As regulators pump brakes, what's next for PG&E's EV charging program?

Ratepayer advocates convinced regulators the Golden State’s biggest electricity provider needs to be slowed down. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 7, 2015

Panasonic touts new solar module as most efficient in the world

Panasonic rolled out its new solar module which claims 22.5% efficiency, outpacing SolarCity's recently-released modules that claim 22.04% efficiency. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 6, 2015

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Companies are pursuing increasingly ambitous sustainability goals around clean energy, but integrating rising amounts of renewables, minimizing environmental impacts, and achieving carbon reduction targets can be challenging.

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SunEdison to lay off 15% of its workforce in bid to streamline business

Projects are being liquidated as hedge funds and short sellers bedevil the world's largest renewables developer.

By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 6, 2015

GE to sink $1 billion into energy efficiency, storage venture

General Electric (GE) is developing a new business venture to focus on energy efficiency and storage, targeting commercial, industrial, utility and municipal customers.  

By Robert Walton • Oct. 6, 2015

Comcast expands home energy management with new partner Crius

The nation's largest cable provider has teamed up with Crius Energy to expand energy offerings in Pennsylvania, Illinois, and New Jersey.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 5, 2015

Black Hills proposes rate-based gas production investments in 5 states

Black Hills Corp. has asked regulators in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming for authority to recover the costs investments in gas wells or reserves, the latest in a growing list of utilities to do so. 

By Robert Walton • Oct. 5, 2015

Updated: Exelon, DC mayor reach settlement on Pepco merger

The deal would still need to be approved by the D.C. Public Service Commission, which rejected the initial merger proposal in August.

By Gavin Bade • Oct. 2, 2015

NextEra indicates it won't go through HECO merger process twice

After already throwing “significant funds” and “many thousands of employee hours” into the merger with Hawaiian Electric, NextEra says it wouldn't go through a competitive bidding process if regulators block its acquisition. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 2, 2015

SolarCity touts its new rooftop solar panels as most efficient in the world

SolarCity will manufacture the 22.04% efficient silicon thin film hybrid PV module in New York and California, showing the fruits of vertical integration.

By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 2, 2015

Georgia Power opens 11 EV charging stations, with more planned

The utility has plans for 61 public stations to be operating by the end of next year, in part thanks to Georgia's push to incentivize EV markets. 

By Robert Walton • Oct. 2, 2015

What's at stake in the FirstEnergy and AEP Ohio power plant subsidy hearings

The marathon regulatory sessions could have far-reaching consequences for the region's fuel mix and electricity market structure.

By Gavin Bade • Oct. 1, 2015

GE unveils Digital Power Plant software to make generation more efficient, responsive

Cloud-based capabilities can add $230 million in value to new gas plants and $100 million to wind projects, the company says.

By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 1, 2015

SolarCity maintains 34% residential solar market share in 1H 2015

Four of the top five U.S. solar installers are vertically integrated, and the one that isn't is losing market share.

By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 1, 2015

Large utility mergers dramatically slower than others at 316 days

A Bloomberg analysis said deals valued at more than $3 billion take an average of 316 days to reach completion, making such deals the slowest-moving in the sector. 

By Robert Walton • Oct. 1, 2015

Hunt files $18B bid with Texas regulators to buy Oncor

Hunt's proposal seeks to convert Oncor into a real estate investment trust, a structure that's already raised eyebrows in the power sector.

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 30, 2015

SoCalEdison unveils new storage buys and RFO for distributed energy

The utility's request for offers officially names storage as an "eligible preferred resource."

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 30, 2015

Duke settles North Carolina coal ash case for $7M

Environmentalists say regulators capitulated to the utility's demands, and Duke says the penalty doesn't amount to a fine.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 29, 2015

CPUC puts PG&E electric vehicle charging program on hold

The commission will hold more hearings to determine the impact of utility EV charging investments on private charger builders and customers without electric cars.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 29, 2015

Exelon in talks with DC mayor on merger settlement

The city, which in August rejected the Pepco-Exelon merger, confirmed it is involved in "substantive discussions" with both companies that could lead to a settlement and new application.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 29, 2015

CPS Energy tackles the cost shift by building solar on its own terms

San Antonio muni CPS Energy has designed a utility solar program it believes is a winner for the customer, the installer and the utility – and will work for IOUs, too.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 29, 2015

How storage will shape the future of concentrated solar power

CSP may not be the hottest topic in the solar or storage sectors, but its backers point out that it offers large scale renewable generation that is in many cases fully dispatchable.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 29, 2015

Newly-opened NJ offshore wind tract could yield 3,400 MW of capacity

The federal government has opened nearly 350,000 acres of ocean off the coast of New Jersey to wind development in a bid to meet President Obama's clean energy goals.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 28, 2015

Entergy brings Mississippi's first utility solar pilot project online

The 500 kW arrays will allow the utility to test solar economics and feasibility.

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 25, 2015

TECO shareholders file suit over $10.4B sale price

The lawsuit alleges the deal greatly favors Emera and leaves TECO investors with too little return.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 24, 2015

As solar cap looms, installers ask CA regulators for interim metering measures

Companies in San Diego Gas & Electric territory say business could soon come to a standstill as the region approaches its net metering cap. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 23, 2015