Regulation & Policy: Page 179
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JD Power: Residential utility customer satisfaction rises for 6th consecutive year
The firm found more consumers are shifting to web and mobile platforms to pay bills, and utilities increasingly use digital means to communicate with their customers.
By Krysti Shallenberger • July 14, 2017 -
Senators introduce bipartisan bill to support carbon capture and utilization
The bill, which would extend and increase tax credits to carbon capture and utilization facilities, already has backing from more than two dozen senators.
By Gavin Bade • July 13, 2017 -
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TrendlineThe Energy Transition to Renewables
Rising demand for power is continuing to drive demand for renewables, but policy uncertainty and mixed signals from the Trump administration add to existing challenges.
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Deep Dive
Add shareholder discontent to the list of problems facing Southern Co.
Top executive pay keeps rising in the face of massive cost overruns at Kemper and Vogtle, leading a number of large investors to question Southern's compensation practices.
By Peter Maloney • July 13, 2017 -
California lawmakers aim for cap-and-trade vote next week
Leading lawmakers seek a two-thirds majority on the bill to protect the emissions trading scheme from legal challenges.
By Peter Maloney • July 13, 2017 -
Dominion pushes inclusion of Millstone nuke provisions in Connecticut budget bill
A bill that failed in the Connecticut House would have directed state officials to determine whether to hold a special power procurement process for the state's sole nuclear plant.
By Peter Maloney • July 13, 2017 -
DOE's SunShot awards $46.2M for early-stage solar technology projects
As Congress debates budget cuts to clean energy programs, DOE's solar program is doling out funding for new projects.
By Krysti Shallenberger • July 13, 2017 -
New Jersey bill would phase out SREC program, boost renewables standard
The measure would phase out existing incentives for solar and develop other methods of accelerating deployment of the resource.
By Krysti Shallenberger • July 13, 2017 -
Opinion
Non-Wires Alternatives: What's up next in utility business model evolution
Utilities not already considering NWAs in planning processes should wise up quick, says Navigant analyst Brett Feldman.
By Brett Feldman • July 12, 2017 -
Both sides in nuke subsidy battles see Allco decision bolstering their case
Allco v. Klee was the first time a federal court has applied the Supreme Court's Hughes v. Talen ruling, but how it affects legal cases over ZECs depends on where you stand.
By Peter Maloney • July 12, 2017 -
Skylar Resources brings 2 MW storage system online for California muni
Glendale Water & Power says the energy storage system will delay the need for infrastructure upgrades.
By Peter Maloney • July 12, 2017 -
Deep Dive
After sector outcry, Massachusetts energy chief defends 200 MWh storage target
Some storage interests expected a higher target, but DOER defends it as a first step in a comprehensive plan
By Peter Maloney • July 11, 2017 -
Opinion
Competitive electricity retailing: Why restructuring must go on
Power consultant Erik Desrosiers offers five steps regulators can take to get electricity deregulation back on track.
By Erik Desrosiers • July 11, 2017 -
DC Circuit remands FERC order over PJM's proposed tweaks to minimum offer price rule
The court ruled FERC exceeded its Federal Power Act authority when the agency rejected PJM's proposed revisions to its minimum offer price rule.
By Robert Walton • July 11, 2017 -
Westar, Great Plains Energy revise merger proposal to appease regulatory concerns
Kansas regulators unanimously rejected the deal in April, but both utilities revised the terms of the deal to create a company with a combined equity value of $14 billion.
By Peter Maloney • July 11, 2017 -
Opinion
How wholesale power markets and state environmental policies can work together
Analysts from The Brattle Group lay out three paths for making state energy goals work in electricity markets.
By Sam Newell, Johannes Pfeifenberger, Judy Chang and Kathleen Spees • July 10, 2017 -
Deep Dive
In Illinois, cloud computing debate could open next chapter of utility rate reform
Changes sought to the financial treatment of cloud computing could be applied to energy efficiency and other resources.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 10, 2017 -
California bill seeks to help local governments permit storage systems
AB 546 would direct cities to create online resources for permitting energy storage systems and establish limits on what communities can charge for permits.
By Peter Maloney • July 10, 2017 -
District of Columbia regulators seek to enhance retail energy consumer protections
Distributed generation could be included in the city's definition of a retail energy supplier, but regulators will tackle that question in its grid modernization proceeding.
By Robert Walton • July 10, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Center of the storm: PJM CEO Andy Ott on power market reforms for turbulent times
Ott spoke to Utility Dive about leading PJM's push to reform its operations and pricing for the new energy economy.
By Gavin Bade • July 7, 2017 -
AES closes $2B financing for 1.2 GW gas plant with storage
Southern California Edison signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for the project awarded through a 2014 competitive solicitation.
By Peter Maloney • July 7, 2017 -
Mississippi regulators make it official: Kemper will run on natural gas
The PSC ordered Mississippi Power to file a settlement for the facility to run as a natural gas plant, marking an end to the ambitious coal gasification project.
By Peter Maloney • July 7, 2017 -
Opinion
Lessons from Nevada's rooftop solar victory: Consumer demand and collaboration
Sunrun's Chief Policy Officer Anne Hoskins offers insight into Nevada's decision to restore net metering close to the retail rate.
By Anne Hoskins • July 6, 2017 -
Oregon lawmakers nix rooftop solar tax credits
State lawmakers failed to included an extension of the rooftop solar tax credit in a budget sent to the full legislature this week.
By Krysti Shallenberger • July 6, 2017 -
Opinion
Utility regulation in the Anthropocene
Energy Innovation's Sonia Aggarwal on now regulators can guide the power sector to a sustainable future.
By Sonia Aggarwal • July 6, 2017 -
Deep Dive
North Carolina wind moratorium threatens hard-won solar compromise
Duke Energy and solar advocates worked for months on reforms to PURPA, third-party ownership and net metering. A last-minute hold on new wind projects could unravel the whole bill.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 6, 2017
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