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Glick calls for 'new approach' to capacity markets in wide-ranging NARUC talk
The FERC regulator’s hour-long address contrasted with that of his colleague Commissioner Bernard McNamee, who spoke for 11 minutes and addressed no specific policy issues.
By Gavin Bade • Feb. 13, 2019 -
Consumers in retail competition markets saved $300B over the past decade, trade group says
Traditional monopoly environments leave consumers to absorb the costs of declines in plant utilization, the Retail Energy Supply Association finds in a new report.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 12, 2019 -
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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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Minnesota's case study: Investing in utility upgrades to boost energy efficiency
The state's Department of Commerce worked with stakeholders to better understand how to encourage over 100 utilities to take advantage of an energy efficiency incentive.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Feb. 11, 2019 -
With 288 storage and generation projects lined up, California eases interconnection process
The California ISO Board of Governors approved network upgrade definitions, minimum acceptance criteria and validation procedures for interconnection requests, as a result of a year-long stakeholder process.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 8, 2019 -
All PG&E customers at risk of proactive shutoffs under proposed fire mitigation plan
All California utilities submitted their plans Wednesday, and critics of PG&E say the expanded shutoff policy is ineffective and necessitated by the utility's "repeated criminal behavior."
By Robert Walton • Feb. 8, 2019 -
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New York regulators move to address Con Edison's moratorium on new gas service
The PSC has approved $223 million in measures to lower gas demand on ConEd's system and will hold a public meeting Feb. 13 to review the changing market conditions behind the utility's action.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 8, 2019 -
Oncor teams with IBM to streamline vegetation management and reduce outages
Vegetation overgrowth is a leading cause of service interruption for utility companies and has been a key issue for Pacific Gas & Electric, whose equipment has been linked to several of California's recent wildfires.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 6, 2019 -
Michigan Gov cites extreme weather, Consumers gas shortage in signing clean energy order
Gretchen Whitmer, D, committed the state to the U.S. emissions reduction target under the Paris Climate Agreement, noting the urgency of her actions in the context of extreme weather events last week.
By Catherine Morehouse • Feb. 5, 2019 -
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Massachusetts opens revenue stream to advance solar-plus-storage
Regulators issued orders to clarify net metering and capacity ownership rights for such projects, which are expected to unlock the potential of a commercial storage market in the state.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Feb. 5, 2019 -
Atlantic Coast Pipeline delayed to 2020, Dominion adds $1B to cost estimate
The company has requested a hearing before the full 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on permits a court panel rejected in December and says it has options that could include legislation or a battle in the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 4, 2019 -
Opinion
Moving beyond business as usual to a resilient power system for California
PG&E's bankruptcy provides an opportunity for new legislation that would shift our energy system to one that doesn't rely on remote power generation requiring thousands of miles of expensive, inefficient and dangerous transmission lines.
By John Sarter • Feb. 4, 2019 -
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Deloitte: Nation states, organized crime and angry employees threaten utility cybersecurity
The electric utility sector faces growing threat of cyber attacks as technology and a more distributed grid increase access points, according to a new report.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 1, 2019 -
Consumers urges Michiganders to reduce gas usage after compressor station fire
The gas service disruption came as the Polar Vortex battered the Midwest and White House officials consider emergency action on gas infrastructure.
By Gavin Bade • Jan. 31, 2019 -
Judge says PG&E violated probation, citing 'clear pattern' of fire ignitions
"Does a judge turn a blind eye and let PG&E continue what you're doing, let you keep killing people?" William Alsup asked the company in a court hearing Wednesday, the Mercury News reported.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 31, 2019 -
Texas lawmaker pushes for pipeline safety after deadly gas leak explosion
Rep. Rafael Anchia, D, filed a series of bills to increase oversight of natural gas pipelines in the state. Industry lobbyists are already in opposition.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 30, 2019 -
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Southwest Power Pool to launch reliability coordinator service as part of 2019 priorities
The regional transmission operator, which has served as a reliability coordinator in the East for more than two decades, scheduled RC services in the West to go live in December.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 30, 2019 -
Blue state environmental wave grows as New Mexico governor signs clean energy order
The order directs state agencies to set a variety of standards for emissions, energy efficiency and infrastructure, targeting a 45% reduction in carbon emissions below 2005 levels by 2030.
By Catherine Morehouse • Jan. 30, 2019 -
Vermont regulators advance first of 3 Green Mountain Power solar-plus-storage projects
The utility seeks to use these projects to lower regional system costs and forward capacity market costs in the ISO-New England region.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Jan. 29, 2019 -
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OpinionCPUC Commissioner: 'Creating a new risk evaluation paradigm' in the face of California's wildfires
"Utilities will now be required to evaluate risks in a much more transparent, uniform and quantitatively rigorous way," writes Clifford Rechtschaffen, a commissioner at the California Public Utilities Commission.
By Clifford Rechtschaffen • Jan. 29, 2019 -
Cal Fire concludes PG&E did not cause 2017 Tubbs Fire, sending shares soaring
Officials said a private electrical system caused the deadly fire, but the utility remains in financial jeopardy for its involvement in other blazes and is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 24, 2019 -
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PG&E balks at judge's potential $150B probation terms as it faces bankruptcy
The judge overseeing PG&E's probation related to the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion is considering new conditions the utility says are infeasible, and a U.S. attorney says could interfere with other state and federal efforts.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 24, 2019 -
Tendril grows its load monitoring operations to help shift peak demand
With its latest acquisition of nonintrusive load monitoring technology to process data from advanced metering infrastructure, the company wants to help utilities flatten their loads without help from their customers.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Jan. 24, 2019 -
PG&E, NextEra face off in bankruptcy-related FERC filings
Pacific Gas & Electric expects the bankruptcy process to stretch two years, or possibly longer, leaving developers worried about getting paid for their existing power purchase agreements.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 23, 2019 -
Gas outages hit 10K in Rhode Island after issue on Algonquin pipeline
Pipeline operator Enbridge reported an explosion on a pipeline that serves Algonquin earlier in the day, but later said the incidents were not connected.
By Gavin Bade • Updated Jan. 22, 2019 -
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OpinionNavigating utility business model reform: A practical guide
Rocky Mountain Institute, America's Power Plan and Advanced Energy Economy Institute provide a guide to modernizing the electric utility business model.
By Dan Cross-Call, Cara Goldenberg and Mike O’Boyle • Jan. 22, 2019
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