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PJM to ask FERC to invalidate its energy market rules after stakeholder impasse
The grid operator's controversial five-point proposal includes changes that will boost the real-time and day-ahead markets by allowing larger, less flexible units to set prices.
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SponsoredSolving your complex billing gateway problem | solar & beyond
Traditional CIS systems do not have the ability to handle either the quantity nor the complexity of rating and billing smart grid-based dynamic pricing.
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Vineyard Wind submits 1,200 MW proposal to New York's 800 MW offshore wind RFP
The New York State Energy Research and Development authority received 18 bids from four companies for its inaugural offshore wind solicitation.
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Pennsylvania prods utility investment in charging as part of EV growth plan
If three in 10 vehicles on the roads were electric, the state could gain almost $2.8 billion in benefits, according to the Department of Environmental Protection.
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New England efficiency advocates raise alarm over potential capacity market changes
According to a filing by Advanced Energy Economy, the grid operator for New England is considering making changes to how energy efficiency providers measure their capacity.
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OpinionHow renewable energy providers can prepare for PG&E's bankruptcy
Providers need to be prepared to renegotiate power purchase agreements at lower rates in the near term, and to try and leverage greater rate increases in the years ahead, writes CohnReznick Capital's Jeffrey Manning.
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Deep DiveTesla, others question storage hourly requirements, charges in FERC Order 841 compliance plans
As the comment period on FERC Order 841 compliance fillings closed, various utilities and regulators also asked to play larger roles on storage interconnection requirements.
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PGE, NextEra team up for largest wind-solar-storage project in US
The 300 MW wind, 50 MW solar and 30 MW storage project "will be a model for integrating renewable generation and storage" to economically reduce emissions and maintain reliability, PGE CEO Maria Pope said.
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Murkowski 'frustrated' by FERC impasse, pushes White House for nominees
The chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee said some issues are "perhaps deadlocked right now" due to a vacancy on the commission, but said the White House has not communicated about potential nominees.
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AEP to buy Sempra Renewables for $1B, including 724 MW wind and battery assets
The acquisition follows parent-company Sempra's announcement last summer that it plans to spin off its nonutility operating renewable assets.
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New Hampshire grid mod proposal recommends 'tempered' approach to AMI
Staff of the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission say they are still working on cyber security issues and expect to file an addendum to their recommendations, once the work is complete.
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As New York utilities file storage plans, interconnection hurdles loom
Utilities laid out "reasonable" timelines for procuring the rights to schedule and dispatch storage by 2022, but NYISO needs to address the long interconnection process, according to industry-focused coalition NY-BEST.
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Glick calls for 'new approach' to capacity markets in wide-ranging NARUC talk
The FERC regulator’s hour-long address contrasted with that of his colleague Commissioner Bernard McNamee, who spoke for 11 minutes and addressed no specific policy issues.
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OpinionEnergy transition: Carbon capture is clean energy, too
Slow deployment of carbon capture and storage is not a technology problem, but the result of a lack of policy mechanisms to place a value on carbon, writes Global CCS Institute head Brad Page.
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Hawaiian Electric works against the clock to add storage, renewables
While the utility is eager to secure new generation to replace retiring plants, state regulators have hit pause on the process while they consider how to move forward and prepare guidance for the utility.
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Dominion to halve emissions from gas infrastructure in next decade
Renewable energy advocates were unimpressed by the commitment, saying the best way for Dominion to reduce methane emissions is to stop building pipelines.
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DC eases path for renewable generators as it pursues 100% goal
District of Columbia regulators want to reduce the processing time for applications and improve data gathering for more accurate RPS reporting.
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TVA proposes to close Paradise, Bull Run coal units despite Trump tweet
President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pressed the utility on Twitter to keep the Paradise plant open.
UPDATED: Feb. 12, 2019 at 11:23 a.m.
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LA scraps plan to rebuild 3 gas plants, moves towards 100% renewable energy
The decision marks the end of a multi-year debate over the plan to invest $2.2 billion in gas-fired power plants, and follows a decision by state lawmakers last year to pursue an all-clean energy strategy by 2045.
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Deep DiveWinning in a more distributed energy world: 3 steps to utility success
The utility of the future will deliver retail products and services instead of generation, but getting to the future will require engaging now-reluctant customers.
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Congressional Democrats push FERC to act on aggregated DERs
Seventeen House members and 18 Senators urged FERC to issue a decision "as soon as possible" that "enables all [distributed energy resources] the opportunity to participate in … wholesale markets."
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Talking turbines: NREL aims to link wind generators and increase output
The partnership will give WindESCo access to the lab's wind farm control expertise, while allowing NREL to apply open-source tools to develop control solutions.
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Consumers in retail competition markets saved $300B over the past decade, trade group says
Traditional monopoly environments leave consumers to absorb the costs of declines in plant utilization, the Retail Energy Supply Association finds in a new report.
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Hawaii PUC staff proposes performance-based regulation framework
The idea is to lower electricity costs and align utility business interests with the state's clean energy goals.
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Arizona extends gas plant moratorium, punts on PURPA reforms
Regulators last week extended a partial moratorium on utility construction of new large gas-fired generators in the state until Aug. 1, 2019, as they consider a broad, 80% clean energy proposal.
Generation