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Maine steps up clean energy turnaround, passes 100% RPS, pro-solar bills
After eight years of controversial renewables policies, the 2019 legislature has ramped up its focus on clean energy.
By Catherine Morehouse • Updated June 20, 2019 -
Colstrip coal units to close early as operator blames fuel supplier
Units 1 and 2 were scheduled to retire by December 2022, but Talen Energy said rising fuel costs were forcing the units to shutter early.
By Catherine Morehouse • June 12, 2019 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineElectricity 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 has no 'regulatory or statutory ability' to create coal, nuclear bailout, says Perry
"FERC would be where I would direct your attention," he told reporters Tuesday, continuing to push an "all of the above" generation strategy at an electric utility conference in Philadelphia.
By Catherine Morehouse • June 12, 2019 -
GE: Hydrogen trumps CCS in preserving gas turbines in a carbon-free grid
The company said its gas turbines are able to handle increasing amounts of hydrogen fuel, lowering the resulting emissions and moving the technology toward burning 100% carbon-free hydrogen.
By Catherine Morehouse • June 11, 2019 -
Michigan approves Consumers' IRP eliminating coal, reducing emissions 90% by 2040
Part of the utility's plan will add 5 GW of solar by 2030 through competitive bidding, including 1.2 GW from 2019 to 2021.
By Robert Walton • June 10, 2019 -
California natural gas costs could spike as state decarbonizes: E3, UC Irvine
A new analysis predicts the state will see a dramatic decline in gas demand, potentially raising costs for remaining customers, with harder impacts on low-income customers.
By Robert Walton • June 10, 2019 -
As Ohio Senate nears vote on nuke subsidy bill, PJM finds closing plants could save $1.6B
The report laid out three scenarios for plant retirement impacts across the grid operator's territory, with critics complaining the analysis doesn't account for subsidies or the social cost of carbon.
By Catherine Morehouse • June 10, 2019 -
Bloomberg commits $500M to phasing out coal, halting new gas plants
The "Beyond Carbon" campaign will push for a 100% clean energy economy in the U.S., aiming to close all coal plants by 2030 and prevent the construction of any new natural gas plants.
By Robert Walton • June 7, 2019 -
GE 'badly' misjudged the clean energy transition, costing investors almost $193B: IEFFA
The company is now working to grow its renewables business after a big bet on natural gas failed with the turbine market crash of 2015.
By Robert Walton • June 7, 2019 -
A renewable energy mutual fund? Starbucks charts new path with 146 MW procurement
The retailer announced a portfolio of three 15-year power purchase agreements through LevelTen Energy's platform within the ERCOT, SPP and PJM markets.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • June 6, 2019 -
Ninth Circuit rules it can't make NorthWestern pay higher PURPA rates for solar facilities
Small solar developers in the state filed an appeal with the federal appellate court, arguing PURPA facilities should be paid at rates set before the commission unlawfully froze payments.
By Catherine Morehouse • June 6, 2019 -
US energy storage market sees 232% year-on-year growth
The resource had another record quarter in Q1 2019, with 148.8 MW deployed across the U.S. and projections it will reach an installed total of 4.5 GW by 2024.
By Catherine Morehouse • June 5, 2019 -
Michigan opens 3.3M farmland acres to bee-friendly solar projects
Previously, solar was considered to have too large of an ecological footprint to build on farmland, but innovation in pollinator-friendly sites has made the resource viable in rural areas.
By Catherine Morehouse • June 4, 2019 -
Colorado Gov Polis unveils roadmap to 100% renewables by 2040, signs 11 clean energy bills
The various electric vehicle, climate and energy bills will reduce economy-wide emissions 90% by 2050, but don't set specific legislative mandates.
By Catherine Morehouse • June 3, 2019 -
Massachusetts energy agency recommends another 1.6 GW offshore wind
The state's energy agency will require its electric distribution companies to proceed with offshore wind generation solicitations in 2022, 2024 and possibly 2026.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • June 3, 2019 -
DOE: Geothermal generation could reach 60 GW by 2050, with tech improvements
Geothermal electric generation capacity is expected to grow to 6 GW by 2050 — though there is the potential for much more, according to a new analysis from the U.S. Department of Energy.
By Robert Walton • June 3, 2019 -
Deep Dive
Are cities the Green New Deal's most viable frontier?
New York City and Los Angeles want to put a local spin on the national version — though the plans may be tricky to replicate.
By Chris Teale • June 3, 2019 -
Duke to accelerate Florida nuclear plant decommissioning by almost 50 years
If approved by federal and state regulators, the utility will decommission its previously retired Crystal River Nuclear plant by 2027.
By HJ Mai • May 31, 2019 -
Virginia denies Costco exit from Dominion service
State regulators said the company's exit would cost ratepayers $1.57 million annually as five other businesses have also asked to exit the incumbent utility's "excessive costs."
By Catherine Morehouse • May 31, 2019 -
Ohio House approves nuclear, coal subsidies, ditches renewables mandate
The legislation headed to the state Senate scraps utility clean-energy requirements established in 2008 while raising $190 million annually to bail out two FirstEnergy Solutions nuclear plants.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • May 30, 2019 -
To decarbonize US economy, C2ES foresees large corporate investments and maybe a carbon tax
The environmental nonprofit released three scenarios to reduce U.S. carbon emissions 80% below 2005 levels by 2050, each driven by the fact that the power, transportation and building sectors are interlinked.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • May 30, 2019 -
Illinois mandates case-by-case coal ash site reviews as federal rules remain in flux
Governor J.B. Pritzker, D, signed a bill Tuesday directing the state's EPA to establish rules for how to clean up coal ash ponds in the state, which must meet the same health and groundwater standards as full excavation.
By Catherine Morehouse • Updated July 31, 2019 -
Connecticut House saves net metering, for now, but green groups want more
A bill passed May 28 prolongs net metering and pauses a 2018 law that threatened to end the tariffs by the end of this year, but does little else to further clean energy in the state, critics say.
By Catherine Morehouse • May 30, 2019 -
Tri-State rebuffs Guzman Energy offer to replace 3 coal plants mostly with renewables
The power supplier for 43 rural electric co-ops is not interested in Guzman Energy's proposal to help rapidly decarbonize its system through a long-term power supply agreement.
By Robert Walton • Updated May 29, 2019 -
Deep Dive
Securitization fever: Renewables advocates seize Wall Street's innovative way to end coal
New laws passed across the country allow customer-backed bonds to pay off stranded coal assets in favor of renewables, but utilities are hesitant.
By Herman K. Trabish • May 28, 2019
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