Utilities front and center in wind industry planning

MISO: “The variability of wind is very much dwarfed by the variability of load on our system.”

By Herman K. Trabish • May 8, 2014

How 3 very different utilities are integrating renewables onto the grid

Southern Company, Minnesota Power and Portland General Electric talk renewables, transmission and the future.

By Herman K. Trabish • May 8, 2014

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Top 5 Stories from Utility Dive

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. 

By Utility Dive staff

Hawaii's overhaul of the utility business model

The sun is setting on traditional cost-of-service regulation.

By Davide Savenije , Claire Cameron • May 7, 2014

PPL earnings up on bad weather, regulated utilities

On the back of the Duke Energy coal ash fiasco, PPL Corporation is looking ahead to a future without coal ash ponds.​

By Claire Cameron • May 6, 2014

TVA to cut 2,600 jobs

Tennessee Valley Authority is slashing more than 10% of its workforce to save money and keep rates low.

By Claire Cameron • May 6, 2014

Fire shuts down CO coal plant

The Martin Drake plant, which provides base load power to Colorado Springs, was forced offline. 

By Davide Savenije • May 6, 2014

NRG CEO: Distributed solar is a trillion dollar opportunity

Despite posting a net loss in Q1 2014, NRG Energy's financials are strong as the company positions itself for future success.

By Davide Savenije • May 6, 2014

A user's guide to natural gas power plants

Which natural gas power plant is best for tomorrow's grid?

By Herman K. Trabish • May 6, 2014

Northeast Utilities boosted by cold weather, good economy

Northeast says it will help tackle New England's power problem. 

By Claire Cameron • May 6, 2014

Hawaiian Electric seeks energy storage

Hawaiian Electric Company has an issued an RFP for energy storage to supplement the company's Oahu solar and wind generation projects.

By Claire Cameron • May 5, 2014

Sempra Energy earnings jump on new revenues from gas, renewables

A proposed settlement over the SONGS shutdown would allow SDG&E to recover costs.

By Herman K. Trabish • May 4, 2014

OG&E earnings rise on weather and transmission

OGE Energy Q1 earnings more than doubled over last year.

By Herman K. Trabish • May 4, 2014

CenterPoint Energy earnings positive amid grid investment plans

CenterPoint Energy has filed for full control of a new power line construction in Texas, after ERCOT ruled that it would split responsibility with two other parties.

By Claire Cameron • May 1, 2014

Washington Governor proposes end to coal power

Washington state's Governor released a set of proposals aimed at "cleaning up" the state's energy profile.

By Claire Cameron • May 1, 2014

PSEG earnings jump on new transmission, high demand

PSEG also announced it had reached a $1.2 billion settlement to move its Energy Strong program forward. 

By Herman K. Trabish • May 1, 2014

Solar up, but PG&E earnings drop on gas line explosion costs

Pacific Gas & Electric may be the leading utility for solar, but it's not keeping earnings up. 

By Herman K. Trabish • May 1, 2014

Xcel CEO: Too early to call electric sales growth a trend

Xcel reported strong earnings on positive electric and natural gas margins.

By Herman K. Trabish • May 1, 2014

Edison CEO: 'Primary strategy' to invest in distribution network

Edison International announced first quarter earnings for 2014, hailing a new deal over the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Plant. 

By Claire Cameron • May 1, 2014

Southern's electric sales spike on winter weather, high demand

Southern's first quarter earnings hit $351 million.

By Claire Cameron • May 1, 2014

Exelon CEO explains Pepco deal as earnings fall

The cold weather, a number of outages and high replacement power costs drove Exelon's Q1 2014 earnings down.

By Claire Cameron • May 1, 2014

Dominion's earnings up as coal-to-liquids plant, new solar move ahead

"Favorable weather" drove some of the gains, according to Dominion CEO Thomas Farrell II.

By Herman K. Trabish • April 30, 2014

NextEra grows renewables as earnings rise

The company announced the formation of "yieldco" to own up to 2,000 MW of solar and wind generation.

By Herman K. Trabish • April 30, 2014

Regulators push Hawaii utilities towards new business models

Hawaii PUC wants to see rate cuts and improved integration of distributed generation. 

By Herman K. Trabish • April 30, 2014

New England will survive summer peaks, says grid operator

ISO New England says it has enough capacity to cope with summer spikes in demand.

By Claire Cameron • April 30, 2014

Supreme Court upholds EPA's power plant air pollution rule

The decision to uphold the "good neighbor" rule could prompt more coal plant retirements across the country.

By Claire Cameron • April 30, 2014