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Deep DiveCalifornia's 'affordability crisis' attracts innovative ratemaking and regulatory proposals
Double-digit year-on-year spikes in electricity rates are leading California regulators and stakeholders to search for ways to protect climate goals and rate affordability.
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PJM sees need for thermal power plants to protect against blackout risks amid rising electrification
A PJM report, released Tuesday, indicates the grid operator's peak will shift to the winter from the summer, marking a fundamental change, according to industry experts.
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DOE to offer $6B to keep struggling nuclear reactors online
The Civil Nuclear Credit Program included in the bipartisan infrastructure law is meant to be a lifeline for nuclear plants facing economic hardships. DOE has extended the application deadline until July 5.
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FERC's Glick says he's 'bullish' on energy storage, aims to prioritize regulations for hybrid projects
The chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said at the CLEANPOWER conference in San Antonio that he also sees storage playing an important role in how grid operators address variability.
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ERCOT says grid is ready for summer, but extreme weather and generator outages could challenge reliability
Southwest Power Pool and PJM Interconnection have also indicated they expect sufficient energy resources to meet peak electricity demand, while the Midcontinent ISO anticipates a generation shortfall.
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Duke Energy proposes new solar, wind and nuclear, but environmentalists decry reliance on gas
Cutting emissions 70% by 2030 is possible, according to a proposal by Duke Energy, but may require some adjustments to the portfolios imagined by state law makers.
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Corporate clean energy procurement on track for another record year after adding 11 GW in 2021
While large corporations continue to dominate voluntary clean energy acquisitions, smaller businesses are getting involved in greater numbers, Clean Energy Buyers Association officials said Tuesday.
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Lithium-ion battery industry ramps up recycling focus as geopolitical events challenge supply chain
The Russia-Ukraine war and booming EV demand are contributing to surging battery commodity prices. Federal funding and private-sector investments could boost recycling to make the domestic supply more sustainable.
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Deep DiveAs California confronts the future of its natural gas system, who could get left behind?
Without a proper transition strategy, experts worry that potential declines in natural gas demand will lead to large increases in energy bills likely to fall on the state's most vulnerable customers.
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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.
