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Building performance standards push grows amid electrification incentives, White House efforts
A Maryland county’s policy represents one of the only major updates so far, but more localities have said they’ll pursue standards. Funds in the Inflation Reduction Act could provide new incentives to decarbonize buildings.
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Sponsored by ScottMaddenElectrifying fleet customers – How utilities can capitalize on the coming fleet electrification wave (before it’s too late)
Utilities have a critical role in the coming wave of commercial vehicle electrification. Fleet advisory services are necessary to determine infrastructure needs to successfully manage new charging demands.
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Senate passes Inflation Reduction Act with $369B in energy and climate spending
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Friday on the bill, which includes major tax credit provisions to spur emissions-free energy, electric vehicles, nuclear power and clean hydrogen, among other things.
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Virginia regulators approve Dominion Energy’s 2.6-GW, $9.8B offshore wind farm
The project will be the largest wind farm in the U.S. and the first with diversity hiring requirements, the Sierra Club noted.
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California becomes first state to roll out submetering technology to spur EV adoption
The decision is the culmination of a decade of efforts to develop submetering capabilities, California Public Utilities Commission President Alice Reynolds said at a meeting Thursday.
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Ameren seeks FERC rate approval for N.M. transmission lines to ship power from 680-MW Clearway wind project
The power lines are designed to deliver wind energy to the Four Corners trading hub, which connects to major transmission lines across the Southwest.
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Texas regulators developing aggregated DER pilot project to boost reliability
The effort is part of the Public Utilities Commission of Texas’ larger work to ensure reliability in the wake of Winter Storm Uri.
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Sinema backs Inflation Reduction Act, clearing hurdle to $369B energy, climate package
An agreement reached Thursday with the lone Democratic holdout, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., opens a path for the bill to move through the Senate.
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Duke Energy to consider selling its $4B, 5.1-GW commercial renewable energy arm, CEO Good says
Any earnings from the sale will be used to avoid high-interest debt as the company’s regulated utilities transition to clean energy, company leaders said Thursday.
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Sunrun, SunPower gain as residential solar grows amid rising utility bills, reliability concerns: Morgan Stanley
Falling rooftop solar and microgrid prices could threaten utilities, according to Paul Patterson, a Glenrock Associates equity analyst.
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Entergy rate case spurs Texas regulators to assess potential utility ownership of EV charging stations
Texas could receive up to $408 million over five years through the Biden administration’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure formula program.
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Inflation Reduction Act would spur 42% US carbon emissions cut by 2030: Princeton-led study
The Senate bill cuts U.S. carbon emissions mainly by speeding up the deployment of clean electricity and electric vehicles, according to the analysis released Thursday.
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GM secures supply agreements with LG Chem, 2 others to support goal of producing 1M EVs a year
The automaker’s sourcing agreements were announced as the industry scrambles to secure battery materials amid tight supply.
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Ford expands EV battery sourcing pool as supply concerns mount
The automaker is diversifying the mineral mix for batteries used in electric vehicles as it looks to ramp up production.
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Xcel expands transportation plan to provide carbon-free energy to all vehicles in its service areas by 2050
New EV charging programs in Minnesota and Wisconsin kick off the utility’s strategy, which envisions 750 new high-speed charging stations in the Midwest.
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DOE offers $26M for projects showing how grid can run on all renewables, storage
The Department of Energy aims to show how inverter-based resources can provide key grid services like voltage support and frequency stability.
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Avangrid will take over operation of Vineyard Wind, nation’s 1st large-scale offshore wind facility
The utility says it sees “tremendous opportunity” in offshore wind and has a project pipeline of approximately 5 GW.
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NRC authorizes Southern Nuclear to begin operation of Vogtle Unit 3
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s decision follows it issuing the first design certification for a small modular reactor and comes as Congress considers billions of dollars in financial incentives for existing nuclear plants.
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Avangrid works to turn electric vehicles into a grid resource in Connecticut, New York
Avangrid officials say they are still developing best practices for electric vehicles and demand response. In Connecticut, the utility could call up to 15 events per month.
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Deep DiveNextEra’s ‘game-changing’ Real Zero emissions goal spurs questions about hydrogen, demand-side management
NextEra, the world’s biggest IOU by market cap, wants a “real” reduction of all carbon emissions by FPL, its regulated subsidiary, with solar, batteries and green hydrogen, but it will go without much help from the demand side.
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OpinionWhy electricity is more expensive and less reliable
After a quarter century, the evidence is accumulating that our experiment with electricity restructuring is failing, former chairman and CEO of the Illinois Commerce Commission Brien Sheahan writes.
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EV manufacturers, regulators debate US ability to hit 50% sales goal by 2030
The right federal policy and charging infrastructure, as well as solutions to supply chain issues, are critical to meeting the goal of half of new vehicle sales being electric by 2030, said Center for Automotive Research event panelists.
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Berkshire Hathaway Energy plans to buy 399 MW of Montana wind from NaturEner
The deal would expand Berkshire Hathaway’s renewable energy holdings by roughly 10%.
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US storage providers increasingly use price arbitrage strategies to maximize income: EIA
Grid-scale storage arbitrage reflects an expanded market for storage providers, with the strategy playing the biggest role in California.
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Global renewable investment sets new record at $226B in H1 despite supply chain constraints: BNEF
Bucking the “headwinds” of inflation and other challenges, BloombergNEF data shows an 11% rise in global renewable energy financing in the first half of 2022.
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Reserve margin may need to rise to 300% by 2040 as more renewables added to grid: ISO New England
A scenario where reliability criteria are met using only solar, wind and storage would challenge the transmission system and require “an outsized amount of land or offshore areas” for wind and solar farms, ISO-NE found.
