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AEP has most to gain among US utilities from transmission reforms, incentives: Morgan Stanley
A handful of utilities stand to benefit from a suite of policies and investments the federal government is considering, according to a Sept. 21 research note.
By Robert Walton • Updated Sept. 24, 2021 -
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New Orleans City Council votes to investigate Entergy's Ida-related failures
City leaders have also asked state regulators and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to investigate the company, with a particular focus on transmission failures.
By Robert Walton • Updated Sept. 24, 2021 -
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TrendlineGrid Resiliency
Utilities and grid operators are facing increasing threats from climate change as well as cyber and physical attacks, and are deploying a variety of responses to meet the rising challenges.
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US can meet Paris climate commitments but will need to rely heavily on electric utilities: report
A new analysis outlines approaches for the United States to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 52% below 2005 levels by 2030. Meeting that target depends on the power sector contributing more than half the total reductions.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 21, 2021 -
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Deep DiveAdvancing the energy transition requires an honest discussion of costs, outages and land, analysts say
Customers will tolerate the power system transformation's problems and challenges if they understand stakeholders will be "careful about the transition," one analyst said.
By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 20, 2021 -
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Sponsored by EsriOperations management – an oxymoron?
Learn how you can use GIS to add structure to your operational processes to help make chaotic events more manageable.
By Bill Meehan • Sept. 20, 2021 -
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New Orleans council chief calls for investigation into Entergy's Hurricane Ida response
Councilmember Helena Moreno plans to introduce a resolution calling for an investigation into Entergy’s storm response and related issues at the City Council’s Sept. 22 meeting.
By Scott Van Voorhis • Sept. 17, 2021 -
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New York authorizes National Grid to serve retail, bid into wholesale market with upstate battery project
A utility-owned 3 MWh battery will bid into the New York ISO wholesale market as well as serve retail customers to demonstrate storage's role and potential.
By Jason Plautz • Sept. 17, 2021 -
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'We're obviously in the middle of a dramatic transformation,' FERC's Glick says amid market reform talks
A series of technical conferences is examining how the changing electricity resource mix requires wholesale market operators to reconsider the products and services being offered, and how they are valued.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 16, 2021 -
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Landmark Illinois climate bill resolves standoff over Exelon nuclear plants
The legislation also provides a road map for sunsetting the state’s coal-fired plants while setting a target of 40% renewable power for the state’s power sector by 2030.
By Scott Van Voorhis • Sept. 15, 2021 -
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House committee to vote on expanded EV and clean energy tax credits, including storage, hydrogen
The funding plan for Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation would extend clean energy tax credits and create new incentives for domestic production and union labor.
By Jason Plautz • Sept. 14, 2021 -
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Shared-savings approach to transmission incentives finds support, concern at FERC conference
Some customer advocates worry additional transmission incentives may create a "slippery slope" that leads to customers paying more for batteries, electric vehicle infrastructure and other distributed resources.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 14, 2021 -
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OpinionFERC wants state help on transmission policy. It should also ask about wholesale market reforms.
States will struggle to reach meaningful levels of decarbonization — let alone a net-zero outcome — without regional scale that really is only possible through the FERC wholesale markets, the author writes.
By David Boyd • Sept. 14, 2021 -
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House committee approves $150B Clean Electricity Performance Program
The program is the centerpiece of Democrats' climate platform and is included in a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package now being crafted.
By Jason Plautz • Updated Sept. 15, 2021 -
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New York directs utilities to submit transmission proposals as decarbonization deadline looms
State utility regulators are looking for more transmission projects to handle a planned increase in renewable power as the state pushes to decarbonize its grid.
By Scott Van Voorhis • Sept. 13, 2021 -
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OpinionOur approach to expanding electricity infrastructure isn't working. It's time for a different conversation.
We do not have the necessary mechanisms to identify, prioritize and build the network of interstate, high-capacity transmission lines needed in the next 30 years, the authors write.
By Armond Cohen and Liza Reed • Sept. 10, 2021 -
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Opinion5 things I learned from exiting my G&T power provider, and the 300 things I've gained
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative CEO Luis A. Reyes Jr. offers lessons and advice based on KCEC's G&T cooperative exit, one of the first in the country.
By Luis A. Reyes Jr. • Sept. 9, 2021 -
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More than 300,000 Entergy customers still without power after Ida; some parts of system are 'truly a rebuild'
Entergy has restored power to nearly 70% of its 948,000 customers who lost power in Louisiana and Mississippi. But in the hardest hit areas, customers could be waiting up to three weeks for service.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 8, 2021 -
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Sponsored by HSIUtility provider shows why effective training is key to the energy transition
Utilities everywhere face challenges and demands that extend well beyond integrating and managing new technologies.
Sept. 7, 2021 -
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Sponsored by QuestlineDemand for interactive content is rising. Can utilities catch up?
In today's digital world of mobile video games and viral TikTok videos, interactive content is now an expectation for utility customers of all ages.
Sept. 7, 2021 -
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OpinionFull and open transmission competition is key to boosting grid reliability and renewables in California
We need to put all options on the table to keep the lights on for California while we break new ground in the energy transition, writes Stanford University's Michael Wara.
By Michael Wara • Sept. 3, 2021 -
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With FERC now split 2-2, clean energy advocates call for caution and urgency to fill vacant seat
It is "critical" that President Joe Biden nominates the right person to break ties at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, according to Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 3, 2021 -
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LA approves 100% clean energy by 2035 target, a decade ahead of prior goal
The goal puts the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on track for an aggressive transition that backers said would present a model for the nation.
By Jason Plautz • Sept. 2, 2021 -
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Duke explores shutting coal-fired plants by 2030 in South Carolina plans
The revised plans come after South Carolina regulators voted in late June to reject the utility's previous proposals and send the company back to the drawing board.
By Scott Van Voorhis • Sept. 1, 2021 -
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Transmission tower destroyed by Ida likely to complicate power restoration in New Orleans, experts say
As Entergy scrambles to restore power in the Gulf region, the collapse of a major transmission tower could complicate matters, experts say.
By Scott Van Voorhis • Aug. 31, 2021 -
Residential electric panels represent a nearly $100B 'roadblock' to full electrification, report finds
Up to 48 million U.S. homes may require electric panel upgrades in order to charge electric vehicles or switch away from appliances now running on natural gas or other fossil fuels, according to research from Pecan Street.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 31, 2021
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