Dynegy to shutter 50-year-old natural gas plant in Calif.

The plant could be replaced by renewable generation.

By Rod Kuckro • Nov. 8, 2013

FERC approves sale of FirstEnergy hydro plants

The sale is part of FirstEnergy's divestiture plan.

By Rod Kuckro • Nov. 7, 2013

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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

Exelon opposes wind tax credits, but uses them anyway

In the end, financial benefits trump free-market principles.

By Rod Kuckro • Nov. 7, 2013

Idaho Power tells customers coal is the way to go

Switching to natural gas seen as too expensive.

By Rod Kuckro • Nov. 7, 2013

Opower plans IPO

It's not yet clear what the energy efficiency firm's valuation will be.

By Davide Savenije • Nov. 6, 2013

Cool weather dampens Duke Energy's Q3 earnings

Utility raised its 2013 earnings forecast on rate hikes.

By Rod Kuckro • Nov. 6, 2013

Avista expands into Alaska with $170M acquisition

Avista is buying utility Alaska Electric Light & Power and its parent company.

By Rod Kuckro • Nov. 6, 2013

Efficiency firm EnTouch raises $8.5M from NRG, other investors

The company provides energy management to small commercial customers.

By Rod Kuckro • Nov. 6, 2013

Southern Co., Ted Turner buy solar farm

This is the sixth solar deal between the utility and the media mogul.

By Rod Kuckro • Nov. 6, 2013

EDF unit buys another Texas wind farm

The third purchase gives EDF 561 megawatts of wind capacity.

By Rod Kuckro • Nov. 5, 2013

SolarCity pioneers first debt offering for distributed solar

The first-ever private placement could spur others in the space.

By Rod Kuckro • Nov. 5, 2013

Microsoft inks its first renewable energy deal

Microsoft has signed a power purchase agreement with a Texas wind farm.

By Rod Kuckro • Nov. 4, 2013

NRG CEO thinks Google can replace utilities

Utilities are going to be "totally unhappy" when they see David Crane's vision for the future.

By Davide Savenije • Nov. 4, 2013

Microgrid adoption accelerates in Sandy's wake

Maintaining grid reliability is driving public and private sector moves.

By Rod Kuckro • Nov. 4, 2013

Duke Energy pushes new solar strategy

A new business unit will help its regulated utilities' move to own solar capacity. 

By Rod Kuckro • Nov. 4, 2013

The times they are a-changin': This week's most read utility news

Don't look now, but the great American Energiewende is already underway.

By Davide Savenije • Nov. 1, 2013

Only 65% of utilities have cybersecurity programs, study finds

Survey exposes the risk of utilities' automated systems.

By Rod Kuckro • Nov. 1, 2013

Entergy, ITC will not close merger deal by year end

State regulators lagging on merger approvals.

By Rod Kuckro • Nov. 1, 2013

Southern Co. earnings fall 13%

CEO Tom Fanning said odd weather and high power plant costs are to blame.

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 31, 2013

NRG expands retail business to Pepco, BGE territory

NRG thinks utility ratepayers should stop buying electricity the "old fashioned way."

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 31, 2013

Second-largest U.S. solar panel maker to boost capacity by 25%

The move is evidence that the solar slump is over.

By Rod Kuckro • Oct. 31, 2013

Moody's predicts utility M&A action to continue

Large utilities are looking beyond their service territories.

By Rod Kuckro • Oct. 31, 2013

Pay-as-you-save energy storage financing model gets $5M in funding

The model is based on the wildly successful, $0-down residential rooftop solar financing model.

By Davide Savenije • Oct. 30, 2013