New PG&E program offers customers 100% solar option

Customers will soon be able to pay $0.02 to $0.03 per kwh extra to get 50% or 100% solar.

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 3, 2015

Obama's budget would make solar, wind tax credits permanent

The President's $4 trillion budget includes an entire chapter on combating climate change.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 3, 2015

EIA: Vermont Yankee closure leaves New England looking for power

Entergy shuttered its 604 MW Vermont Yankee facility in December, and New England must find ways to replace the power.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 3, 2015

How utilities are transforming their fuel mixes

“The assumption that DERs are anti-utility is a mental block. Utilities could easily jump into it," said one NRG Energy exec.

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 2, 2015

Deepwater wind development sites yield modest sums in auction

RES America and Offshore MW win 25 year leases, but face high development costs in building their wind farms.

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 2, 2015

Alaska's Fire Island wind project put on hold for lack of buyers

Improved wind prices fail to match current low natural gas rates.

By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 2, 2015

Dominion pushes Virginia lawmakers to approve 5-year rate freeze

The utility has proposed concessions in exchange for a rate freeze the utility says is necessary ahead of coming EPA regulations.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 2, 2015

New Florida bill would block utilities from passing on gas exploration costs

The bills backers say last month’s PSC-approved FPL investment in Oklahoma shale puts ratepayers at risk.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 30, 2015

U.S. wind finished 2014 with big numbers, quadrupling its 2013 build

Utilities contracted for 3,300 MW of wind in 2014 and 12,000 MW in the last 2 years.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 30, 2015

Georgia Power's Vogtle nuclear plant delayed another 18 months

Georgia Power says its contractors have told it the new reactors won't be finished in time.

By Gavin Bade • Jan. 30, 2015

Washington state solar battle heats up, splitting installer trade groups

Are a trio of utility-backed bills meant to save or gut the state's burgeoning solar industry?

By Robert Walton • Jan. 30, 2015

NRC staff: Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage poses no safety concerns

But the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff did not recommend construction of the project until water rights have been sorted out.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 30, 2015

Miami Heat, NRG partner to install solar, push green energy

Sports stadiums are increasingly looking to add green power or energy efficiency measures, both to lower their carbon footprint and electricity bills as well as adding to the fan experience.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 29, 2015

AEP generation fleet sale may depend on Ohio rate case

Falling power prices have put seven AEP power plants on the auction block.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 29, 2015

Former EPA admin. Browner pushes for more nuclear power

Carol Browner, who headed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1993 to 2001, has changed her stance on nuclear power.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 29, 2015

NV Energy accelerates solar development to beat tax credit deadline

Projects need to begin construction by mid-2015 to be sure of completion by the end of 2016, when the federal ITC expires.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 28, 2015

Michigan wind boom sparks controversy, calls for moratorium

Huron County is trying to find a way to grow 300 turbines into 1,000 with rules everyone can live with. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 28, 2015

How utilities can get in on the solar job bonanza

Solar energy offers immense growth opportunities, and utilities could play "a great role" if they get their acts together.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 28, 2015

Winter Storm Juno spikes NY power prices, leaves Nantucket in the dark

In New York City, a major winter storm left the city largely unscathed but sent power prices soaring to nearly $200 per MWh.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 28, 2015

FERC: ISO-NE must find market-based reliability solution for winter months

Generators are worried the ISO was not moving quickly enough to enhance grid reliability for the punishing New England winters.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 28, 2015

PNM-backed poll finds little support for Santa Fe municipal utility plan

Many residents are not aware of Santa Fe's plan to form a public power company, according to the survey.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 28, 2015

San Francisco mayor calls for community choice aggregation program

Mayor Lee has opposed a CCA program passed by the city Board of Supervisors up to this point.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 27, 2015

What utility execs think the future holds

Utility Dive's survey of over 400 U.S. electric utility executives reveals old challenges and new opportunities for the industry.

By Davide Savenije • Jan. 27, 2015

Florida Power & Light announces plan to triple solar capacity

But the utility emphasizes that solar generation is not generally economical in its service territory.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 27, 2015

3 hydro projects competing to install in Minneapolis

Xcel Energy has been generating power at the falls, located northeast of downtown Minneapolis, for more than 125 years.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 27, 2015