Inside the coming showdown over rooftop solar in Indiana

GOP backers say HB 1320 would boost solar, but renewables advocates say it would misdirect lawmakers, regulators and consumers.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 23, 2015

Grid-edge investments reached $1.3 billion last year

Investments in the energy storage market segment reached a new peak in 2014.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 23, 2015

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Sustainability

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.

By Utility Dive staff

Florida legislators bring bills to boost solar, limit utilities' billing power

Bipartisan clean energy activism in the Sunshine State gives legislators cover to take on utilities.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 22, 2015

APS drafted anti-solar leasing letter signed by Ariz. legislators

Ariz. representatives are suspicious of solar installers' lease provisions and market practices. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 22, 2015

Why utilities across the nation are embracing community solar

Power companies are quickly discovering how their customers can go solar without getting off the grid.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 22, 2015

How the Just Energy-CPF partnership is changing the rooftop solar game

The partnership combines marketing, financing, and installing expertise for customers in deregulated markets.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 22, 2015

Energy efficiency is biggest housing concern in new residential survey

As utilities focus more on customer engagement, they can be encouraged that consumers care about energy usage.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 22, 2015

Nebraska senators propose state wind tax credit to replace federal PTC

New EPA pollution rules will drive wind demand and grow Nebraska’s economy, backers say.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 21, 2015

Bipartisan coalition pushes to expand net metering in Montana

Solar advocates want energy independence, but opponents call solar a “melanoma” and say it has created too many problems elsewhere.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 21, 2015

Supreme Court appeal on FERC Order 745 leaves demand response in limbo

It could be eight months or more before the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether to hear an appeal of the case that gutted Order 745.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 21, 2015

EPA: Utilities decreased toxic releases by almost half in a decade

Toxic chemicals managed as waste by the nation's industrial facilities increased by 4% last year, according to the EPA.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 21, 2015

Wisc. consumers groups wary of We Energies bid to acquire Integrys

Wisconsin will take time to review impacts of a Michigan settlement before approving the deal.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 21, 2015

FERC cites market competition issues in delay of Duke generation sale to Dynegy

Dynegy would control 6.5% of PJM Interconnection's generation following the transaction with Duke and other acquisitions the company has announced.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 21, 2015

New proposed net metering reforms could boost Missouri's solar industry

An expanded eligible system size and shift from monthly to annual true-up would increase solar’s value.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 20, 2015

NRG banks on renewables to double earnings by 2022

The company will focus on rooftop solar and hopes its other business segments can jump star a more holistic valuation of the company's stock price.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 20, 2015

Renewables enjoy new bipartisan consensus, but efficiency standards remain under attack

Even conservatives are coming around on green energy, observers say, but efficiency benchmarks remain controversial in state capitals around the country.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 16, 2015

CPUC plan for community solar stirs controversy with renewables advocates

Solar advocates take exception with fees for community solar the CPUC would let utilities impose on users.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 15, 2015

Boulder municipal utility plans hit another setback

The city will have to present condemnation plans to state regulators before it can pursue Xcel Energy's local distribution system.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 15, 2015

Duke's utilities hit bottom in customer satisfaction survey

But overall satisfaction is rising, according to a recent J.D. Power survey of business utility customers.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 15, 2015

NRG plans big expansion into rooftop solar markets

The company says it wants to be the second biggest installer, behind SolarCity.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 15, 2015

Groups ask Hawaii PSC to focus on HECO reforms before acquisition

Clean energy advocates are worried regulators will let NextEra take over before completing reforms to modernize HECO's grid and boost distributed generation.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 15, 2015

How new turbine technology will open up the Southeast to wind development

"The message is that wind energy could be a more significant generation opportunity in this region than you thought." 

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 15, 2015

SRP will supply free wind power to Super Bowl XLIX

Salt River Project will provide free renewable power to the Super Bowl as part of a $1 million sponsorship package.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 15, 2015

Rooftop solar is now cheaper than the grid in 42 American cities

Homeowners in some of the largest U.S. cities can get a better return from rooftop solar than from a pension fund or the S&P 500, a new study found.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 14, 2015

Tennessee clears transmission line to deliver Oklahoma wind to Southeast

The Plains & Eastern HVDC transmission line adds local clearance to DOE’s draft EIS approval.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 14, 2015