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Coal power declines in Southwest Power Pool, aided by cheap gas, wind
Last year, coal accounted for just over half of generation in the Southwest Power Pool, compared with 62% two years prior.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 7, 2016 -
Nuclear opponents continue fight against Palisades plant in Michigan
Opponents say there is evidence expensive and difficult improvements are needed to continue operating the plant safely.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 7, 2016 -
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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Deep Dive
What utilities need to know about solar growth after the ITC extension
With policy support now certain into the 2020s, solar offers utilities a wide range of price-competitive opportunities for utilities.
By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 7, 2016 -
Georgia Power, contractors finalize settlement over Vogtle nuke construction
Construction of the new generation near Waynesboro, Ga., is progressing well and will meet current inservice dates of June 2019 for Unit 3 and June 2020 for Unit 4, officials said.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 7, 2016 -
Florida Power & Light favors rate-based approach to Clean Power Plan compliance
Florida Power & Light’s generation is already cleaner than required by new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations, the utility said.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 6, 2016 -
FERC orders changes to MISO capacity auctions as manipulation probe persists
Federal regulators could issue refunds after a power auction last year resulted in an almost 900% increase in prices for Ameren customers in the Midcontinent ISO system.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 6, 2016 -
Exelon swoops in on FirstEnergy plant subsidy deal promising $2B in savings
Exelon has no power plants in Ohio but has offered to sell 3,000 MW into the state’s markets, potentially saving consumers $2 billion over a plan by FirstEnergy to guarantee income at a pair of aging baseload plants.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 6, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Ontario turns to storage for renewables integration, grid services
Ontario has taken a big step toward integrating energy storage into its grid, but in other respects the province is still catching up with some organized wholesale markets in the United States.
By Peter Maloney • Jan. 5, 2016 -
Midwestern utilities Xcel and Westar make big wind buys
Upper Midwest wind is now “competitive with new natural gas,” an Xcel executive said.
By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 5, 2016 -
Deep Dive
DERs in 2016: What experts expect for a booming sector
With the market for distributed energy resources set to blossom thanks to the extensions of vital tax credits, solar especially is primed to grow, experts predict.
By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 4, 2016 -
Low winter gas prices allow utilities to switch from coal to gas generation
Natural gas prices are almost half what they were a year ago, and that’s creating an unusual wintertime opportunity for generators to switch away from coal.
By Robert Walton • Jan. 4, 2016 -
Final report due on Duke’s NC coal ash ponds after draft labels most ‘high priority’
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality must release a final assessment fo all 32 of Duke Energy’s coal ash ponds by Dec. 31, and a draft report finds 27 would need to be closed by 2019.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 30, 2015 -
California’s Salton Sea offers 1,800 MW of geothermal potential
A National Renewable Energy Laboratory study finds that the Salton Sea’s potential geothermal baseload generation can serve California, Arizona and Nevada’s renewables mandates.
By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 29, 2015 -
Puerto Rico electric utility reaches debt restructuring deal with creditors
Puerto Rico’s public utility finalized a deal to restructure its debt, cutting obligations by more than $600 million.
By Gavin Bade • Dec. 28, 2015 -
Rocky Mountain Power seeks to shorten Utah PURPA contracts
Rocky Mountain Power, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway-owned PacifiCorp, says Utah’s required 20-year contracts for PURPA qualified contracts is too long.
By Krysti Shallenberger • Dec. 28, 2015 -
DTE Energy’s new solar contracts will triple Michigan solar
Solar developer Inovateus Solar and state’s biggest electricity provider join for two utility scale installations totalling 45 MW.
By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 23, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Storage in 2016: Utility-scale, long-duration markets take the lead
Behind-the-meter storage grew by a factor of 16 in 2015, but next year expect to see front-of-the-meter applications continue to make up the lion’s share of new deployments.
By Peter Maloney • Dec. 22, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Editor’s Picks: The biggest Utility Dive stories of 2015
2015 was a time of change like no other in the electric power sector. Here’s a recap of the year as told by some of our most important stories.
By Gavin Bade • Dec. 22, 2015 -
DOE to begin consent-based process for storing nuclear waste, officials say
Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz told Platts the agency will spearhead a “consent-based process” to find a location for spent nuclear waste.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 22, 2015 -
Obama vetoes measures to block Clean Power Plan
The president used a “pocket veto,” returning the legislation back to Congress unsigned.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 22, 2015 -
Iberdrola-UIL Holdings finalize merger, creating a new ‘American energy giant’
The combined company will operate under the name Avangrid, and has begun trading on the New York Stock exchange under the symbol AGR.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 21, 2015 -
MISO: Clean Power Plan costs largely hinge on natural gas prices
Compliance could cost as little as $5.8 billion or exceed $100 billion, according to the grid operator, contingent on which strategy is chosen.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 21, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Historic Los Angeles methane leak puts natural gas emissions under scrutiny
A massive natural gas leak in southern California raises questions over the electricity sector’s increased utilization of the resource for power generation.
By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 21, 2015 -
Deep Dive
After Paris, utilities look to deeper decarbonization
Power companies realize they will likely need to cut CO2 emissions more than current regulations demand, but how remains a challenge.
By Gavin Bade • Dec. 18, 2015 -
Reserve margins are falling, but utilities will reliably meet demand, NERC says
The North American Reliability Corp.’s 10-year reliability assessment predicts 27 GW of coal retirements and increases to both renewable and gas-fired generation.
By Robert Walton • Dec. 18, 2015
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