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Massachusetts is 3 months from implementing nation's 1st clean peak standard
While the new standard is expected to reduce ratepayer costs from avoided or deferred infrastructure upgrades, utilities remain concerned about the cost of the program.
By Robert Walton • Updated Aug. 6, 2020 -
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Nearly $2T stimulus package omits direct renewable sector aid after Trump, McConnell opposition
President Donald Trump signed the latest stimulus package into law Friday. Power sector leaders see broad benefits stemming from the bill, including small business and unemployment loans.
By Catherine Morehouse • Updated March 30, 2020 -
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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 updates resource plan blasted by critics for favoring coal and gas over renewables
The new plan complies with a demand by Michigan regulators that the company take another look at customer energy efficiency programs as well as the cost of building more solar and wind to move away from coal and gas.
By John Funk • March 24, 2020 -
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OpinionOne easy fix to COVID-19 disruption of advanced energy development
Direct payment of federal incentives for advanced energy development is required to keep the industry on track, Nat Kreamer, CEO of Advanced Energy Economy, says.
By Nat Kreamer • March 24, 2020 -
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COVID-19 may sport the thinnest silver lining: a cleaner climate
There is evidence of declining carbon emissions and improved air quality as societies lock down. Experts say potential stimulus funding could present an opportunity to perpetuate these changes.
By Chris Teale • March 24, 2020 -
Solar developers launch lobbying effort to curb COVID-19 impacts, advance remote permitting
U.S. solar industries are ramping up congressional lobbying for additional aid to small businesses and solar tax credit extensions, given the challenges of the spread of the novel coronavirus.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • March 23, 2020 -
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Tracking the impacts of coronavirus on the US power sector
Oct. 8: How Austin Energy simultaneously managed COVID-19 and a new carbon price adder; Public-private partnerships hold the key to a clean energy future post-COVID
By Nami Sumida • Updated Oct. 8, 2020 -
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18 Senate Democrats call on Congress to include renewables in stalled stimulus package
A Friday letter recommends tax credit extensions or an elimination of the tax credit phase-out, direct payment, refunds, or safe harbor extensions, among other options.
By Catherine Morehouse • March 23, 2020 -
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PG&E, SCE abandon big microgrid plans for temporary emergency measures as wildfire season nears
Regulators' push to implement a law requiring microgrid rollouts is being frustrated by the costs of traditional generation and clean energy complexities.
By Herman K. Trabish • March 23, 2020 -
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California risks going seriously off course this week on its path to a zero carbon power sector
The state's public utilities commission, at its upcoming March 26 business meeting, may adopt a greenhouse gas emissions target for 2030 that defers emissions-critical, near-term decisions, the author writes.
By Ed Smeloff • March 23, 2020 -
Unemployment poised to skyrocket, creating urgent need to spur renewables: Obama veteran of 2008 financial crisis
Power sector leaders are pushing Congress to address hits to the industry, as a former Obama transition team member says renewables and transmission buildouts could be the first jobs to start hiring.
By Catherine Morehouse • March 20, 2020 -
Opinion
Don't call it a Clean Peak Standard: Leveraging renewables to reduce customer costs during peak demand
The ancillary benefits of a low-cost peak program include reduced emissions, energy independence, resiliency, and hedged fuel-price risks, as well as the ability to retire uneconomic fossil fuel assets early, the author writes.
By Ronald DiFelice • March 20, 2020 -
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Who's the buyer? How better state assignment of procurement roles can improve retail and wholesale markets
Recent controversy over wholesale markets in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast presents an opportunity to fix a problem that's existed since the beginning of electricity restructuring — no clear assignment of responsibility for buying power.
By Rob Gramlich and Frank Lacey • March 19, 2020 -
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PJM MOPR compliance plan allays renewable sector concerns of being shut out of capacity auctions
The grid operator's long-awaited compliance filing is a "phenomenal" attempt to minimize the most contentious aspects of the federal order, according to an industry lawyer.
By Catherine Morehouse • March 19, 2020 -
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Brookfield to acquire rest of Terraform Power, creating 36 GW, $50B renewable energy giant
The deal is part of a growing trend of investment capital looking for returns in the renewable energy market, with increasing interest in existing facilities, an energy attorney told Utility Dive.
By Larry Pearl • March 18, 2020 -
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A red state template for 100% renewables? Utah bill unites Rocky Mountain Power, cities and activists
An 80% Republican legislature has approved HB 411, which will move more than a third of the state’s electricity load to 100% renewables by 2030.
By Herman K. Trabish • March 17, 2020 -
Retail buyers may be key to clean energy procurement in ISO-NE, PJM, NYISO: Report
As states increasingly find capacity markets incompatible with their clean energy goals, a new report finds reform to the retail model is needed for those states to realize the competitive market's full potential.
By Catherine Morehouse • March 17, 2020 -
New York taps developers for almost 1.3 GW of solar, wind and storage across upstate region
The 21 projects are expected to generate more than $2.5 billion in direct, private investments. Advocates say the announcement highlights the need for energy siting reform in the Empire State.
By Robert Walton • March 17, 2020 -
'An immediate and dramatic business concern:' How COVID-19 is disrupting the energy sector
The industry could face declines in demand, distracted regulators and disrupted supply chains, according to experts.
By Kavya Balaraman • March 17, 2020 -
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Green tariffs drive big increases in corporate renewable procurement
The Retail Industry Leaders Association ranked Illinois as the top state in corporate clean energy procurement, as New Mexico and Nevada leap ahead of California and New York.
By Matthew Bandyk • March 13, 2020 -
Wind plants can provide grid services similar to gas, hydro, easing renewables integration: CAISO
Tests conducted at a wind farm near San Diego indicate that when equipped with inverter-based smart controllers, commercial wind plants can provide a variety of grid services.
By Kavya Balaraman • March 13, 2020 -
Over reliance on gas in PREPA IRP jeopardizes Puerto Rico's 100% clean energy goals, groups say
The future of Puerto Rico's electric grid hinges on a lot of moving parts: the utility's long-term plan, a debt restructuring agreement, the search for replacement generation and access to federal emergency funding.
By Robert Walton • March 12, 2020 -
Duke, Dominion, Southern won't hit clean energy targets at current pace: Report
Slowed coal retirements and aggressive natural gas investments will leave the companies far behind their mid-century carbon goals, according to Synapse Energy Economics.
By Catherine Morehouse • March 10, 2020 -
Wind, solar and storage take up 95% of ISO-New England interconnection queue, marking 'dramatic shift'
Five years ago, the majority of the queue was natural gas capacity, CEO Gordon van Welie told reporters.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • March 9, 2020 -
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Renewables, EV tax credits won't be included in Senate energy bill 'unless we have a miracle on the floor': Wyden
"We're not going to win this round," the top Democrat of the Senate Finance Committee said, as House members and clean energy interests push for greater renewables incentives in the Senate's comprehensive energy bill.
By Catherine Morehouse • March 5, 2020
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