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FERC's Glick urges power plant owners to line up fuel supplies as gas prices soar
Rising liquefied natural gas exports are helping drive up natural gas prices, posing a risk in New England markets, FERC said Thursday in a report.
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To secure the energy supply chain, feds want to reimagine the power sector as defense
Department of Energy officials say vulnerable software and data supply chains expose the U.S. power grid to attack.
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OpinionNow is the time for regulatory sandboxes in energy and utilities
Recent test beds in Canada, the Netherlands, Singapore and United Kingdom provide inspiration for models to stimulate innovation in the United States.
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NextEra doubles down on green hydrogen, other renewables
The company said Wednesday it has added more than 5,700 megawatts over the first nine months of 2021 to its backlog of renewable energy and storage projects.
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Meeting state offshore wind, renewable goals requires up to $3.2B in transmission, PJM says
A report on future transmission needs marks a change in how the largest U.S. grid operator considers state renewable energy goals, but more work needs to be done, observers say.
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OpinionThe wrong policies will hinder electrification — here's what we need to do
Utilities' priority must be delivering clean, reliable power as efficiently as possible, so as a regulator, I'm skeptical when utilities propose that their role is to promote electrification with their ratepayers' money, the author writes.
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FERC nominee Phillips uses 3-legged stool analogy in outlining regulatory approach to senators
Willie Phillips Jr. called for balancing cost, reliability and sustainability to address issues such as climate change.
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Texas regulators tee up market changes, weatherization standards in response to February crisis
The Public Utilities Commission of Texas on Thursday could vote to adopt weatherization requirements for generators and transmission owners that were originally contained in a pair of decade-old reports.
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Close to $16B in gas investments could be stranded with a net-zero by 2050 timeline, report finds
The report doesn’t completely write gas off, however, and acknowledges that a handful of units may be required to sit idle and be called upon when needed for short-term, emergency power.
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Coal-fired electricity rebounds in 2021, but resurgence could be short-lived
As the price of natural gas soars, a federal report finds coal-fired power plants are expected to produce significantly more electricity this year than in 2020.
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Boosting transmission between East, West grids will lower costs: NREL
A National Renewable Energy Laboratory study shows that every dollar spent on new transmission facilities between the two interconnections will be more than doubled as grid benefits, reducing costs to interconnect new resources.
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California, 14 other states urge DOE to strengthen efficiency programs, rescind Trump-era rules
More than $2 trillion in consumer savings and 2.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions reductions could come by 2030 from DOE efficiency programs, say the California attorney general and others.
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Fixing our supply chains is necessary for the clean energy transition
Solar panels are in high demand but have been particularly hard hit this year by supply chain problems.
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Autonomous or electric? Knight-Swift, PGT Trucking choose both
Knight-Swift put in a reservation for Embark's AV technology around the same time it ordered a battery-electric T680E from Kenworth.
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Boards facing regulatory scrutiny intensify ESG focus as SEC preps climate risk disclosure rules
Corporate directors are waking up to the need to weave sustainability best practices into business strategy, surveys show.
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EEI, utilities want first crack at transmission development as FERC mulls new rules, incentives
With billions in spending at stake, the Edison Electric Institute says competition hampers power line development. Consumer groups contend it lowers costs.
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By 2030, Portland General sees distributed resources meeting up to 25% of peak demand
The utility said it will need up to 2 GW of clean or renewable resources and 800 MW of non-emitting dispatchable capacity resources to decarbonize its system by 2040.
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OpinionTime for utility companies to step up by supporting the Clean Electricity Performance Program
Achieving more clean energy is feasible, affordable and would benefit our economy and public health without compromising power system reliability, writes Ceres' senior program director of climate and energy.
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Amazon, DOE, PJM urge FERC to support proactive transmission planning for an evolving grid
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is preparing for its first overhaul of transmission planning and cost allocation rules in a decade.
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Empire Wind pushes opening of New York's first offshore wind farm to 2026
The developer told federal regulators it needs until December 2026 to build New York's first major offshore wind farm.
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Southern California Edison eyes building electrification filing later this year
The proposal would be similar to the utility's transportation electrification program, which is the largest in the United States.
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OpinionEntergy failures threaten New Orleans' future
Entergy's way of doing business is unaffordable to ratepayers and it is unable to provide the kind of reliability and resilience that are more necessary in the face of climate disaster, the author writes.
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Southern, Duke SEEM proposal takes effect as FERC deadlocks on market plan
Federal regulators split on whether the Southeast Energy Exchange Market proposal is legal, clearing the way for the trading platform to begin operating in 12 states next year.
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Rocky Mountain Power's distributed battery grid management system puts Utah 'years ahead' of California
The program, which currently only supports sonnen batteries, encourages existing Utah solar customers to add energy storage that provides greater grid management capabilities for the utility.
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These 7 efficiency policies could help Texas avoid $8B in new gas plants, ACEEE says
Efficiency and load management programs rolled out to 9 million Texas households could reduce winter peak demand by about 11,400 MW, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
