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PacifiCorp interconnection plan for retiring power plants sparks anti-competitive concerns at FERC
The proposal would “tilt the competitive landscape sharply in PacifiCorp’s favor, allowing it to lock in its dominant position in the generation market,” NewSun Energy said.
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Sponsored by Panasonic Eco SystemsFrom solar installer to home energy solutions provider: why installers need to think beyond panels
As more homeowners look to electrify their homes, solar installers have an opportunity to serve their customers' holistic home energy needs — and differentiate themselves from competitors.
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Texas lawmakers want to hit brakes on electricity market redesign, bring dispatchable generation online sooner
Market reforms under consideration by the Public Utility Commission of Texas “should not be adopted” without further direction from the Legislature, said a group of 9 senators.
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SCE mismanaged energy efficiency program, California regulators find, ordering $76M customer rebate
The California Public Utilities Commission concluded that the utility “failed to ensure that efficient light bulbs were tracked and sold as intended by the program design.”
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NuScale, Shell, others to develop hydrogen production concept with heat from small modular reactor
Research will consider the number of NuScale power modules needed in solid oxide electrolysis cell hydrogen production and the quantity of hydrogen that could be stored for subsequent electricity production.
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DC-area county spurs electrification of future buildings
Montgomery County, Maryland, is taking aim at its largest source of emissions. Its policy is the latest advancement for building decarbonization on the East Coast.
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FERC approves PJM’s ‘first-ready, first-served’ interconnection reform plan, steps to clear backlog
FERC Commissioner Allison Clements, who said she reluctantly voted in favor of PJM’s plan, called for additional measures to improve the interconnection process.
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NYISO warns of narrower reliability margins in the next 10 years as gas plants retire, electrification advances
The scheduled addition in 2026 of the 339-mile Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line from Hydro Quebec to New York City is key to grid reliability, NYISO said.
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Wind energy industry struggles to find qualified workers: NREL
The wind industry is struggling to find experienced workers to fill open roles, while applicants report barriers to entry-level jobs that would provide that experience.
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SPP unveils details of proposed Western energy market, phased implementation plan
Plans for the Southwest Power Pool’s Western day-ahead and real-time markets have been in the works for about a year.
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Texas grid vulnerable to blackouts in extreme scenarios, ERCOT says as it adds storage to assessment
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas included battery storage for the first time in its winter resource assessment. Population growth and economic expansion are driving Texas electricity demand higher.
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OpinionElectrifying US long haul trucks will require 504 TWh a year. But that won’t be the hardest part.
The energy needed to support electric semis is enormous, from a generation perspective. However, it is the transmission and distribution angle that makes this challenge truly daunting for utility planning and investment.
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Senators press DOE’s Granholm to help New England avoid major power disruptions, price spikes this winter
The lawmakers from Connecticut, Maine and Vermont asked DOE Secretary Jennifer Granholm to convene stakeholders — including FERC, ISO New England, New England’s governors and utilities — to “mitigate these risks.”
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Exelon, Duke, Southern, PG&E still the top utilities on Fortune 500; most show revenues up but rankings down
The utilities on the 2022 Fortune 500 list generated 13% more revenue in 2021 than they did five years earlier, but the sector remains small relative to retail, tech and healthcare giants.
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California moves to up PG&E energy storage contract prices amid ‘unprecedented’ market conditions
The four energy storage contracts follow an 11.5 GW procurement order the California Public Utilities Commission approved last year to ensure grid reliability.
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Promises of outstanding aqueous zinc-ion battery performance are overstated, researchers say
“Many challenges underlying these claims of outstanding electrochemical performance are overlooked or underestimated,” the researchers said.
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Biden administration makes $80M available to lower energy consumption of public schools
The initial round of funding by the $500 million Renew America’s Schools grant program is available to the “highest-need K-12 districts across the country,” the U.S. Department of Energy said.
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Meta tops list of US corporate solar adopters with 3.6 GW, more than Amazon and Apple combined: SEIA
Companies in the U.S. have ratcheted up their adoption of solar, while more than 75 multinational companies have committed to work with 14 countries in what could represent more than $100 billion in clean energy investments.
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Biden backs shift to zero-emissions truck sales at COP27
The nonbinding pledge targets the conversion of all new medium- and heavy-duty truck sales by 2040.
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New York and 4 other US cities target building energy use, emissions with fines, Moody’s reports
San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Boston and St. Louis are also poised to implement penalties to curb building-level greenhouse gas emissions or energy use.
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NuScale’s small modular reactor design draft application has several ‘significant’ issues, NRC staff says
One critic of the company's SMR anchor project in Utah expects it will be delayed, but NuScale officials say they remain on track to file a stanadard design application later this year.
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Deep DiveHigh electricity rates impede crucial but costly technology investments to manage rising DER levels: utilities
Utilities want distribution system technologies for more DER visibility and control. But advocates want a new national stakeholder dialogue about the timing of spending for DER integration.
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Eversource, Avangrid aim to ease soaring Connecticut electricity bills as lawmakers push for hearings
With Eversource’s residential standard offer rate set to double to 24.2 cents/kWh, Connecticut lawmakers called for a multistate hearing into the utility and said its executive compensation should be more closely tied to performance.
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DOE labs launch thermal energy storage consortium to spur development, market adoption
The Stor4Build consortium plans to develop a community-scale TES demonstration project.
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OpinionAs private investment in nuclear fusion rises, what key milestones will bring it from hype to reality?
Skeptics point out that practical fusion energy has been “20 years away for the past 50 years.” Recently, though, fusion has begun to catch up to the hype.
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NYISO warns of high electricity prices as it forecasts sufficient supply to meet peak demand this winter
The grid operator’s extreme winter weather scenario shows that peak demand could increase to as much as 26,086 MW, higher than its previous all-time winter peak.
Updated Nov. 28, 2022
