Alliant wants $130M coal plant upgrade in Wis.

Improving plant efficiency and boosting output will pay for itself in five years, the utility says.

By Malena Amusa • Aug. 8, 2013

Mexico envisions sweeping changes to electricity system

President Enrique Pena Nieto will present a bill to reform the country's electricity system, in particular ending the state-run monopoly on generation. 

By Davide Savenije • Aug. 7, 2013

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Electricity Supply and Demand

After nearly two decades of flat demand, U.S. electricity consumption reached an all-time high in 2024 and is expected to continue rising. This trendline brings together the best of Utility Dive’s coverage of emerging trends in supply and demand and the decisions being made today that will impact the power system for years to come. 

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DOE reports: Wind was top source of new U.S. generation capacity in 2012

For the first time in history, wind power was the leading source of new U.S. electricity generation capacity in 2012, the U.S. Department of Energy said.

By Malena Amusa • Aug. 7, 2013

Japanese PM seeks crackdown on new Fukushima emergency

Fukushima has leaked tons of radioactive water daily for the last two years, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters Wednesday.

By Malena Amusa • Aug. 7, 2013

NRG proposes $100M biomass plant in Conn.

NRG will have to overcome political indifference to see its biomass plant come to fruition.

By Malena Amusa • Aug. 7, 2013

APS shelves $600M coal plant buy as Ariz. weighs deregulation

Arizona Public Service warns that deregulation will create economic uncertainty for the utility.

By Malena Amusa • Aug. 5, 2013

Shrapnel hits spectators at PG&E power plant demolition

Shrapnel from the demolition of PG&E's Kern plant in Bakersfield, Calif. severed a man’s leg and injured four others.

By Malena Amusa • Aug. 5, 2013

Va. approves Dominion's $1.3B, 1,358 MW natural gas plant

The new gas plant in Virginia will make up for lost capacity from retired coal plants.

By Malena Amusa • Aug. 5, 2013

New NRG natural gas plant near L.A. goes into service

NRG's new plant delivers half of its generating capacity in less than 10 minutes and the balance in less than one hour – a key perk as California integrates more intermittent renewables.

By Malena Amusa • Aug. 5, 2013

Synchrophasor tech and LIPA: The week's most read utility news

Find out what everyone else was reading about on the site this week.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 2, 2013

Duke’s $3.5B Edwardsport plant shut down six days after opening

New regulatory filings reveal major start-up hiccups at Duke’s new coal-gasification plant in Indiana.

By Malena Amusa • Aug. 2, 2013

China to spend $294B on renewables, $375B on energy efficiency

Will money solve China’s worst-rated emissions problem?

By Malena Amusa • Aug. 1, 2013

Exelon won’t give up its reactors any time soon -- CEO

Despite EDF’s exit from the U.S. nuclear market, Exelon will stick with its struggling nuclear business.

By Malena Amusa • Aug. 1, 2013

Exelon’s French partner quits U.S. nuclear for renewables

Will U.S. nuclear survive this latest break-up?

By Malena Amusa • July 31, 2013

Xcel to add 1,500 MW of wind, reduce emissions by 31%

Xcel's massive wind grab includes adding 1,500 MW of wind, a 30% increase in its overall wind capacity.

By Malena Amusa • July 30, 2013

Utilities ask distributed solar: what have you done for me lately?

Can distributed PV actually offset the need for transmission system investment? An RMI report tries to find out.

By Malena Amusa • July 30, 2013

Samsung SDI partners with S&C Electric on U.K. power storage solution

The project is part of Britain's efforts to prepare for wind and solar plants.

By Roger Riddell • July 29, 2013

E.ON, JP Morgan ante up Texas wind deal

New capital infusions will expand the wind farm's development activities.

By Malena Amusa • July 29, 2013

Clean Coal Technologies Inc. to build $3.6M coal test plant in Oklahoma

So will this be the coal industry's "holy grail"?

By Malena Amusa • July 29, 2013

EIA's new outlook: Global energy use to increase 56% by 2040, led by Asia

In the U.S. and Europe, short- and long-term debt issues will constrict the energy market's future growth.

By Malena Amusa • July 26, 2013

Calpine's California natgas-fired plants to start operation

The plants come right in time to meet California's historic peak summer demand.

By Malena Amusa • July 26, 2013

First Solar to build 23MW for New Mexico’s largest utility

The project spans three different solar farms near the greater Albuquerque metro area.

By Malena Amusa • July 25, 2013

Minneapolis considering city-owned utilities

Some in the city believe municipal ownership could lower the price residents pay.

By Roger Riddell • July 24, 2013

AEP Cook plant approved for $1.1B life-extension project

Cook's two nuclear units account for 40% of AEP's Indian Michigan Power's generation portfolio.

By Malena Amusa • July 23, 2013

Xcel and RES Americas to build new wind park in Minnesota

The new 200 megawatt park is expected to be completed by late 2015.

By Roger Riddell • July 22, 2013