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Exelon expects Illinois bill to support nuke plants in March
Company officials expect the measure to have broad support in the state legislature.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 19, 2015 -
Billions in TX wind generation stalled as industry awaits PTC guidance
Tri Global Energy has halted work on more than 1,200 MW currently under development in Texas.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 19, 2015 -
Deep Dive
NARUC meetings: Will the EPA's Clean Power Plan change? It's 'very much on the table'
Amendments to interim targets and the plan's timeline are "very much on the table," EPA officials said during day two.
By Gavin Bade • Feb. 18, 2015 -
RG&E, Exelon strike deal to keep Ginna nuke operating into 2018
Without a deal, the plant was slated for retirement.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 18, 2015 -
We Energies wants guarantee that large industrial customer won't defect
The utility continues to accept subsidies because it is wary the largest customer at its Presque Isle Power Plant will find power elsewhere.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 18, 2015 -
Calpine stands to profit from tight reserve margins in Texas
The company generated approximately 103 million MWh of electricity in 2014.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 18, 2015 -
Deep Dive
NARUC meetings: Do we need a carbon price to comply with the EPA's Clean Power Plan?
The nation's utility regulators met in Washington on Monday and we've got your rundown.
By Gavin Bade • Feb. 17, 2015 -
Google will take 50% of wind power from NextEra's Atlamont facility
Hundreds of aging turbines will be replaced with less than 50 newer, more efficient models.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 17, 2015 -
TVA to sign major solar deal with NextEra for 80 MW
The deal will be TVA's first utility-scale solar purchase.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 13, 2015 -
Deep Dive
How Basin Electric is handling explosive new load growth in North Dakota
Explosive growth from North Dakota’s oil boom is creating an unprecedented new generation and transmission need.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 13, 2015 -
Miss. Supreme Court strikes down Southern's Kemper plant rate hikes
The state's high court says regulators did not evaluate the prudency of costs incurred at the IGCC plant.
By Gavin Bade • Feb. 13, 2015 -
Critics say Ohio coal subsidies could hurt renewables, gas in capacity market
Critics of the proposal to guarantee income from FirstEnergy coal plants say they could crowd out other resources in the capacity market.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 13, 2015 -
Southern Co. subsidiary Gulf Power buys 180 MW of Oklahoma wind
A third Southern Company subsidiary buys wind – is it the end of the coal era?
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 12, 2015 -
Ameren offers support for EPA regs in exchange for revisions
Utility agreement is forming around extending interim goals under the Clean Power Plan and lengthening the timeline to 2035.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 11, 2015 -
Study: EPA Clean Power Plan won't hurt electric reliability
Concerns raised by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation underestimate the compliance options offered by the Clean Power Plan, a new analysis finds.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 11, 2015 -
California ISO adopts market approach to backstop capacity
Dive Brief: The California ISO has adopted a market-based approach to acquiring backstop capacity in the event of resource insufficiency or if market units are not offering capacity. The new mechanism replaces a single fixed price approach set to expire in February 2016. The ISO board o...
By Robert Walton • Feb. 11, 2015 -
World's largest PV solar plant goes online in California
The 550 MW Desert Sunlight plant was built with a DOE loan guarantee.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 10, 2015 -
Hundreds protest Salt River Project's proposed $50 per month solar charge in Arizona
Solar advocates say it ruins solar’s value proposition and threatens home resale prices.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 10, 2015 -
Duke buys controlling interest in commercial developer REC Solar
Duke’s $225 million fund will finance and streamline REC Solar projects.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 10, 2015 -
Wood Mackenzie: Solar could be "the next shale"
With regulatory support to keep gas back-up in place, solar could revolutionize power markets, the consultancy says.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 10, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Inside the deal: Why Duke Energy is buying one of the largest U.S. commercial solar developers
Duke and REC Solar target rooftops, parking lots, fields, and community solar.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 10, 2015 -
Wisconsin judge blocks utility net metering changes
Environmental advocates in Wisconsin may have found a judge sympathetic to their cause.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 10, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Why utilities are rushing to replace and modernize the aging grid
The State of the Electric Utility 2015 survey revealed that aging infrastructure is what troubles industry players most.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 10, 2015 -
Critics of PNM coal plan point to utility financial ties with regulatory staff
A staff member at the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission owned 300 shares of PNM when hearings on the utility's power replacement proposal began last month.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 10, 2015 -
Consumers Energy will shutter 9 coal plants by 2016
New EPA regulations are an opportunity to modernize the generating fleet, according to a Consumers Energy official.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 10, 2015
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