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Virginia SCC staff questions Dominion Energy's offshore wind cost assumptions
The regulatory commission's staff testimony addresses whether the cost estimates were based on accurate assumptions by Dominion, the first utility to build large-scale offshore wind in the United States.
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PPA prices rise 28.5% as supply and regulatory challenges pile up: report
Rising prices, prompted by the outbreak of war in Ukraine, appear to be the new normal — at least for the time being — in renewable energy, expert says.
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Battery storage costs rise more than 20% in New York as state forges ahead with 6 GW goal
The competitive market responded to the state's new target by adding more than 12 GW of energy storage to the interconnection queue.
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PG&E agrees to pay $55M to settle Kincade, Dixie wildfires
The utility also committed to multiple wildfire safety and response efforts as part of the settlement agreements.
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Deep DiveReliability concerns drive need for energy market design reforms, but regions diverge in FERC proceeding
Filings from FERC proceedings show a one-size-fits-all reform can't sufficiently address regional market diversity, but federal guidelines can target growing uncertainties and costs from rising variable and distributed resource penetrations.
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New Hampshire regulators approve new EV charging rates for Unitil, Liberty and cut demand charges in half
Advocates for electric vehicle infrastructure are split on whether the lower demand charge will help to expand public charging stations in the state.
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California injects $40M into heat pump water heater effort amid broader push to decarbonize buildings
Regulators nearly doubled the funding authorized for heat pump water heaters as part of an initiative in the state's self-generation incentive program.
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OpinionNuclear energy should not be part of the global solution to climate change
Neither existing nor proposed reactors have a business case, so they have no climate case either. In energy as in financial portfolios, backing losers — diversifying into poor investments — only hurts performance, the author writes.
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Rapid development could push cost of hydrogen below $2/kg in the next 10-20 years, analysts say
Hydrogen seems set for a third year of exponential growth, according to a Wood Mackenzie analysis, and multiple firms say prices are likely to fall rapidly in the coming years.
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Clean energy sector eyes window for passing federal tax breaks amid challenge of high energy prices
Now that the Senate has confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, clean energy groups are hoping to see movement in Congress on long-term tax incentives, but multiple obstacles remain.
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NERC's mock cyberattack reveals 'urgent need' to bolster grid restoration communication systems
In the event of an attack and widespread outage, "the loss of communications would essentially halt the grid restoration process," according to a North American Electric Reliability Corp. report.
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OpinionFor the Building Performance Standards Coalition to be effective, the White House must think bigger
The former head of the U.S. Green Building Council weighs in on how federal, state and local government partners can go beyond just reducing building emissions as they pursue decarbonization.
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House climate committee hearing on efficiency delves into pipeline policy, gas bans, China and Putin
At a Thursday hearing, efficiency advocates pressed lawmakers for additional support to reduce energy use while Republicans turned their attention to domestic gas pipelines and global affairs.
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TVA board nominees support exploring clean energy options as federal utility plans coal retirements
The Tennessee Valley Authority is lagging on shifting to renewable energy, according to Senate Democrats.
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SEIA reports 'rapid degeneration' of solar sector following federal anti-dumping investigation
U.S. solar developers are appealing the Department of Commerce's investigation of solar panel and module exports, claiming that 78% of their orders have been delayed or canceled due to the possibility of more tariffs.
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MISO finds broad benefits to building $10.4B of transmission projects to support 53 GW of clean energy
The projects are the first part of an expected transmission expansion across the grid operator's footprint.
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'Brand new problem': California grid operator considers ways to integrate long-duration storage
The state must act now to position itself for long-duration storage resources to come online when needed, one storage advocate said at a regulatory workshop Tuesday.
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Wells Fargo names its first chief sustainability officer
Robyn Luhning will ensure transparency in the bank's environmental, social and governance disclosures. Wells Fargo said it aims to set interim financed emission targets for its oil, gas and power portfolios by the end of 2022.
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GAO: Postal service used questionable assumptions to make case for continuing gas-powered fleet
In response to congressional interest, USPS Inspector General Tammy Whitcomb said an audit will review the postal service's vehicle acquisition process.
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UN highlights potential of broad electrification as it stresses the role of cities in tackling climate change
Cities must push harder to decarbonize buildings and transform transportation norms, the report suggests, as the next three years are critical if the world is to change the course of global warming.
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Customers, advocacy groups and elected officials oppose ConEd's proposed double-digit rate increase
The utility says it is investing in clean energy, but advocates for struggling customers say electric and gas rate increases of 11.2% and 18.2%, respectively, are unacceptable.
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Lithium-ion roadblocks drive development of US-based alternatives for grid battery storage
To help meet growing decarbonization goals, preferred alternatives to lithium-ion need to be long-duration, with at least 10 hours of output, and have minimal or low toxicity, experts agreed at MIT's 2022 Energy Conference.
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DOE funds study to evaluate converting Alabama gas plant to run partially on hydrogen
The project, which has received $800,000 in Energy Department funding, is part of an ongoing effort to demonstrate the use of hydrogen as a means of long-term energy storage.
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OpinionHigh risk, small reward: Regulators should tread carefully when reviewing utility hydrogen proposals
Hydrogen blending with natural gas would likely raise consumer costs, increase dangerous pollution, and risk public safety, all while minimally reducing emissions, the author writes.
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Inside PepsiCo's strategy for fleet electrification
For the food and beverage giant, executive buy-in is a crucial part of scaling for the future.
