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Texas PUC begins work to attract advanced nuclear reactors, in and out of ERCOT market
“We have vertically integrated utilities in some parts of the state and they have a very attractive opportunity to participate in this space as well,” Commissioner Jimmy Glotfelty said.
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Sponsored by QuestlineUtilities tackling time-of-use enrollment with new tactics
Time-of-use (TOU) rate plans are taking center stage as utilities look to improve grid resilience and customers seek more affordable and clean energy options.
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DOE finalizes gas furnace efficiency rule, potentially saving consumers $25B over 30 years
The new standards require 95% efficiency for non-weatherized gas furnaces and those used in mobile homes.
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EVs could reach 86% of global vehicle sales by 2030: report
Although electric vehicles took roughly six years to get from 1% to 10% of global market share, it will take just six more years to reach 80% adoption, an RMI report says.
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Biden administration will define zero emissions for buildings
The definition will draw on energy-efficiency guidelines, 100% clean energy usage and a requirement for buildings to generate zero emissions on-site, White House National Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi said.
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NREL adds geothermal hybrid system to energy project cost analysis tool
The tool can help facilities owners and operators identify the optimal mix of geothermal heat pump technologies, renewable energy, conventional generation and energy storage, the lab says.
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FERC must review local transmission planned by AEP, Duke, other Ohio utilities: complaint
Ohio utilities have added nearly $6.5 billion in PJM-approved “supplemental projects” since 2017 without oversight of their need, prudence and cost-effectiveness, the Ohio ratepayer advocate said Thursday.
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Hawaiian Electric CEO defends Maui wildfire decisions at House hearing
The utility’s protocols did not include de-energizing power lines during high-fire-risk conditions, Hawaiian Electric President and CEO Shelee Kimura told lawmakers.
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Climate models underestimate storage, renewables progress, overstate net-zero costs: study
Modeling has failed to account for cost decreases and efficiency increases for clean energy resources, said the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change.
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New York makes $100M available for schools to adopt zero-emission buses
Electric utilities will provide technical assistance to support school districts and fleet operators who want to transition away from gas and diesel buses.
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OpinionWhat the EV industry can learn from the explosive growth of data centers
Previous concerns about the amount of power that would be dedicated to data centers have been assuaged as the demand spread across markets and efficiency and technology improved.
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DOE closes $3B partial loan guarantee with Sunnova in agency’s largest single commitment to solar
Sunnova expects to provide loans to between 75,000 and 115,000 homeowners for rooftop solar installations, residential battery systems and smart software.
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Utilities press for White House meeting to lobby against proposed transformer rules
Opponents say DOE’s proposed efficiency rules would produce only small gains while further delaying procurement times for the critical equipment.
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PJM board calls for capacity market changes to bolster grid reliability, resource adequacy
The PJM Interconnection plans in mid-October to ask the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve revisions to its capacity market in time for its next auction.
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FERC, DOE face major furloughs under government shutdown
A bare-bones staff would monitor dams, liquefied natural gas projects and power markets under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s shutdown plan.
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Moody’s hikes Southern, Georgia Power outlook to ‘positive’ on Vogtle progress
Georgia Power also issued a request for information as it potentially seeks at least 3.7 GW in power supplies, including storage, storage+renewables and thermal generation.
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Sen. Hickenlooper touts interregional transmission as new report tackles US grid risks
The U.S. electrical grid faces significant risk, but an expansion of interregional transfer capacity could improve reliability, according to a new report from SAFE, a nonpartisan policy organization focused on energy issues.
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Honeywell invests $27.5M in ESS to advance iron-flow battery storage
Under this new partnership, Honeywell will also be buying and reselling $300 million of ESS products over the next six years as part of its broader offerings to the market.
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OpinionCommunity solar is hot. Why not community wind?
Perhaps the biggest difference between yesterday’s community wind and today’s community solar markets is in their business models, which reflect their respective market and policy environments.
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Con Edison: NYC is warming faster than expected and grid investment must follow
“Climate change will affect the lives of New Yorkers sooner and more severely than [we] had previously thought,” said Tim Cawley, the chairman and CEO of Consolidated Edison.
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FERC to hike scrutiny of JPMorgan power sector actions after finding link to private equity firm IIF
J.P. Morgan Investment can make “virtually every major decision” for IIF, which owns El Paso Electric, nearly 5 GW of gas-fired capacity and other energy assets, FERC said last week.
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US energy storage capacity additions rise 161% in Q2, set new record: report
The U.S. energy storage industry added a record 5,597 MWh in the second quarter of this year, reversing two quarters of declining growth.
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Residential DER surges 63% in MISO, pushing distributed resources to 12.5 GW: report
Most utilities expect DER capacity will keep growing, in part driven by corporate clean energy goals, falling costs for distributed resources and access to MISO’s wholesale markets, according to a report released Monday.
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Xcel Colorado proposes $15B plan to double renewables, add gas and energy storage capacity
The plan includes about 5,400 MW of solar and wind resources, more than 1,000 MW of energy storage and almost 630 MW of new gas-fired capacity.
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Alliant, NextEra, Xcel in line to receive part of $325M in DOE long-duration storage funding
The funding will help the Department of Energy reach its goal of cutting long-duration storage costs 90% by 2030, the DOE said Friday.
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OpinionCustomer-driven clean energy procurement, not regulation, is driving decarbonization
In 2022, voluntary renewable energy procurement deals by corporate and institutional customers were equivalent to 70% of the carbon-free energy capacity added to the grid.
