Study: Utilities increased energy efficiency investments 30% since 2010

Spending on energy efficiency expected to double to $14 billion by 2025.

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 18, 2014

Study: Minnesota could get over half its power from renewables by 2030

The potential is even bigger if newer estimates of the state’s solar potential are included

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 18, 2014

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Power demand is rising amid dramatic shifts in federal energy policy, but technology and markets continue to push the grid toward cleaner, more distributed resources. 

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2015 looks grim for wind energy. How will the industry adapt?

Developers are scrambling to get projects in the ground before the new year.

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 18, 2014

Moody's: Public power sector will be stable in 2015

Moody's Investors Service said the outlook for the public power sector remains stable for 2015.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 18, 2014

Marcellus production alters flow of gas pipelines to Northeast

Some 32% of natural gas pipeline capacity into the Northeast could be bidirectional by 2017, according to the EIA.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 18, 2014

CA clean energy loan program grew 10 times bigger in 2014

Getting energy efficiency and distributed generation loans for homes and businesses has never been easier in the state.

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 17, 2014

U.S. imposes tariffs on Chinese and Taiwanese solar panels

Taiwanese and Chinese manufacturers taxed for dumping and price cutting, the Commerce Department said.

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 17, 2014

SunPower drops $20M into Tendril to connect solar, energy management

Smart products and services will interface with utilities to streamline solar and efficiency.

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 17, 2014

Solar in 2014: It was a very good year

Projects, financings, deals, technologies, and policy all jumped ahead for solar in 2014.

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 16, 2014

FirstEnergy names new CEO, Chairman

FirstEnergy President and CEO Anthony Alexander has stepped down, but will serve as executive chairman.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 16, 2014

CPUC executive director to step down amid utility scandal

CPUC Executive Director Paul Clanon will step down in the wake of new revelations about improper emails.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 16, 2014

Send us your utility industry predictions for 2015!

Send us your 2015 predictions and you could be featured in a Utility Dive feature in January!

By Gavin Bade • Dec. 16, 2014

Gamification: Track Energy Goals and Engage

Sponsored by: Amid technological breakthroughs, companies and organizations are striving to get higher on the market’s ladder. In order to keep up, they have to make their customers loyal and engaged to their products and services. This need is amplified on the utility market, where it...

Dec. 16, 2014

New Mexico utility floats monthly solar fees in rate case

A $6 per kilowatt per month charge aims to cover what the utility says is a "cost shift."

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 15, 2014

Fitch: Utility sector well postioned to manage near-term risks

Low gas prices will help electric cooperatives mitigate the impacts of environmental regulations.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 15, 2014

How utilities can plan for the future of transmission and distributed generation

PA Consulting’s Ron Norman explains how to choose a route to the grid’s future.

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 14, 2014

PG&E CEO: A price on carbon can be good for utilities

A price on carbon would drive EV growth which would boost utility revenues.

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 14, 2014

NREL partners with GE, EPRI on microgrid deployment project

Scientists will examine microgrids’ impacts on grid reliability during extreme weather.

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 11, 2014

SolarCity partners with BofA for $400M solar financing program

Funding is expected to boost SolarCity’s sector-leading one-third market share of residential solar.

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 11, 2014

Eggnog and efficiency: How the holiday season affects utilities

Holiday efficiency tips seem like small savings next to credit card bills that come due in January, but utilities say they can add up and keep demand down.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 11, 2014

How power companies can get to Utility 2.0 and beyond

New distributed generation and a new distribution system are at the heart of a whole new way to make and sell electricity.

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 11, 2014

EIA: Rise in coal use in 2014 foreshadows a coming decline

EPA regulations and the falling price of natural gas seem are main contributors to the decline.

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 10, 2014

First Solar buys into CEC, the leading U.S. community solar developer

The move puts one of the world’s biggest utility-scale developers into distributed solar.

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 10, 2014

Maryland PSC staff urges conditions on Exelon-Pepco merger

Ratepayer and environmental advocates warn the deal could give the combined utility too much power while yielding few consumer benefits.

By Robert Walton • Dec. 10, 2014

U.S. solar grew 1.3 GW in Q3 to 16.1 GW

Q3 2014’s 1,354 megawatts, a 41% jump over Q3 2013, took U.S. PV to 16.1 gigawatts

By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 9, 2014