2021 -
FERC boosts small solar, reversing PURPA ruling that had upended 40 years of precedent
Regulators voted to allow qualifying facility status to a solar-plus-storage array that met the law's qualifying facility cap of 80 MW in net-capacity, but that has a gross capacity of 160 MW.
By Catherine Morehouse • March 19, 2021 -
Deep Dive
Amid rising rooftop solar battles, emerging net metering alternatives could shake up the sector
As distributed resource penetrations rise, a shift of costs to non-solar owners due to retail rate net energy metering is driving innovations in policy and rate design that can replace it.
By Herman K. Trabish • March 18, 2021 -
'We're going from cigarettes to crack': Hawaii regulators grill HECO on fossil fuel transition plan
Regulators worry delays to renewable projects, planned to help replace a coal plant on Oahu, could require the state to turn to oil-fired generation next year.
By Kavya Balaraman • March 17, 2021 -
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Solar makes up majority of new resource additions for 2nd year in a row, reaching record 19.2 GW
With residential installations booming and expected to triple by 2030, Wood Mackenzie reported the largest year on record for utility-scale solar installations in the U.S.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • March 17, 2021 -
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Q&ATaking Charge: Commissioner Clements on FERC's 'make or break' role amid the energy transition
In a comprehensive interview with Utility Dive, Allison Clements laid out her thoughts on FERC's role following the mass outages in Texas, the need for transmission reform and more.
By Catherine Morehouse • March 16, 2021 -
APS comes out against legislation barring Arizona regulators from mandating decarbonization
The utility says ambiguities about the Arizona Corporation Commission's authority to regulate carbon emissions should be argued in the courts, not decided through legislation.
By Emma Penrod • March 15, 2021 -
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Dominion, Berkshire Hathaway push better transmission siting as Biden turns focus to infrastructure
Infrastructure is next on the president's agenda, and there's ample political will to increase spending on it, according to Christina Hayes, vice president of federal regulatory affairs at Berkshire Hathaway Energy.
By Emma Penrod • March 12, 2021 -
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Senate Democrats plan to reintroduce energy tax reform bill, focus on long-term incentives
The Clean Energy for America Act will be the "cornerstone of the efforts on energy tax this Congress," according to a senior policy adviser to Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee.
By Robert Walton • March 11, 2021 -
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Hawaiian Electric defends renewable, storage project delays as fossil fuel plants near retirement
Project delays are not solely attributable to Hawaiian Electric, and depend also on developers and their consultants, the utility said in a filing.
By Kavya Balaraman • March 10, 2021 -
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New tax credits are best option to spur clean hydrogen, Resources for the Future analysis finds
The potential for hydrogen to become cost competitive exists, panelists concluded during a Tuesday webinar, but the U.S. must increase investment to ensure opportunities don't move overseas.
By Emma Penrod • March 10, 2021 -
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Vineyard Wind Project PermittingOffshore wind permitting bottleneck expected to ease as Interior completes review of first US large project
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has completed analysis on the proposed Vineyard Wind 1 project off the coast of Massachusetts.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • March 9, 2021 -
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Opinion
7 key trends from renewable energy's 2020 prices and some initial takeaways from Texas 2021
While detailed analysis of the Texas event crisis is still ongoing, the authors note, they examine some of the notable takeaways and trends in renewable energy markets from last year's performance.
By Adam Reeve • March 8, 2021 -
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Deep Dive'A total mindshift': Utilities replace gas peakers, 'old school' demand response with flexible DERs
Utility-customer cooperation can balance renewables' variability with flexibility without using "blunt" demand response or natural gas.
By Herman K. Trabish • March 8, 2021 -
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Sponsored by NextrackerIncreasingly complex solar projects require a mixture of partnership and technical know-how
By focusing on packaging, logistics, shipping and staging the site, companies can develop an innovative solution that provides short and long-term cost benefits for the project.
March 8, 2021 -
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OpinionHow the National Green Bank can help small businesses build back greener
With 30.7 million small businesses located in the U.S., any efforts toward reducing emissions are going to need to include this market, the author writes.
By Paul Schuster • March 4, 2021 -
Catherine Morehouse, Utility Dive
Xcel proposes $1.7B transmission investment in Colorado to unlock nearly 5.5 GW new renewables
The proposal would allow the utility to reduce emissions in its Colorado territory by an estimated 85% below 2005 levels by 2030.
By Catherine Morehouse • March 4, 2021
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