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State of the Electric Utility 2021
The 8th annual State of the Electric Utility Survey Report provides a pulse on industry trends from nearly 500 utility professionals, many at the VP level and above, along with insight from a broad range of industry experts.
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Sponsored by DVIVoltage optimization: Energy efficiency is not a zero-sum game for utilities
Voltage optimization technology allows utilities to achieve energy efficiency across the entire grid, on both sides of the meter.
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ConEd, other utilities with biggest decarbonization targets have seen the most progress: SEPA
A Smart Electric Power Alliance survey of 135 utilities found that those with the most ambitious, detailed decarbonization commitments have made the most progress toward their goals.
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California puts PG&E under enhanced oversight due to wildfire prevention work lapses
The process involves additional reporting requirements and the possibility, down the line, of revoking PG&E's operational certificate.
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OpinionGas is failing California. It's time to move on.
Even a state like California can waver in its progress towards clean energy if we let fear take over, the authors write.
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Glick: FERC should tackle MOPR if PJM can't agree on update by December capacity auction
Commissioner James Danly introduced his own proposal for a state option to substitute preferred resources over those that clear in a capacity auction.
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Facebook meets 100% renewable energy goal with over 6 GW of wind, solar
The tech giant lowered its greenhouse gas emissions 94% from 2017 levels, and it aims to achieve net zero emissions across its entire value chain by 2030.
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NERC finding 25% of utilities exposed to SolarWinds hack indicates growing ICS vulnerabilities, analysts say
Security experts warn it may be too soon to tell whether follow-on activity has occurred.
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Duke, Dominion, other utility executives lay out critical steps to achieve decarbonization targets
To continue increasing renewable investments, utilities need to communicate details about what the money is funding and have access to streamlined permitting applications for transmission infrastructure, executives said.
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Hawaii top regulator fears potential clean energy project delays could slow closure of HECO oil-fired plant
Hawaiian Electric representatives, however, say the utility is trying to balance a variety of concerns, including from local communities.
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OpinionAddressing misconceptions on the performance of the energy market in Texas
The solution to Texas' power market collapse earlier this year is not to tweak the markets but rather to create a reliability system operator to act as a central planner, the authors write.
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White House considers doubling Obama-era carbon reduction targets: BNEF
President Joe Biden could also announce a plan next week to reduce economy-wide carbon dioxide emissions by 50% in the next decade, according to BNEF.
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Following California and Texas blackouts, experts see potential for energy storage and better grid planning
Regulators will need to deploy storage across multiple time spectrums, said Steve Berberich, former president and CEO of the California Independent System Operator, during the BNEF Summit.
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Q&ATaking Charge: FERC Commissioner Christie on his 'across the board' respect for state authority
"The state regulators know much more about their own states than I did as a Virginia regulator and that I will as a FERC commissioner," said Commissioner Mark Christie in a wide-ranging interview with Utility Dive.
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OpinionCleaner by the mile: Electric trucks can have outsized environmental and health benefits
According to forthcoming research from Texas A&M University, electrification of a small number of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles can lead to significant pollution reductions, the authors write.
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Biden's infrastructure plan goes big on EVs, but his first budget starts small, analysts say
The Biden administration's infrastructure plan includes $174 billion to electrify transportation, but the Fiscal Year 2022 budget request starts cautiously.
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PG&E, Apple, 300+ other companies urge Biden admin to set ambitious federal climate target
National Grid, GE and Microsoft also signed a letter calling for the U.S. to cut greenhouse gas emissions at least 50% below 2005 levels.
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Biden budget, infrastructure plan would create standalone storage tax credit
Storage advocates say a federal tax credit "would have a transformative impact" on the market and could help the U.S. reach its clean energy goals.
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Biden $1.5 trillion budget proposal includes 27% increase in overall clean energy spending
The proposed budget would ramp up spending on new technologies, including advanced nuclear and hydrogen.
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White House announces CISA, national cyber directors
President Joe Biden on Monday nominated Jen Easterly, a managing director at Morgan Stanley, as the director of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency.
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Bank of America boosts its ESG financing goal to $1 trillion by 2030
Combined with the bank's $500 billion pledge toward socially inclusive finance, the figure effectively doubles Goldman Sachs's landmark $750 billion ESG pledge from 2019.
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PG&E bid to securitize $7.5B in wildfire costs could hit ratepayers hard, consumer advocates warn
"If there is a shortfall, that means that PG&E’s customers will be forced to pay higher rates to fund PG&E’s wildfire liabilities. Another word for that is bailout,” said Tom Long, legal director at The Utility Reform Network.
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Former NRC chair questions economic feasibility of new nuclear in US
Former NRC Chairman Allison Macfarlane acknowledges the progress of small modular reactor designs from NuScale Power to achieve permitting while flagging supply chain issues for the broader industry.
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OpinionPutting the 'E' back in ESG: Lessons from the field
To make environmental, social and governance investments more of a mandate than a moment, there needs to be a way to track and verify their impact, particularly for climate-related investments, the author writes.
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Granholm: American Jobs Plan will prioritize communities struggling with loss of coal, oil and gas jobs
Some 40% of the benefits of the American Jobs Plan should go to communities affected by the coal, oil and gas industries, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said during Thursday's White House press briefing.
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Tesla praises, ConEd opposes different New York EV bills
The state's largest utility opposes a proposal that would require utilities to create commercial tariffs for fast charging in an effort to boost fleet adoption.
