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Deep Dive
New York's landmark Reforming the Energy Vision framework remains both vital and unfinished, analysts say
New York's REV initiatives have given full value to distributed energy resources, but the utility business model transformation must be finished, regulators and other stakeholders agreed.
By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 9, 2021 -
Schroeder, Dennis. (2017). "Ivanpah Solar Project". Retrieved from NREL.
Nuclear and carbon capture companies seek $20B as DOE revives loan program
DOE loan office head Jigar Shah said he would like the office to issue at least $2 billion in loans for key emerging sectors, such as battery recycling and "green" hydrogen.
By Ethan Howland • Dec. 8, 2021 -
Explore the Trendline➔
Yujin Kim, Industry DiveTrendlineElectrification and EVs
The trend toward increased electrification in transportation, buildings and other sectors continued to increase in 2021, but while momentum is growing, various challenges lie ahead.
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Duke net metering agreement with renewables advocates expected to increase North Carolina solar adoption
Clean energy advocates expect the proposed rates, similar to a Duke plan approved in South Carolina, to expand the distributed solar market for homeowners and businesses.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Dec. 1, 2021 -
Opinion
At the forefront: The biggest state clean energy legislative trends of 2021
States continue to act as laboratories of innovation, taking unique policy approaches and testing their own solutions to various clean energy policy issues, the author writes.
By Autumn Proudlove • Nov. 24, 2021 -
Opinion
Can the DOE's community solar target to power 5M homes be met? Not without state-level support
Without putting forth the resources and rewarding effective blueprints to pull off a monumental scaling effort of community solar, the DOE's new targets will not be met, the author writes.
By Mike Gordon • Nov. 24, 2021 -
Column
Taking Charge: Mary Powell on her new gig at Sunrun and the importance of 'radical collaboration'
The former Green Mountain Power CEO says she's now in a seat "where I can scale solutions to climate change so much faster than even the most progressive, innovative utility in the country."
By Kavya Balaraman • Nov. 16, 2021 -
Officials urge flexibility, transmission upgrades to accommodate storage and DER buildout
Transmission is "just critical" to ensuring reliability and value for new resources, says EDF Renewable North America's Jamie Link.
By Jason Plautz • Nov. 5, 2021 -
Opinion
Stopping the utility profit grab and saving rooftop solar in California
We can dispense with the utility campaign's "cost shift" myth. It's based on bad math that does not account for the grid-stabilizing investment solar consumers make in their own systems and other factors, the author writes.
By Dave Rosenfeld • Nov. 4, 2021 -
Deep Dive
Unlocking the Transition: As Tesla, Ford and others invest billions in EVs, will the power system be ready?
The new White House zero emission vehicle target of 50% of new car sales by 2030 has a long way to go, a short time to get there, and big challenges along the way.
By Herman K. Trabish • Nov. 3, 2021 -
Maine explores rate design changes to boost storage, EV deployment
The state must deploy 400 MW of energy storage by 2030, prompting regulators to explore time-of-use rates and other structures that could encourage residential and commercial deployment.
By Jason Plautz • Oct. 28, 2021 -
10 cleantech startups to watch
The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator fall 2021 cohort has companies whose efforts range from wildfire prevention to transportation electrification. CEO Matt Petersen discusses challenges startups face in working with the public sector.
By Cailin Crowe • Oct. 25, 2021 -
Sponsored by Camus Energy
For co-ops and munis, how early is too early for next-gen grid investments?
Learn why it may be better to wait to invest in a DERMS and which no-regrets investment you should make instead.
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Rocky Mountain Power's distributed battery grid management system puts Utah 'years ahead' of California
The program, which currently only supports sonnen batteries, encourages existing Utah solar customers to add energy storage that provides greater grid management capabilities for the utility.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Oct. 14, 2021 -
Extending Dominion's Millstone nuclear plant a 'critical' part of path to zero carbon, Connecticut finds
Connecticut's new Integrated Resources Plan finds the state's decarbonization goals are achievable. But it will require the expanded use of energy storage and demand management and continued reliance on nuclear energy.
By Robert Walton • Oct. 11, 2021 -
Deep Dive
As California's solar net metering battle goes to regulators, a focus on reliability may be the best answer
The reliability value of solar plus storage in ensuring resource adequacy might be the key to solar's future, according to Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies Executive Director V. John White.
By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 1, 2021 -
Opinion
How the Resilient Energy Subscription market mechanism will help finance community microgrids
The Clean Coalition is working with a Pacific Northwest utility to implement the approach, which could be followed as a standard for financing community microgrids around the country, the author writes.
By Craig Lewis • Sept. 22, 2021 -
New York nearly doubles goal for distributed solar installations on success of existing incentives
Building on the success of its NY-Sun program, the state will aim to install at least 10 GW of distributed solar energy by 2030, after previously setting a goal of 6 GW by 2025.
By Emma Penrod • Sept. 21, 2021 -
Deep Dive
Advancing the energy transition requires an honest discussion of costs, outages and land, analysts say
Customers will tolerate the power system transformation's problems and challenges if they understand stakeholders will be "careful about the transition," one analyst said.
By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 20, 2021 -
DOE funds $25M consortium to develop grid-scale inverters, standards
Decarbonized energy systems could use large-scale inverters to drive the grid. A new federally-funded consortium aims to develop the technology by 2035.
By Emma Penrod • Sept. 8, 2021 -
Tesla plan to sell electricity in Texas would cut out the 'middleman'
The company's move to leverage its solar and storage buildout could make it a unique player in Texas' electricity market, one analyst said.
By Jason Plautz • Sept. 1, 2021 -
Residential electric panels represent a nearly $100B 'roadblock' to full electrification, report finds
Up to 48 million U.S. homes may require electric panel upgrades in order to charge electric vehicles or switch away from appliances now running on natural gas or other fossil fuels, according to research from Pecan Street.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 31, 2021 -
As PNW utilities contemplate building decarbonization, affordability concerns linger
Decarbonization experts say all-electric new construction is more economic, but Puget Sound Energy sees a continuing need for natural gas in the near term.
By Kavya Balaraman • Aug. 25, 2021 -
Electrifying 97% of the federal fleet by 2030 could save billions: report
More than $1 billion in savings would come over the lifetime of light-duty vehicles and buses if the federal government fleet switched to EVs, a new Atlas Public Policy report finds.
By Jason Plautz • Aug. 23, 2021 -
California brainstorms approaches to a high-DER grid of the future
Multiple groups that commented on a sweeping new rulemaking at the California Public Utilities Commission urged regulators to prioritize affordability.
By Kavya Balaraman • Aug. 20, 2021 -
Opinion
The disintermediation red herring: How utilities can learn to embrace and profit from DER
Utilities that understand what tools customers value and make it easier for customers to access them can turn disruption into advantage, the authors write.
By Samir Succar and Val Jensen • Aug. 19, 2021