Good news: New York's got the capacity it needs for summer

Meanwhile, NYISO predicts that peak demand will be higher than 2012.

By Brian Warmoth • May 22, 2013

NRG to shuts its 352MW oil plant in CT due to unfavorable economics

Hard market conditions has forced NRG to shutter its Norwalk Harbor power plant.

By Malena Amusa • May 22, 2013

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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

Solar demand on the rise from Georgia Power

Georgia Power’s current solar goals aren’t bold enough to meet increasing demands.

By Malena Amusa • May 22, 2013

Xcel advances biomass demo project in Colo.

The power provider wants to understand the potential for biomass.

By Davide Savenije • May 21, 2013

Feds delay San Onofre nuclear restart decision indefinitely

The delay is only the latest in a series of delayed decision dates from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

By Davide Savenije • May 20, 2013

Most Read Utility News of the Week: Obama, startups and ABB

Head into the weekend better informed about what everyone else on Utility Dive was reading this week.

By Brian Warmoth • May 17, 2013

NextEra's energy future to star more solar power

The mega wind and nuclear power generator will add 70MW of solar to its coiffeurs.

By Malena Amusa • May 17, 2013

NRG will shut down coal plant to end lawsuit

401MW of coal generation will go offline in Pennsylvania to settle an environmental suit. 

By Malena Amusa • May 16, 2013

Radioactive discharge at Duke nuclear plant

More than 100 gallons of radioactive water leaked at the South Carolina plant.

By Malena Amusa • May 16, 2013

Siemens to build U.S. government's biggest wind farm

Five new 2.3MW wind turbines will save the government $2.9M annually.

By Malena Amusa • May 15, 2013

PJM plans to avoid megawatt mayhem this summer

PJM has plenty megawatts to meet peak summer demand.

By Malena Amusa • May 15, 2013

Are U.S. states' CO2 emissions actually declining?

32 states dropped emissions in the last decade, but only 14 saw lasting decline.

By Malena Amusa • May 14, 2013

AES to convert some coal plants, shutter others

AES will retire or convert several coal plants due to the costs of environmental compliance.

By Malena Amusa • May 14, 2013

New solar alliance takes aim at utilities

A new rooftop solar alliance is going after PG&E, Edison International and Sempra Energy.

By Malena Amusa • May 13, 2013

Can new Edison plant offset California’s missing megawatts?

The 479MW gas-fired plant in Southern California will launch in June.

By Malena Amusa • May 13, 2013

Most Read: The Fortune 500, transactive energy and marijuana growers

The biggest headlines of week, all in one place.

By Davide Savenije • May 10, 2013

Buffett’s MidAmerican to invest $1.9B in 1,050MW-worth of wind turbines

New wind turbines will provide energy for 40% of Iowa customers.

By Malena Amusa • May 10, 2013

U.S. Army buys $7B in renewable energy projects

A march to produce 3GW of renewables advances with geothermal projects.

By Malena Amusa • May 10, 2013

NextEra first to buy GE’s 33-story wind turbines

Next Era is going big with its new 100MW wind farm expansion in Michigan.

By Malena Amusa • May 9, 2013

Renewables keep getting cheaper—and more disruptive

The picture is only getting brighter for renewables and storage technology.

By Malena Amusa • May 9, 2013

GE to supply 1 GW of new U.S. wind orders

New wind installations will power the equivalent of 330,000 U.S. homes.

By Malena Amusa • May 8, 2013

Dominion shutters Kewaunee nuclear plant for good

But Tuesday's closing of Kewaunee does not mark the end of Dominion's commitment to nuclear energy.

By Malena Amusa • May 8, 2013

Obama weighs sale of TVA assets

Will the U.S. government give up its ownership of the Tennessee Valley Authority?

By Davide Savenije • May 7, 2013

Entergy shuts down leaky nuclear plant

Entergy has halted service at the plant nine times in less than three years.

By Malena Amusa • May 7, 2013

Will distributed energy disrupt the utility industry?

Distributed energy could undermine utilities like the cell phone did to the telecom industry.

By Malena Amusa • May 7, 2013