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NERC identifies 4 regions facing potential summer energy shortages
Electric grids in California, Texas, New England and the Midwest may struggle to meet demand this summer despite operating improvements, according to the North American Electric Reliability Corp.
By Robert Walton • May 18, 2021 -
Deep Dive
'A terrible idea': Texas legislators fight over renewables' role in power crisis, aiming to avert a repeat
Texans may face future freezes if lawmakers blame renewables and fail to set winterization standards and create market-based reliability protections, analysts say.
By Herman K. Trabish • May 17, 2021 -
With solar sale, PSEG doubles down on offshore wind and nuclear
The sale of the fossil fuel plants, along with its solar facilities, is part of PSEG's larger plan to exit the business of operating merchant plants.
By Scott Van Voorhis • May 14, 2021 -
Transmission tax credit could unlock 30 GW of renewables, spur over $15B in private capital, report finds
The report also found the tax credit would create 650,000 "good paying jobs," in the near term, receiving support from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
By Catherine Morehouse • May 14, 2021 -
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CAISO 'cautiously optimistic' about summer 2021, but still sees causes for concern
"[T]here are remaining risks to reliability, such as an extreme prolonged heat wave affecting wide swaths of the West, or serious wildfires," CAISO President and CEO Elliot Mainzer said in a statement.
By Kavya Balaraman • May 13, 2021 -
Xcel opts for gas suppliers with lower methane emissions in Colorado
The utility announced a pilot for certified lower-emission gas, seeking to advance upstream practices of reducing methane leaks. Clean energy groups say the certifications are effectively the new "clean coal."
By Iulia Gheorghiu • May 13, 2021 -
FERC deems Duke, Southern SEEM proposal 'deficient', sends utilities back to the drawing board
Federal regulators asked utilities to clarify how exactly the proposal will improve existing energy transactions in the Southeast, and for greater transparency in how the market changes will work.
By Catherine Morehouse • May 12, 2021 -
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Duke 'optimistic' on seeing broad North Carolina energy bill in 2021 amid Democratic, NGO exclusions
The utility's optimism is based on months of closed-door stakeholder negotiations with Republican leadership, industry groups and others, but ratepayer advocates and environmentalists have been excluded.
By Catherine Morehouse • May 11, 2021 -
Google to power Virginia data centers with 24/7 clean energy from AES
The partnership "lays a blueprint for other companies to decarbonize their own operations," Google said.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • May 4, 2021 -
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Vogtle Nuclear Construction DelaysBechtel reaches construction milestone at Southern Company's $25B Vogtle nuclear plant
Bechtel last week set into place a passive containment cooling water tank, which the company says is the last major lift at the only two nuclear power plants under construction in the United States.
By Kim Slowey • May 3, 2021 -
TVA to retire coal fleet by 2035, CEO says, with renewables, gas and nuclear on the table as replacements
TVA's board of directors is reviewing coal plant replacement options and carbon reduction goals, with the utility expected to open up a new integrated resource plan process.
By Jean Haggerty • April 30, 2021 -
Xcel takes nearly $1B fuel cost hit from February storms but still sees Q1 profit rise
The majority of the $965 million incurred net costs came from the gas distribution and generation portions of its subsidiaries, according to the company's quarterly earnings report.
By Catherine Morehouse • April 30, 2021 -
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PJM proposes to end FERC MOPR policy that raised prices for state-subsidized resources
Under the grid operator's plan, the minimum offer price rule would no longer apply to state-subsidized resources in capacity auctions. But some competitive suppliers are calling for a replacement market design.
By Catherine Morehouse • April 29, 2021 -
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Deep DiveBiden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan meets power system needs but leaves room for political dealing
The Biden infrastructure spend would rapidly transition the U.S. power sector in ways utilities like, but Congress is expected to seek changes.
By Herman K. Trabish • April 28, 2021 -
States ask FERC to eliminate MOPR, grant more flexibility in pursuing alternatives to PJM capacity market
New Jersey and Illinois are actively considering using the fixed resource requirement as a way to pursue clean energy outside the PJM Interconnection's capacity market.
By Catherine Morehouse • April 26, 2021 -
Deep Dive
California's dilemma: How to control skyrocketing electric rates while building the grid of the future
New ideas include income-based rates, publicly-funded infrastructure, utility entrepreneurship, and customer-funded wildfire insurance.
By Herman K. Trabish • April 26, 2021 -
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Power grid upgrades absent in Senate Republicans' $568B counter to Biden infrastructure proposal
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W. Va., told reporters that Republicans were open to discussion on including broader climate policy, and that spending on roads and highways could include funds for EV infrastructure.
By Catherine Morehouse • April 23, 2021 -
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Sen Wyden proposes bill ending fossil fuel tax breaks, boosting clean energy incentives
The technology-neutral policy would create tax incentives for resources that emit zero or net-zero emissions.
By Catherine Morehouse • April 22, 2021 -
FERC overstepping its authority in move to lower demand response barriers, NARUC, utilities charge
State regulators launched similar charges against federal regulators regarding FERC's order on energy storage, arguing the commission was illegally encroaching on state authority over the distribution system.
By Catherine Morehouse • April 21, 2021 -
Mississippi Power to retire 976 MW of fossil fuels by 2027
The utility announced planned retirement dates after Mississippi regulators prompted it to reduce generation capacity amid evidence of "very little, if any, customer load growth."
By Iulia Gheorghiu • April 20, 2021 -
Democrats tested over boosting transmission, not pipelines, as bill directs FERC to improve regional planning
One political hurdle in transmission policy is how to heighten regulatory pressure on the pipeline sector while building electric transmission as efficiently as possible, said Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill.
By Catherine Morehouse • April 20, 2021 -
Courtesy of GE Renewable Energy
Clean energy jobs 'hit hard' by COVID-19 in 2020: report
Research from Environment Entrepreneurs found the sector shed 307,000 jobs but rebounded in the second half of the year — and could be set for a major recovery in 2021.
By Chris Teale • April 20, 2021 -
Deep Dive // Vineyard Wind Project Permitting
As Biden targets 100% clean electricity, strategies emerge to reliably integrate rising renewables
A power system based on portfolios of increasingly cost-effective utility-scale and distributed renewables is emerging and driving new operational and market solutions to make it work reliably.
By Herman K. Trabish • April 19, 2021 -
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OpinionGas is failing California. It's time to move on.
Even a state like California can waver in its progress towards clean energy if we let fear take over, the authors write.
By Nina Robertson, Katherine Ramsey and Shana Lazerow • April 16, 2021 -
Permission granted by Honolulu Dept. of Environmental Services
Hawaii top regulator fears potential clean energy project delays could slow closure of HECO oil-fired plant
Hawaiian Electric representatives, however, say the utility is trying to balance a variety of concerns, including from local communities.
By Kavya Balaraman • April 15, 2021
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