Regulators reject pre-approval for OG&E's $1.1B enviromental compliance plan

The decision put the utility on notice that its plan needed to include a more serious consideration of renewable energy and emissions rules.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 8, 2015

Report: EPA's MATS rule appears likely to survive legal battle

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard arguments last week over the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, with judges appearing reticent to vacate the EPA's rules. 

By Robert Walton • Dec. 8, 2015

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Power demand is rising amid dramatic shifts in federal energy policy, but technology and markets continue to push the grid toward cleaner, more distributed resources. 

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House passes major energy bill as Murkowski tees up Senate version for early 2016

New bipartisanship on energy policy in the senate might increase the chances of an ITC extension, the head of a critical committee said on Thursday.

By Gavin Bade • Dec. 4, 2015

EIA: Small-scale installations make up a third of solar generation

The U.S. Energy Information Administration has begun including small-scale solar installations in monthly generation data.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 4, 2015

Despite adequate supply, winter will be a 'challenging time' for ISO New England

The region expects adequate power supplies this winter, but natural gas constraints are still a challenge and could keep some plants without fuel, according to the ISO New England.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 3, 2015

Report: Utility coal burn falling more rapidly than forecasted

A  handful of utilities are burning as much coal as expected with most  burning less and none exceeding anticipated estimates, according to a new report from the U.S. Surface Transportation Board.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 3, 2015

ERCOT: New generation pushes reserve margins up 20% through 2025

Almost 10,000 MW of new generation added by 2018 will push the reserve margin in ERCOT above 20%.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 3, 2015

FirstEnergy strikes settlement in Ohio subsidy case, AEP nears deal

The company had requested 15-year income guarantees from four plants in Ohio, but has filed a settlement involving more than a dozen parties that shortens the contract time to eight years and includes rate stabilizers for customers and carbon reduction goals.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 2, 2015

How NRG is testing the next step of energy storage: Vehicle-to-grid integration

NRG EVgo and University of California, San Diego are testing out electric vehicle batteries on UCSD's microgrid as an energy storage option. 

By Peter Maloney • Dec. 1, 2015

New trouble for NextEra merger as regulators slam Hawaiian Electric power supply plan

Unless NextEra offers a better plan, and fast, observers say the takeover bid could be in jeopardy.

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 1, 2015

Despite $6B in losses, Florida PSC staff support utility gas hedging programs

Despite losses that alledgedly exceed $6 billion, staff of the Florida Public Service Commission believe utility hedging programs are doing a good job of reducing fuel price volatility.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 1, 2015

As feds consider 80-year-old nuke plants, California could shutter its last

Nuclear regulators will be asked to consider relicensing nuclear facilities out to 80 years – twice their initial operating periods – but in California the industry is shutting down and the state is considering how to deal with its last facility.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 1, 2015

NextEra sells 3000 MW of Texas gas generation to Energy Future affiliate

NextEra Energy has sold its La Frontera merchant gas fleet to an affiliate of Energy Future Holdings in a deal including almost 3,000 MW of combined-cycle generation.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 1, 2015

What utilities should watch at the Paris climate talks

The COP21 talks could set the trajectory for energy policy for decades to come.

By Gavin Bade • Nov. 30, 2015

Tesla competitor Sonnenbatterie unveils community solar-storage system

The German company says its new solar-storage-control system will make conventional utilities obsolete.

By Peter Maloney • Nov. 30, 2015

MISO, SPP, ERCOT all hit new wind energy records in November

MISO, SPP and ERCOT took to Twitter to announce their new wind power records, breaking ones they set just last month.

By Robert Walton • Nov. 25, 2015

Google is first buyer of Duke Energy solar using utility's new Green Source Rider

In Duke’s first “sleeve project,” it will wheel solar to a key account at no cost to other customers

By Herman K. Trabish • Nov. 25, 2015

For California, gas 'is the new coal' as the East Coast embraces the resource

Gas-fired generation is expected to make up an increasing percentage of the country's power supply – but not in California, where officials are trying to leapfrog all carbon sources on the way to a greener future. 

By Robert Walton • Nov. 25, 2015

CA regulators cut anti-terror funding for utilities in dispute with legislature over legal fees

"Democracy is pretty messy," is how the executive director of the California Public Utilities Commission explains it.

By Robert Walton • Nov. 25, 2015

12 charts that show the state of the US clean energy revolution

A new DOE report highlights deployment and price trends for five key technologies in the clean energy revolution.

By Gavin Bade • Nov. 24, 2015

Michigan energy proposals will 'kill choice,' limit renewable investments, opponents say

Michigan is considering two pieces of energy billed as "compromises," but advocates for retail choice and renewables say they will do little to advance their causes.

By Robert Walton • Nov. 24, 2015

Portland General Electric joins CAISO energy imbalance market

The regional balancing authority headed by California’s grid operator will now span eight states.

By Herman K. Trabish • Nov. 24, 2015

Despite green outcry, CPUC approves SoCal Edison gas & storage plans

The California Public Utilities Commission approves 57 of 63 of controversial SoCal Ed procurement contracts, but sees room for improvment in the "all-source RFO process."

By Peter Maloney • Nov. 24, 2015

Kinder Morgan files $5B Northeast pipeline plan despite critical Mass. AG study

The Northeast Energy Direct project is a "transformative" plan to exand the Tennessee Gas Pipeline system in  Pennsylvania, New York and New England.

By Robert Walton • Nov. 24, 2015

Siemens, RWE team up to develop mass-market virtual power plant

The two companies will expand on a 2010 virtual power plant pilot, which included combined heat and power systems, hydro units and backup power, to include a wider range of resources. 

By Robert Walton • Nov. 24, 2015