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House Republicans begin congressional challenge to SEC climate disclosure rule
House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry said the agency’s voluntary pause is “not enough.”
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DOE awards $27M for communities to plan a clean-energy future
This is the first funding round for the Energy Future Grants initiative, which launched last year to help communities plan for transportation and building electrification, microgrids and solar projects.
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Pathways Initiative proposes independent power market organization for the West
The stakeholder group aims to establish an organization free of CAISO governance to run wholesale power markets, laying the groundwork for a possible regional transmission organization.
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Green Mountain Power, RMP offer strong virtual power plant blueprint: RMI webinar
VPP policy should promote widespread distributed energy resource adoption while enabling retail and wholesale market participation and preserving customer choice, webinar participants said.
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As DOE updates how it sets energy efficiency standards, advocates, legislators push it to act faster
The U.S. Department of Energy has made progress reviewing a backlog of appliance efficiency standards, but advocates and lawmakers say the administration must redouble those efforts as the election looms.
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Opinion
Regulators: Don’t panic and rush to gas amid cries we’re out of power
Proposing new gas plants to serve growing demand does not occur in isolation. It is a decision that implicitly rejects alternatives as either infeasible, expensive or unconsidered.
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Chevron leads $45M investment in carbon removal company Ion Clean Energy
The energy giant made the investment through its New Energies division in collaboration with Carbon Direct Capital.
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FERC approves PJM’s $5.1B cost-share plan for transmission to be built by Dominion, others
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected arguments that Virginia should pay a larger share for projects driven by its data center policies.
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More incentives for moderate-income home retrofits needed to combat climate change: ACEEE
No-interest loans with no money upfront “significantly increased” homeowners’ willingness to invest in comprehensive upgrades, according to a new report on home energy efficiency.
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Oklo, Diamondback Energy in talks on nuclear PPA for oil and gas operations
The nonbinding agreement has Oklo providing 50-MW Powerhouse reactors to Diamondback’s operations for as long as 40 years.
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SEC reiterates no scope 3 in final climate rule
Agency officials are starting to educate industry stakeholders and investors on the paused rule’s required disclosures while defending it in court.
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Reconductoring US power lines could quadruple new transmission capacity by 2035: report
Replacing power lines with advanced conductors would boost near-term transmission capacity as longer-term greenfield projects get built, according to a Goldman School and GridLab report.
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Opinion
How electric vehicles are lowering electricity bills for everyone
Electric vehicle drivers are saving everyone billions of dollars on their monthly electricity bills, a recent study by Synapse Energy Economics found.
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Battery manufacturing apprenticeships get a boost with new White House guidance
The guidelines are helping to standardize training in the sector as it leans into career paths that do not require four-year degrees.
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South Carolina advances bill that could spur gas power for Duke, Dominion utilities, hamper solar
Renewable developers EnergyRe and Pine Gate Renewables urged lawmakers to require that utilities add about 8 GW of solar from approved integrated resource plans, with offramps.
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New York energy storage additions since 2018 approach 1 GW: report
The state’s annual energy storage deployment report shows uneven progress toward its 2030 goal, but experts say falling costs could accelerate the buildout.
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Pennsylvania issues guidelines on using energy storage to boost distribution grid reliability
FirstEnergy, PPL and other utilities can use battery storage — and potentially own it — as a “non-wires” alternative to bolster reliability under the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission decision.
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Rooftop heat pump technologies can save US businesses $5B annually: DOE
A new commercial heat pump accelerator program aims to halve greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs compared with natural gas-fueled heat pumps, the U.S. Department of Energy says.
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DOE taps 3 long-duration energy storage projects to receive $15M
New Lab, Battery Council International and CleanTech Strategies will each receive about $5 million for projects that address key research and development barriers in the domestic energy storage industry.
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Opinion
Can Retail Choice 2.0 succeed where Retail Choice 1.0 (maybe) failed?
Retail Choice 2.0 is capable of unlocking more value than ever, through smart meters, telecommunications infrastructure, AI, electrified homes and even social media, enabling both real-time feedback and customer education.
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Bidirectional EV charging, VPP bill passes Maryland Assembly, heads to governor’s desk
“Pairing battery storage with renewable generation will help Maryland achieve its clean energy goals, reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and mitigate the negative impacts of climate change,” Del. David Fraser-Hidalgo said.
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Columbia Law report rebuts 33 ‘most pervasive false claims’ about solar, wind, EVs
The report from the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law rebuts common claims regarding renewable energy’s dependency on subsidies and its potential harms to people or wildlife.
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These 8 nonprofits got $20B from the Biden administration for local clean energy financing. Now what?
The “green bank” funds must be obligated by September amid efforts by Republican lawmakers to repeal the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
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Opinion
Maximizing the value of IRA tax incentives while minimizing investment compliance risk
The IRA is the single largest investment in clean energy in U.S. history, but industry will only benefit from the estimated $1.2 trillion in incentives if the tax credits can be successfully monetized.
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Building decarbonization goes beyond energy efficiency, US Green Building Council says
Other pathways like electrification, clean power and building grid integration can help owners and operators reduce building emissions, according to the U.S. Green Building Council.
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