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Deep Dive
2021 Outlook: The DER boom continues, driving a ‘reimagining’ of the distribution system
The rise of distributed resources will require a renewed distribution system that gives utilities more visibility of what's going on at the customer level to cut costs and protect reliability.
By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 12, 2021 -
Deep Dive
Two barriers to utility and customer savings with flexible loads and how regulators can help
Utilities, regulators and load flexibility authorities say better distribution system control technologies and compensation are needed to increase the use of flexible customer-sited resources.
By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 6, 2021 -
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TrendlineTop 5 Stories from Utility Dive
The U.S. clean energy transition is expected to accelerate in 2024 but faces question around transmission, financing, federal elections and other issues.
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Top Utility Trends of 2020
Amid significant disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the power sector's transition to a cleaner, more distributed future continues.
By Larry Pearl • Jan. 5, 2021 -
Deep Dive
The search for the next net metering policy takes center stage in California
California’s utilities and solar advocates agree a forward-looking successor tariff must use the state’s nation-leading rooftop solar penetration to address its increasingly dynamic system needs with storage.
By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 23, 2020 -
Deep Dive
APS's plan for closing coal plants could be a gamechanger, analysts say, but who will pay?
The company's current rate case includes $144.45 million for communities impacted by its proposed coal closures, the biggest-ever such U.S. utility commitment, but customers would pay over 80% of the plan.
By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 18, 2020 -
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LevelTen Energy eyes C&I sector interest in contracting energy storage resources
Following the facilitation of a deal to power 550 Starbucks stores in California through virtual solar and energy storage agreements, the company began offering a new storage contract to reduce risk in larger project investments.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Dec. 17, 2020 -
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Pacific Northwest poised to test 100% renewables as utilities weigh gas vs. storage
The Northwest has perhaps the best starting point of any region in the country to go to 100% renewable energy, but a delicate balance between the costs of storage and the costs of natural gas may determine the feasibility of that goal.
By Matthew Bandyk • Dec. 17, 2020 -
CAISO adopts summer reliability measures to avoid repeat of 2020 blackouts
The market and operational steps, if approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, will remain in effect until May 31, 2022.
By Kavya Balaraman • Updated April 23, 2021 -
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Dive Awards
The Utility Dive Awards for 2020
The winners exemplified leadership in a time of crisis by working toward economic means of transitioning the power sector.
By Utility Dive Team • Dec. 9, 2020 -
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Dive Awards
Regulator of the Year: Neil Chatterjee, FERC
It's hard to imagine an agency that has had more effect on the power sector this year than the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and it's impossible to divorce that impact from its now-former chairman: Neil Chatterjee.
By Utility Dive Team • Dec. 9, 2020 -
Thousands of California homes to be linked for 550 MW virtual power plant, North America's largest
The planned plant, as well as Southern California Edison's plans to procure an additional 590 MW of battery energy storage, are expected to play important roles in bolstering grid reliability.
By Kavya Balaraman • Dec. 8, 2020 -
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'Very small silver lining' of COVID-19? An extra 2.5 years to reduce power sector emissions: report
BloombergNEF's New Energy Outlook shows the gas sector will never fully recover from the economic downturn in 2020.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Dec. 8, 2020 -
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California's pathway to 100% clean electricity begins to take shape, but reliability concerns persist
Achieving a 100% clean electricity goal by 2045 is technically achievable, a draft report from the state's energy agencies concludes.
By Kavya Balaraman • Dec. 7, 2020 -
US storage deployments shatter record in Q3, with 7.5 GW projected by 2025: WoodMac
Deployments are expected to spike next year, with front-of-the-meter installations occupying more than two-thirds of the forecasted market annually through the middle of the decade.
By Kavya Balaraman • Dec. 3, 2020 -
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Mississippi Power plans 'smart neighborhood' with Tesla batteries, Solar Roofs
The community of up to 150 homes will also feature automation along with energy-efficient equipment and appliances like smart thermostats and refrigerators.
By Cailin Crowe • Dec. 1, 2020 -
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CAISO approves hybrid storage policies as California preps to add 1.5 GW by 2022
The new policy provides market certainty around how hybrid resources are supposed to operate in the market, according to Jin Noh, policy manager at the California Energy Storage Alliance.
By Kavya Balaraman • Nov. 24, 2020 -
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Deep DiveWhy capital markets are continuing to finance utilities facing rising flood and other climate change impacts
In a sample of 18 utility disclosures on climate risks analyzed by Utility Dive, 13 stated flooding and heavy storms were a short-to-mid term threat.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Nov. 20, 2020 -
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Deep DiveTo batteries and beyond: The storage technologies poised to play a key role in the energy transition
At least 33 U.S. utilities are aiming to become carbon-free or reach net-zero emissions by 2050. These are some of the technologies that could help them get there.
By Kavya Balaraman • Nov. 17, 2020 -
Maryland PSC greenlights Exelon pilots to guide future of utility-scale storage in the state
The commission also rejected a proposal from Potomac Edison, which the utility withdrew due to technical constraints that it discovered only after submitting the application.
By Kavya Balaraman • Nov. 11, 2020 -
Virginia lawmakers say proposed rules violate spirit of state's clean energy laws, press for changes
The State Corporation Commission's proposed storage and other rules to implement the Clean Economy Act contain “unnecessary obstacles” that would hinder job growth, state legislators say.
By Emma Penrod • Nov. 10, 2020 -
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OpinionCalifornia has the technology and know-how to meet its energy needs; it needs the right regulations
California energy agencies should make common-sense changes to maximize the value and market opportunity for energy storage and demand response, the authors write.
By Nick Chaset and Cisco DeVries • Nov. 10, 2020 -
Storage tax credit remains unlikely in divided government, but could pass in compromise bill: analyst
One analysis indicates the credit could lead to as much as a 16% upside for the U.S. storage market.
By Kavya Balaraman • Nov. 10, 2020 -
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Sponsored by WartsilaAutomated bidding is the next step in the evolution of energy storage
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the power industry has remained innovative in optimizing energy storage and renewable resources.
By Andy Tang, Vice President - Energy Storage and Optimization, Wärtsilä • Nov. 5, 2020 -
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Deep DiveElection 2020: Xcel Energy, municipalization advocates face off in Boulder
On Nov. 3, voters in the Colorado city must choose whether to trust Xcel’s commitments or the promise of a municipal utility.
By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 30, 2020 -
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Sponsored by ecobeeDo smart thermostats still save during a global pandemic?
The role of free thermostat optimization in navigating ‘the new normal’.
Oct. 26, 2020
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