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California governor floats 5-GW, $5.2B 'reliability reserve' amid possible electricity shortfalls
“We also need to be mindful [that] we need to accelerate projects, particularly because we have been changing our modeling and we are now recognizing some new factors and challenges,” Newsom said Friday.
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SRP cites 'serious risk' to reliability in 2024, asks Arizona regulators to reconsider gas plant expansion
The Arizona Corporation Commission's April rejection of an 820-MW gas plant expansion means Salt River Project "will lack critical generation from quick-start turbines," the utility said.
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DOE provides $505M to advance long-duration energy storage fed by renewables
Successful commercialization depends on driving down the cost of new technologies and ensuring that grid storage projects are adequately compensated, analysts say.
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Uber increases EV incentives to achieve its all-electric by 2030 goal
The company announced new efforts to entice drivers to switch to EVs and the addition of "premium" electric vehicles in a press conference yesterday on expanding its event, food delivery and travel services.
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Electric evolution increasingly seen as inevitable for waste and recycling fleets
Timeline predictions vary, but conversations at WasteExpo suggested a wider consensus is forming that refuse fleets are destined for electrification. With that, the focus shifts from doubts about trucks to infrastructure stresses.
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After calls for conservation and generator failures, Texas' grid survived the weekend. It's still May.
Additional demand response resources should be put in place now, say experts who anticipate a difficult summer for Texas grid operations.
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OpinionCalls for increased natural gas production ignore US infrastructure needs
While the President has recently shifted his narrative to support American natural gas, his administration continues to introduce and implement policies that impact our industry through added delays and costs, the author writes.
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Power prices jumped 51% in PJM, 85% in New England in Q1 due to rising gas prices
The surge in gas prices is partly driven by growing liquefied natural gas exports, according to consumer advocates.
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Congress, stakeholders find consensus around hydropower license reform
Despite some disagreement on how to handle environmental aspects of hydropower license review, a broad group of lawmakers and stakeholders has found common ground on a package of proposed reforms.
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Washington, D.C., is 'ideally poised for electrification,' Sierra Club finds. The city's gas utility disagrees.
Renewable natural gas and green hydrogen could help the nation's capital avoid costly electric grid upgrades, according to Washington Gas.
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White House cyber executive order still has unfinished business
The Biden administration is up against key hurdles in its effort to raise software security standards and establish zero trust across federal agencies.
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PJM releases road map for creating 'grid of the future' to handle coming renewables, storage wave
The grid operator said it intends to use scenario-based planning and conduct reliability studies to handle the changing resource mix.
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OpinionClosing the gap on rural EV 'charging deserts'
Targeted federal funding and strategic regulation will be crucial to ensure that the charging network to power the electrical transformation is accessible and affordable for all, the author writes.
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Storage to play key role in Hawaii grid reliability as coal plant nears retirement, experts say
Both utility-scale and distributed storage will provide unique benefits to the state's grid, said panelists at the Hawaii Energy Conference last week.
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Duke Energy, TotalEnergies win North Carolina offshore wind leasing auction with $315M in total bids
The state aims to deploy 2.8 GW of offshore wind power by 2030, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management says the two lease areas could support at least 1.3 GW.
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OpinionThe public power option should be a community decision
Whether municipalization efforts are driven by a desire for lower rates, better reliability, or environmental goals, this option should be explored as deeply as the community wants to go, the author writes.
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OpinionEven studying public power makes little sense
Switching to public power, or even studying it, would miserably fail a cost-benefit test and would be the wrong solution to whatever problem advocates of public power claim to solve, the author writes.
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DOE plans to buy capacity on proposed power lines in first step for $2.5B transmission funding program
However, it's unclear how much transmission development the program will support, according to experts.
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White House vows to speed up environmental review for federal projects
The new action plan will help streamline permitting and accelerate projects, Biden administration officials said Wednesday.
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New Maine utility law requires integrated planning to support state goals, sets penalties for reliability failures
Maine's electric utilities have been "rock bottom" on customer service in recent years, say advocates. The new law requires utilities to undertake an integrated grid planning process that directly supports Maine's clean energy goals.
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FERC approves NYISO plan to end 'buyer-side mitigation' for clean energy resources
The agency also OK'd the grid operator’s proposal to create a marginal capacity accreditation framework opposed by renewable energy advocates.
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Exelon earnings fall after generation spin-off, but clean energy plans promise increased growth
The utility is planning $29 billion in capital investments and expects annual growth of 6% to 8% in operating earnings through 2025, company officials said Monday.
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Opinion'Made in America' – An analog policy that needs to go digital
To get smart grid projects off the drawing board, we need to include software as part of domestic content calculations — especially firmware for high-priority, planet-friendly projects like advanced metering infrastructure, the author writes.
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California considers 3 GW of offshore wind by 2030 as experts stress need for clean energy diversity
Ambitious offshore wind targets are a key way to build investor confidence, but the fledgling industry still faces challenges, including supply chain issues, one expert said.
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Duke Energy on track to meet 2022 solar project schedule despite shortages, CEO says
However, the fate of projects slated for 2023 and beyond remains uncertain pending the Department of Commerce’s investigation into solar tariff circumvention, CEO Lynn Good told investors on Monday.
