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OpinionWhat could save Arizona millions in customer and infrastructure costs? Residential pool pumps.
If Arizona Public Service and Salt River Project customers were to schedule pool pump operations at midday instead of at night, it could shift up to 820 MW into off-peak tariffs, ASU researchers said.
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Sponsored by KUBRAUtilities have digitized billing. Now they need to humanize it.
Where utility billing stands and why "good enough" no longer is.
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Dominion Energy, Santee Cooper receive state approval for $5B gas project
The South Carolina Public Service Commission dismissed calls from the Sierra Club to impose a cost cap on the Canadys project or require the utilities to commit to retiring coal-fired units.
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Energy Dome, Salt River Project to build 19-MW CO2 battery system
The project is expected to come online in 2029 and store enough energy to power around 4,275 homes for 10 hours, Salt River Project said.
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Peak Energy, GM partner to scale domestic sodium-ion battery supplies
Peak cofounder and CEO Landon Mossburg told Utility Dive the technology is “purpose-built” for AI data centers and grid-scale applications.
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OpinionIn wildfire country, every home should be a microgrid
As wildfire risk grows, there are increasing calls to “bury the lines.” Undergrounding has its place, but it's not the only answer, writes Cameron Brooks, executive director of Think Microgrid.
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Modular approach can speed data center construction by 30%: Flex
More power, cooling and IT equipment is moving outside data halls in a shift that could help “future-proof” computing facilities, a company executive told Facilities Dive.
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Utility sector outlook deteriorates on affordability concerns: Fitch
Utilities are expected to make $240 billion in capital expenditures this year, but political and regulatory pressure could put timely cost recovery at risk, the ratings agency said.
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Judge overturns DOE’s cancellation of $82.1M in clean energy grants
The plaintiffs argued the 11 grantees – based in New York, Oregon, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Colorado – were targeted because those states voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris.
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DOE extends TransAlta Centralia Unit 2 emergency order
The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday said the order to keep the last coal plant in Washington state online is needed to help meet peak summer demand.
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Connecticut AG, agencies ask FERC to cut Eversource, Avangrid RTO adder
A new state law requires the utilities to participate in ISO New England, making them ineligible for an extra 0.5% return on equity, according to a complaint filed at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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OpinionDistributed solar’s overlooked role: Keeping farmland out of the real estate market
If we want farmland to stay farmland, we have to be open-minded about what farming looks like today, writes Abby Broedlin, vice president of asset management at Nautilus Solar Energy.
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1M+ customers have connected solar to PG&E’s grid
Pacific Gas & Electric said the milestone comes during an industry shift from “a one‑way grid to an interactive system where customer energy resources are increasingly part of the solution.”
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Meta expands US solar portfolio, inks PPA with Zelestra
The power purchase agreement builds on the existing partnership between the tech giant and renewable energy company, which are backing several solar projects across the U.S.
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Appeals court upholds FERC decision ordering refunds from MISO transmission owners
Eversource Energy and other transmission owners in New England could see ramifications from the ruling that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission can order refunds for multi-year periods.
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Solar capacity up 20% from last summer: EIA
Utility-scale solar generation is expected to increase 19% this summer compared with last summer, reflecting a 20% increase in capacity, said the Energy Information Administration.
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Transmission projects bolster New York, New England summer reliability: NPCC
The region should have adequate resources to meet typical electricity demand, but some areas may need to implement emergency procedures or rely on imports during grid stress, NPCC said.
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New York hits 5.6 GW hourly solar generation record
At the same time, the state’s electric system is “operating with the narrowest reliability margins in recent years,” said a report from the New York Independent System Operator.
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Know the hurdles to using generators for demand response participation
Virginia passed a law encouraging utilities to offer big power users the opportunity to participate in load-shedding programs, but for facilities, signing up is not an easy decision.
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FERC approves PJM fast-track review for ‘shovel-ready’ power projects
PJM will consider up to 10 interconnection requests annually over two years for resources of at least 250 MW that can come online in three years.
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Judge restores 5% safe harbor rule for wind, solar
The Trump administration acted unreasonably in eliminating the 5% total cost threshold as a route for wind and solar projects to prove tax credit eligibility, a federal judge ruled.
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Sonoma Clean Power aims for 1,000 no-cost smart thermostats amid VPP push
The public utility will use $5 million in state funding and partner with community groups to boost participation among lower-income customers, it said last week.
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OpinionIn PJM, power developers are ready to build but need data center contracts, transmission
Over 55 GW of generation has cleared PJM’s interconnection queue process and 220 GW just entered its latest review cycle, writes Glen Thomas, president of the PJM Power Providers Group.
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FirstEnergy asks FERC to require data centers to pay for transmission interconnection costs
FirstEnergy’s proposal adopts a cost allocation practice from the gas pipeline sector. It comes ahead of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s expected large load interconnection decision on June 18.
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Not-for-profit utilities turn to energy storage as data centers drive cost, reliability concerns
Reliability, power price hedging and avoided infrastructure investment are among the top reasons for the battery push, NRECA said.
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Companies are failing to keep up with AI’s sprawl, creating entry points for hackers
Three-quarters of organizations say they aren’t fully overseeing the activities of user accounts belonging to agents and other AI tools.
