Robert Walton
Reporter | @TeamWetDogRobert Walton has spent 15 years covering policy, regulation and business in Washington, D.C., with a focus on the natural gas and electric utility. In addition to a journalism degree from the University of South Carolina, he has a culinary diploma from the Art Institute of Washington and his documentary photography has been supported by the National Endowment of the Arts. Robert left Washington in 2013 to explore the United States, and now lives in a tiny off-grid cabin in upstate New York. His exact location is a mystery.
5786 articles by Robert Walton
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North American Energy Standards Board to work with DOE, national labs on distributed resource definitions
May 20, 2022 -
DOE's manufactured home efficiency rule disappoints conservation advocates, manufacturers
May 20, 2022 -
NERC sounds alarm on solar tripping in 'sobering' summer reliability report
May 19, 2022 -
ERCOT says grid is ready for summer, but extreme weather and generator outages could challenge reliability
May 18, 2022 -
SRP cites 'serious risk' to reliability in 2024, asks Arizona regulators to reconsider gas plant expansion
May 17, 2022 -
After calls for conservation and generator failures, Texas' grid survived the weekend. It's still May.
May 16, 2022 -
Washington, D.C., is 'ideally poised for electrification,' Sierra Club finds. The city's gas utility disagrees.
May 13, 2022 -
New Maine utility law requires integrated planning to support state goals, sets penalties for reliability failures
May 11, 2022 -
Investigation into solar tariffs could threaten the 2035 US clean energy goal, says DOE's Granholm
May 6, 2022 -
PSE&G continues to grow rate base, expects decision on $848M 'last mile' program this fall
May 4, 2022 -
Can the grid handle millions of EVs? In Tennessee, distribution systems will be 'canary in the coal mine'
May 2, 2022 -
Arizona Public Service asks court to reverse ACC cost recovery, ROE decisions
April 29, 2022 -
MISO prepares for 'worst-case scenarios,' heads into summer with insufficient firm generation
April 29, 2022 -
DOE finalizes rules to phase out older light bulbs, estimates consumers will save $3B annually
April 27, 2022 -
As Congress returns, Google proposes legislative action to help it and others to achieve 24/7 clean energy
April 25, 2022 -
Texas regulators look to distributed resources, additional coal reserves, to boost reliability
April 22, 2022 -
Global decarbonization is a more than $50 trillion opportunity for private capital: Blackstone
April 21, 2022 -
New York approves transmission contracts to advance Clean Path NY, Champlain Hudson projects
April 20, 2022 -
Energy sector on high alert after discovery of new malware targeting industrial control systems
April 18, 2022 -
Arizona regulators deny SRP gas plant expansion, citing community impacts and insufficient supporting evidence
April 13, 2022 -
New Hampshire regulators approve new EV charging rates for Unitil, Liberty and cut demand charges in half
April 12, 2022 -
NERC's mock cyberattack reveals 'urgent need' to bolster grid restoration communication systems
April 8, 2022 -
House climate committee hearing on efficiency delves into pipeline policy, gas bans, China and Putin
April 8, 2022 -
GAO: Postal service used questionable assumptions to make case for continuing gas-powered fleet
April 6, 2022 -
Customers, advocacy groups and elected officials oppose ConEd's proposed double-digit rate increase
April 5, 2022