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Indiana regulators approve cost recovery for 3 coal plant upgrades
Northern Indiana Public Service Co. will install pollution controls at three coal plants to comply with the federal coal combustion residuals rule.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 15, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Energy tax credits appear safe as GOP tax bill speeds toward a vote
Incentives for wind and solar power are likely intact, analysts say, but credits for other energy technologies could end up in a separate bill.
By Peter Maloney • Dec. 15, 2017 -
Opinion
Finding efficiencies: Updating RTO stakeholder governance to meet emerging challenges
Enhancing bottom-up policy development by improving RTO/ISO stakeholder governance processes is preferable to a top-down policy like DOE's cost recovery proposal, Vermont Law School's Mark James and Kevin B. Jones write.
By Mark James and Kevin B. Jones • Dec. 15, 2017 -
Sponsored by Esri
Digital transition vs. digital transformation
Once we rethink our technology, blow up our old habits and rituals, we begin to see the flaws in our old business models. Then we change them for the better.
By Bill Meehan • Dec. 15, 2017 -
Closing Indian Point nuclear plant will not hurt reliability, New York ISO says
Three gas-fired plants currently under construction are expected to replace the lost capacity from closing down the nuclear facility.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 15, 2017 -
FPL to recover $133M for cleanup at Turkey Point
State regulators say the utility acted prudently in complying with environmental regulatory agencies’ requirements for its Turkey Point Cooling Canal Monitoring Plan.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 14, 2017 -
Moody's: Merchant coal plants at risk in global transition to greener economy
Trump Administration efforts to support the fossil fuel might mitigate the risk, but they would be working against state policies and larger market dynamics, the credit ratings firm says.
By Peter Maloney • Dec. 14, 2017 -
Murkowski: Energy provisions remain 'in flux' in GOP tax proposal
"Don't panic," the GOP energy leader told the power sector, as provisions not included in this bill could feature in a tax extenders package to follow.
By Gavin Bade • Dec. 13, 2017 -
Deep Dive
National Grid finds an electric approach to natural gas demand response
The company is learning a lot about its new program to reduce gas use at peak times, including the need to sit down with customers and explain the benefits.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 13, 2017 -
Opinion
About that national conversation on resilience of the electric grid: The urgent need for guidance and action
Sue Tierney, former Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Energy, lays out a framework for FERC to tackle grid resilience.
By Sue Tierney • Dec. 13, 2017 -
FERC turns down provisions in PJM's minimum offer price rule after court remand
The agency's rejection reversed course on its 2013 decision, but did leave the door open for the grid operator to try again.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 13, 2017 -
Southwest coal plants costing customers millions in overcharges, Sierra Club reports
A review of 14 plants in the Southwest Power Pool showed customers were overcharged by about $300 million in 2015 and 2016, according to the Sierra Club. The grid operator says the analysis is flawed.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 13, 2017 -
Sponsored by Essense Partners
New York's REV Connect matches innovation with real-world utility needs
REV Connect fills an important market gap via up-to-date information access and the ability for interested parties to take immediate action online.
Dec. 13, 2017 -
Oregon regulators acknowledge PacifiCorp $3B renewables investment plan, but call for coal study
The acknowledgment from regulators is an important step for the utility's ambitious clean energy plan, but what will it do about its coal fleet?
By Robert Walton • Dec. 13, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Join or die: How utilities are coping with 100% renewable energy goals
Power companies are realizing that in many communities, the choice is between increasing clean energy or decreasing their own electricity sales.
By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 13, 2017 -
Renewable energy gains market share in EIA 2018 projection, with gas, coal steady
The latest Short Term Energy Outlook sees renewable energy growing to 10% of U.S. electricity generation by 2018 as coal- and gas-fired generation stay at 31% and 32%, respectively.
By Peter Maloney • Dec. 13, 2017 -
Vogtle utility customer wants project canceled as regulators near decision
Georgia Power says 2017 was a year of "progress" for the nuclear expansion. But Jacksonville Electric Authority, which is contracted to purchase some of the plant's output, hopes the development is canceled.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 13, 2017 -
EPA to drop key New Source Review enforcement provision
Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a memo last week directing staff to effectively abandon pre-construction permit reviews under NSR.
By Gavin Bade • Dec. 12, 2017 -
Eversource threatens EDF with cease and desist over report on gas capacity constraints
A report by the environmental group says Eversource and Avangrid artificially constrained capacity on the Algonquin natural gas pipeline in recent years, consequently boosting gas prices. Now the utility is calling on the group to halt its "false and defamatory statements."
By Robert Walton • Dec. 12, 2017 -
Weak wholesale power markets spur GE Power job cuts
The 12,000 job reductions and prior steps in the division are expected to contribute $1 billion to GE's overall goal to reduce structural costs by $3.5 billion in 2017 and 2018.
By Peter Maloney • Dec. 12, 2017 -
FirstEnergy utilities file electric supply purchase plans with Pennsylvania PUC
The companies must procure electric generation supply beginning June 2019 for customers who choose not to shop with alternate suppliers.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 12, 2017 -
Chatterjee: Long-term resilience study 'more important' than interim coal, nuke subsidies
The FERC commissioner appeared to soften his position on short-term payments for at-risk coal and nuclear plants at a Monday morning event in Washington.
By Gavin Bade • Dec. 11, 2017 -
Westinghouse report predicted nuclear development problems 6 years ago
New details have come to light in a Post and Courier story focused not just on the V.C. Summer nuclear station in South Carolina, but on other large-scale power failures in recent years.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 11, 2017 -
Ohio nuclear generators to face more competition with new 955-MW gas plant
The $900 million project is expected to come online in 2020, with construction starting this January.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 11, 2017 -
Perry grants FERC 30-day extension on cost recovery proposal
New FERC Chair Kevin McIntyre requested the extension late Thursday due to the high number of comments on the DOE proposal and the recent addition of two new commissioners.
By Gavin Bade • Dec. 8, 2017
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