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Google will take 50% of wind power from NextEra's Atlamont facility
Hundreds of aging turbines will be replaced with less than 50 newer, more efficient models.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 17, 2015 -
TVA to sign major solar deal with NextEra for 80 MW
The deal will be TVA's first utility-scale solar purchase.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 13, 2015 -
Deep Dive
How Basin Electric is handling explosive new load growth in North Dakota
Explosive growth from North Dakota’s oil boom is creating an unprecedented new generation and transmission need.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 13, 2015 -
Miss. Supreme Court strikes down Southern's Kemper plant rate hikes
The state's high court says regulators did not evaluate the prudency of costs incurred at the IGCC plant.
By Gavin Bade • Feb. 13, 2015 -
Critics say Ohio coal subsidies could hurt renewables, gas in capacity market
Critics of the proposal to guarantee income from FirstEnergy coal plants say they could crowd out other resources in the capacity market.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 13, 2015 -
Southern Co. subsidiary Gulf Power buys 180 MW of Oklahoma wind
A third Southern Company subsidiary buys wind – is it the end of the coal era?
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 12, 2015 -
Ameren offers support for EPA regs in exchange for revisions
Utility agreement is forming around extending interim goals under the Clean Power Plan and lengthening the timeline to 2035.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 11, 2015 -
Study: EPA Clean Power Plan won't hurt electric reliability
Concerns raised by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation underestimate the compliance options offered by the Clean Power Plan, a new analysis finds.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 11, 2015 -
California ISO adopts market approach to backstop capacity
Dive Brief: The California ISO has adopted a market-based approach to acquiring backstop capacity in the event of resource insufficiency or if market units are not offering capacity. The new mechanism replaces a single fixed price approach set to expire in February 2016. The ISO board o...
By Robert Walton • Feb. 11, 2015 -
World's largest PV solar plant goes online in California
The 550 MW Desert Sunlight plant was built with a DOE loan guarantee.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 10, 2015 -
Hundreds protest Salt River Project's proposed $50 per month solar charge in Arizona
Solar advocates say it ruins solar’s value proposition and threatens home resale prices.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 10, 2015 -
Duke buys controlling interest in commercial developer REC Solar
Duke’s $225 million fund will finance and streamline REC Solar projects.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 10, 2015 -
Wood Mackenzie: Solar could be "the next shale"
With regulatory support to keep gas back-up in place, solar could revolutionize power markets, the consultancy says.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 10, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Inside the deal: Why Duke Energy is buying one of the largest U.S. commercial solar developers
Duke and REC Solar target rooftops, parking lots, fields, and community solar.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 10, 2015 -
Wisconsin judge blocks utility net metering changes
Environmental advocates in Wisconsin may have found a judge sympathetic to their cause.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 10, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Why utilities are rushing to replace and modernize the aging grid
The State of the Electric Utility 2015 survey revealed that aging infrastructure is what troubles industry players most.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 10, 2015 -
Critics of PNM coal plan point to utility financial ties with regulatory staff
A staff member at the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission owned 300 shares of PNM when hearings on the utility's power replacement proposal began last month.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 10, 2015 -
Consumers Energy will shutter 9 coal plants by 2016
New EPA regulations are an opportunity to modernize the generating fleet, according to a Consumers Energy official.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 10, 2015 -
First Solar moves into community solar market
The module manufacturer and utility scale developer sees community solar as “infinitely scaleable.”
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 9, 2015 -
Wisc. Gov. budget includes funding for wind energy health studies
Renewables advocates say plenty of studies have been done already, proving that turbines are safe.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 9, 2015 -
Deep Dive
How utilities think they will make their money in the future
Industry perspectives have changed significantly, Utility Dive's survey found.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 9, 2015 -
FERC rejects Symphony Hydro proposal in Minneapolis
The company wanted to install 3.4 MW of capacity at Minneapolis' Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 9, 2015 -
Greens, Exelon in dueling proposals for new Illinois renewables mandate
Exelon says nuclear is essential, but advocacy groups say renewables and efficiency are enough.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 6, 2015 -
Principal Solar moves forward on big NC solar array
Duke holds the PPA for the 78 MW installation, to be built by Innovative Solar Systems.
By Herman K. Trabish • Feb. 6, 2015 -
Groups pressure TEP to divest from San Juan coal plant
PNM's plan to shutter half the coal-fired units at its San Juan generating station is under fire from groups who want to see more renewable power in the mix.
By Robert Walton • Feb. 6, 2015
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