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Default looms as Puerto Rico utility restructuring deal fails
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's oversight board rejected a $9 billion restructuring deal this week, leaving the utility few options beyond a court-supervised bankruptcy proceeding.
By Peter Maloney • June 29, 2017 -
Citing 'Hughes v. Talen,' court rejects challenge to Connecticut's renewable RFP
The Allco case's interpretation of Hughes — the first from a federal court — is likely to have implications on challenges to nuclear subsidies in Illinois and New York.
By Peter Maloney • June 29, 2017 -
Southern suspends work on Kemper coal gasification units
The announcement comes days after Mississippi regulators asked the utility to prepare a plan for the plant to run solely on natural gas.
By Gavin Bade • June 28, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Energy Week: Perry touts all-of-the-above strategy in push for 'energy dominance'
The DOE head reiterated support for baseload generation ahead of the release of a highly-anticipated power sector review.
By Krysti Shallenberger • June 28, 2017 -
EPA moves to rescind WOTUS rule
The "Waters of the U.S." rule would be replaced with language that was in place prior to its promulgation in 2015.
By Robert Walton • June 28, 2017 -
ISO-NE lays out retirement options for Dominion's Millstone nuke
The plant has capacity obligations to continue generating through May 2021, but the ISO said Dominion could transfer those to a third party.
By Peter Maloney • June 28, 2017 -
Navajo Nation votes to keep 2,250 MW coal plant operating
The Navajo Council voted 18-4 to approve a new lease, allowing the Navajo Generating Station plant to continue operating through 2019.
By Robert Walton • June 28, 2017 -
Southern Co. unit forms alliance with Advanced Microgrid Solutions
Southern will bring its experience at designing and building distributed generation solutions, mostly to commercial and industrial customers, to the partnership.
By Peter Maloney • June 28, 2017 -
Updated: Cyberattacks targeted US nuclear sites this year, report says
It is unclear if the attacks, reported by E&E News, are related to a wave of malware spreading across Europe, impacting Ukrainian power firms and the Chernobyl nuclear site.
By Robert Walton • June 27, 2017 -
Opinion
The power sector must heed shareholder calls for 2-degree scenario analysis
Ceres' Dan Bakal says utility sector shareholders have made clear they want their companies to plan for a low-carbon future
By Dan Bakal • June 27, 2017 -
Deep Dive
As gas plants struggle, California seeks new flexible capacity strategies
With up to 6 GW of gas plants at risk of closure in the coming years, energy stakeholders are scrambling for new compensation techniques and zero-carbon alternatives.
By Herman K. Trabish • June 27, 2017 -
New Brattle study touts flexible grid, dismisses 'baseload' hype
Focusing on "baseload" generation is "not a useful perspective for ensuring the cost-effective and reliable supply of electricity," authors wrote.
By Robert Walton • June 27, 2017 -
Dominion Energy scouting for pumped storage sites in Virginia
Officials said they are evaluating how to take advantage of a pumped hydro bill that encouraged utilities to site facilities in the state's coalfield region.
By Peter Maloney • June 27, 2017 -
EIA panel: Nuke financial woes are a 'market failure'
Nuclear panelists at the Energy Administration Information's annual conference said the premature retirement of some nuclear facilities could be averted through government intervention or market reforms.
By Krysti Shallenberger • June 27, 2017 -
GTM: Proposed solar tariffs could put 47 GW of planned installations at risk
The analysis firm predicts "unprecedented demand destruction" if Suniva's tariff proposal is approved, threatening up to two-thirds of planned solar deployments.
By Robert Walton • June 27, 2017 -
Green groups oppose TVA plan to test small nuclear reactors
The Tennessee Valley Authority wants to install small modular nuclear reactors at the Clinch River site near Kingston, Tenn.
By Robert Walton • June 27, 2017 -
Summer nuke owners reach new construction agreement with Westinghouse
SCANA and Santee Cooper now have until early August to finalize a new plan to complete the plant, but Westinghouse's timeline and cost estimates have reportedly gone missing.
By Peter Maloney • June 26, 2017 -
FERC staff greenlights Mountain Valley Pipeline in environmental review
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission can't issue a final decision until President Trump's nominees are approved by the Senate.
By Robert Walton • June 26, 2017 -
PJM: FirstEnergy's Ohio nukes not necessary to maintain grid reliability
A PJM Interconnection executive told Crain's there may be reasons to save the Davis-Besse and Perry plants, but reliability isn't one of them.
By Robert Walton • June 26, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Atlantic Coast Pipeline 'in the homestretch' despite continued protests
Opponents say the pipeline is unnecessary and destructive, but don't expect that to stop FERC approval.
By Robert Walton • June 26, 2017 -
Montana regulators vote to cut PURPA payment rates by 40%
Regulators also trimmed contract lengths from 20 years to five years, with an option to extend for another five.
By Peter Maloney • June 26, 2017 -
Heat wave sets new power demand records across Arizona
Temperatures of nearly 120°F pushed demand to new heights at three Arizona utilities, while California power providers called for customer cutbacks.
By Peter Maloney • June 26, 2017 -
Duke wants extension of contracts underpinning Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Three utilities have asked North Carolina regulators to extend the deadline on gas purchase agreements which are set to expire, and necessary to develop a 600-mile regional pipeline.
By Robert Walton • June 23, 2017 -
API positions gas as all-purpose resource for grid reliability
The natural gas lobby believes gas is more than a traditional generation resource and can perform services like frequency response and energy storage in wholesale markets.
By Krysti Shallenberger • June 23, 2017 -
Kemper plant could run solely on natural gas after Mississippi regulatory directive
Mississippi regulators plan to order the utility to draw up a plan for the Kemper plant that would allow the facility to run only on natural gas and limit further rate increases to customers.
By Gavin Bade , Robert Walton • June 22, 2017
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