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Retrieved from Arizona Corporation Commission.
Arizona regulators deny SRP gas plant expansion, citing community impacts and insufficient supporting evidence
Salt River Project said the decision creates a near-term resource issue and that it will continue to evaluate its “generation and market options.”
By Robert Walton • April 13, 2022 -
Courtesy of Dominion Energy
Virginia SCC staff questions Dominion Energy’s offshore wind cost assumptions
The regulatory commission’s staff testimony addresses whether the cost estimates were based on accurate assumptions by Dominion, the first utility to build large-scale offshore wind in the United States.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • April 12, 2022 -
Courtesy of X-energy
Deep DiveReliability concerns drive need for energy market design reforms, but regions diverge in FERC proceeding
Filings from FERC proceedings show a one-size-fits-all reform can’t sufficiently address regional market diversity, but federal guidelines can target growing uncertainties and costs from rising variable and distributed resource penetrations.
By Herman K. Trabish • April 11, 2022 -
Retrieved from Tennessee Valley Authority on April 08, 2022
TVA board nominees support exploring clean energy options as federal utility plans coal retirements
The Tennessee Valley Authority is lagging on shifting to renewable energy, according to Senate Democrats.
By Ethan Howland • April 8, 2022 -
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Senators press for quicker solar anti-dumping investigation amid reports of sector’s ‘rapid degeneration’
U.S. solar developers reported 318 projects totaling 51 GW of solar capacity and 6 GWh of attached battery storage are being canceled or delayed in the wake of the Department of Commerce investigation.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Updated May 3, 2022 -
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FERC approves ISO-NE plan to end MOPR in 2025 while accepting some renewables in capacity auctions
The plan “strikes a reasonable balance” among issues like maintaining grid reliability and market certainty, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said Friday.
By Ethan Howland • Updated May 31, 2022 -
Courtesy of GE Renewable Energy
DOE takes stock of offshore wind supply chain, calls for 2,100 turbines to meet 30 GW goal
Barring supply-chain constraints, NREL said, it expects 30.1 GW of offshore wind to be installed in the U.S. by the end of 2030, meeting the Biden administration’s goals.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • March 31, 2022 -
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Deep DiveUkraine war could extend bump in US coal use, but utilities remain confident in decarbonization path
When 2021 natural gas demand drove prices up, generators turned to coal. The war in Ukraine seems to be driving a similar pattern.
By Herman K. Trabish • March 24, 2022 -
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Coal plant owners seek to shut 3.2 GW in PJM in face of economic, regulatory and market pressures
ESAI Power analysts expect PJM’s coal capacity to plunge from 50 GW to 22 GW by 2036.
By Ethan Howland • March 22, 2022 -
Virginia report lays groundwork for state’s exit from regional emissions trading group
Virginia joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative last year, but newly-elected Gov. Glenn Youngkin says it is “a bad deal” for the state and is taking steps to withdraw.
By Robert Walton • March 18, 2022 -
Retrieved from Arizona Corporation Commission.
SRP faces backlash on proposed Arizona gas plant expansion: ‘You’re pushing it down their throat’
Arizona regulators heard concerns about environmental justice and the project’s potential impact on a historically Black community during oral arguments on Wednesday.
By Robert Walton • March 17, 2022 -
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ISO-NE’s market rules biased toward gas plants, clean energy groups say in FERC complaint
The alleged bias lowers capacity prices and crowds out renewable energy and storage resources from New England’s markets, according to a complaint filed March 15 at FERC.
By Ethan Howland • March 16, 2022 -
Florida solidifies its status as the nation’s waste-to-energy capital with supportive new law
A bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis will establish a unique program to subsidize power purchase agreements and expansion expenses for municipally-owned combustion facilities.
By Cole Rosengren • Updated June 22, 2022 -
Consumers Energy to exit coal-fired generation in 2025 under agreement with Michigan AG, others
The agreement filed Wednesday with the Michigan PSC sets the utility on a path to being carbon neutral by 2040.
By Ethan Howland • Updated April 21, 2022 -
Retrieved from Public Utilities Commission of Texas.
A ‘conservative’ approach to Texas grid operations is raising costs for consumers: ERCOT market monitor
The expanded use of reliability unit commitments to ensure sufficient reserves is distorting wholesale markets in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, observers warn.
By Robert Walton • March 15, 2022 -
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California prepares for $10.5M port renovations for offshore wind development
The funding will help outfit the Humboldt Bay port — an area that is estimated to accommodate 1.6 GW of offshore wind — to handle the development and integration of floating platforms.
By Kavya Balaraman • March 11, 2022 -
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EPA plans sweeping regulatory strategy for power plants covering air, water and land pollution
The agency aims to give guidance to utilities and investors so they can make informed financial decisions about the future of their power plants, EPA Administrator Regan said Thursday.
By Ethan Howland • March 11, 2022 -
Permission granted by ISO New England
Total ISO-NE capacity revenue falls 25% to $1B in latest auction
About 311 MW of new generation, consisting of solar, battery storage, and hybrid projects, won capacity obligations in the auction, down from about 950 MW of new resources last year.
By Ethan Howland • March 10, 2022 -
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Challenge from renewables forces nuclear industry to look beyond electricity generation
DOE and other researchers are investigating how nuclear power plants could be used outside of electricity generation, offering new potential for a range of industrial applications, such as ammonia and hydrogen production.
By Jason Plautz • March 9, 2022 -
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OpinionNew York energy policies will raise electricity costs and air pollution, slamming low-income communities
Sometimes well-intentioned state policies can backfire and hurt the very people the state wants to protect, the author writes.
By Arnold R. Wallenstein • March 9, 2022 -
Accounting for clean-energy capacity value in PJM would lower costs, emissions, RMI study finds
The report released Tuesday comes as the PJM Interconnection is considering options for including clean-energy procurement in its markets.
By Ethan Howland • March 8, 2022 -
OpinionPruning the thorns in transmission and generator interconnection reform
The clean transition no longer lacks capital, but it suffers from regulation that discourages its efficient use, the authors write.
By Jennifer Chen and Devin Hartman • March 8, 2022 -
“Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm” by chpv.co.uk/SSE/RWE is licensed under CC BY 2.0
California clean energy advocates urge regulators to ‘go big’ with offshore wind goals
″[E]conomies of scale will be essential for driving down costs, delivering competitively priced clean power and encouraging industries and jobs to locate in our state,” said Adam Stern, executive director of Offshore Wind California.
By Kavya Balaraman • March 7, 2022 -
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2021 deals position US to be a global hydrogen leader: BloombergNEF
While records were broken for U.S. clean energy investment last year, the Energy Information Administration says more policy action will be needed for renewable sources to surpass natural gas and petroleum in the U.S. by 2050.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • March 4, 2022 -
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California sets biomethane targets for utilities in bid to reduce short-lived climate pollutants
Representatives for Earthjustice, however, raised concerns that the utility commission did not conduct a thorough assessment of the cost effectiveness of biomethane before adopting the targets.
By Kavya Balaraman • March 2, 2022
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