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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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Visibility: The foundation for securing OT in the utility sector
Having a thorough awareness of all the resources and devices in a network is the first step in laying a stronger security foundation.
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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.
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PJM plan for distributed energy aggregations would block virtual power plants: Tesla
Tesla on Friday urged federal regulators to approve measures so residential aggregations in VPPs in PJM can be “achieved at scale and provide transformative reliability value and reduce consumer energy costs.”
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US won’t reach net zero emissions without transmission buildout: DNV
A cumulative $12 trillion will be spent on clean energy in North America by 2050, but neither the U.S. or Canada are on track to hit net zero by then, says consulting firm DNV.
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‘Keep up the pace’: DOE gains on appliance efficiency standards with potential to save $570B
There are almost 40 appliance energy efficiency standards scheduled for completion by late 2024, say conservation advocates.
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OpinionClean energy investment is surging, but success is far from guaranteed
The newfound ambition to build a clean energy economy by mid-century has exposed foundational flaws in approving and connecting energy projects that, if not addressed soon, will make this goal impossible.
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Record 13% of Eastern Interconnect capacity failed in Winter Storm Elliott: FERC, NERC
FERC commissioners called on Congress Thursday to name an agency for gas reliability oversight as commission and NERC staff issued cold-weather recommendations.
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Governors’ coalition plans to quadruple US heat pump installations by 2030
A bipartisan coalition of 25 governors on Thursday committed to reach 20 million heat pump installations across their states by the end of the decade.
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NERC wants smaller renewables, batteries to register as bulk-power assets over reliability concerns
About 14% of inverter-based resources that are connected to the bulk-power system are not currently required to register with the North American Electric Reliability Corp. or adhere to its reliability standards.
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Deep DiveRising electrification requires a dramatic shift to integrated planning of DER, bulk resources: Xcel VP
Effective distribution system planning and merging analytic insights into comprehensive electricity planning both face barriers, analysts and stakeholders said.
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Dominion Energy turns to lithium-ion battery alternatives as it builds out offshore wind, solar fleet
A proposed project would test two storage technologies: Form Energy’s iron-air batteries and Eos Energy’s zinc-hybrid batteries.
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OpinionRetail ‘choice’: A bad deal for consumers and the planet
Data from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Illinois and several other states confirm that families pay far too much when they sign up for alternative electric supply instead of sticking with their utility companies.
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White House launches clean energy youth workforce program amid labor shortage concerns
The American Climate Corps aims to put more than 20,000 people to work in its first year. The plan “harkens back” to the New Deal, said International District Energy Association CEO Rob Thornton.
