Maryland is 290K shy of its EV goal; Can a broad stakeholder process get it there?

State regulators brought utilities, customer advocates and charging companies to the table. The result could be the second largest charging network in the nation.

By Robert Walton • March 7, 2018

Salt Lake City removes EV charging fees to encourage use

The city will add more charging stations this year, in addition to the 28 it installed last year.

By Katie Pyzyk • March 7, 2018

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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. 

By Utility Dive staff

Grid-connected appliances help utilities harness demand, spur renewables development, RMI finds

As water heaters, air conditioners and other technologies are gradually replaced, their successors are often built for connectivity and utility control.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 28, 2018

SEU 2018 survey: Utilities shaken, not moved, by Trump policies

Utility Dive's fifth annual State of the Electric Utility survey shows a sector committed to the clean energy transition, but wary of policies coming out of Washington.

By Gavin Bade • Feb. 27, 2018

Team of rivals: Utilities, enviros unite to push electric vehicles

Old adversaries from the rooftop solar fights are finding common ground on transportation electrification.

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 26, 2018

Ameren tries again to increase EV charging equipment in Missouri

The company's previous application to install chargers in the state was rejected by the Public Service Commission, but this time it is not seeking to own the equipment.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 23, 2018

ConEd's hybrid service model for large microgrid could become standard

The utility worked on a giant multi-use real estate project to deliver power the way developers wanted.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 21, 2018

NV Energy taps Bidgely to help reinvent home audit

The cloud-based energy management company will help NV Energy leverage machine learning to personalize customer offerings.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 21, 2018

New Orleans launches challenge to reduce downtown energy usage

The Downtown NOLA Energy Challenge will encourage business owners to reduce their energy footprint through a number of resources and tools.

By Kristin Musulin • Feb. 21, 2018

Federal judge rules White House delay of efficiency standards is unlawful

The U.S. Department of Energy must finalize energy efficiency standards for four products: portable air conditioners, uninterruptible power supplies, air compressors and commercial packaged boilers.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 16, 2018

New ISO-NE report warns fuel supply could harm reliability

The finding echoes similar warnings the grid operator produced earlier this year following a cold snap in late December and early January. 

By Peter Maloney • Feb. 14, 2018

NRDC, EEI pair up on 21 policy recommendations to grow clean energy

One group is a major environmental lobbyist and the other a powerful trade group representing investor-owned utilities that do not always see eye-to-eye. This marks a major step toward collaborating on environmental and clean energy issues. 

By Robert Walton • Feb. 14, 2018

Is the third pillar of electricity delivery preventing the building of the first two?

Utilities and distributed energy resource advocates agree the grid needs new technologies to serve 21st century demand, but they differ over what upgrades should come first and what they should cost.

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 13, 2018

Massachusetts agency wants efficiency standards for nascent pot industry

The marijuana industry uses a lot of electricity, and state officials want standards to manage the plant's energy usage. 

By Robert Walton • Feb. 12, 2018

Trump budget would gut EPA, DOE renewables office

The budget would cut the DOE renewables office by 65% and eliminate ARPA-E and the agency's loan programs. EPA would be cut by nearly a quarter. 

By Gavin Bade • Feb. 12, 2018

Report: More efficiency investment could save Dominion Virginia customers $1.7B

But officials at the utility say the state is already considering legislation to dramatically boost efficiency efforts.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 7, 2018

Study: Miami is least energy-efficient US city

The study, which analyzed 15 major U.S. cities, claims that the least energy-efficient cities are most at risk of feeling the effects of climate change.

By Katie Pyzyk • Feb. 1, 2018

Report: Trump budget seeks 72% cut to DOE clean energy research

Electric vehicle research would take an especially big hit, The Washington Post reports, cut to $56 million from $307 million. 

By Gavin Bade • Feb. 1, 2018

A look into Chicago's electric vehicle future

A number of city initiatives will promote electric vehicle use and reduce emissions over the next few decades.

By Katie Pyzyk • Feb. 1, 2018

California Gov. Brown outlines plan for 5M ZEVs by 2030

A new report from think tank Next 10 says the governor's goal "could be inhibited if charging infrastructure doesn't keep pace."

By Kristin Musulin • Jan. 31, 2018

MidAmerican Energy denies supporting Iowa bill to drop efficiency program requirement

The company has asked state regulators for authority to cut the size of its energy efficiency programs, but denies being the force behind a proposal to eliminate requirements that utilities provide the programs. 

By Robert Walton • Jan. 30, 2018

CLEAResult to purchase Ecova's utility division

Ecova has approximately 200 employees and a portfolio of energy efficiency programs with utilities across the country.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 29, 2018

'Year of the grid': DER management takes center stage at DistribuTECH

The distributed energy revolution hinges on the development of new software platforms that can help utilities make sense of a deluge of grid data.  

By Gavin Bade • Jan. 29, 2018

New York regulators greenlight third CCA program

Five upstate municipalities will now make bulk purchases of electricity and natural gas for their residents and small businesses. 

By Robert Walton • Jan. 25, 2018

Mercom: Battery storage dominated funding in grid edge technologies in H1 2017

A new report shows battery storage, smart grid and efficiency companies attracted $1.03 billion in the first half of last year, compared with $807 million the year before. Much of the increase, however, came from one large infusion of cash into a storage company.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 24, 2018