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

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

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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. 

By Utility Dive staff

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

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

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

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

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

NEI: Nuclear plants not 'penetrated' by cyberattacks

A DHS and FBI joint report last week said nuclear reactors were among the targets of a hacking campaign that dated back to May.

By Peter Maloney • July 6, 2017

Hawaiian Electric proposes new, cheaper grid modernization plan

A previous grid modernization plan was rejected in December for being too costly.

By Peter Maloney • July 6, 2017

Virginia expands review of Atlantic Coast, Mountain Valley pipelines

The Virginia D​epartment of Environmental Quality will hold five public hearings in August on the controversial gas pipelines.

By Robert Walton • July 6, 2017

Pressed duck: Clipping the curve with energy storage

Building on Arizona's cheap solar-plus-storage PPA could present a new way to mitigate the duck curve, but the utility that signed it is skeptical. 

By Peter Maloney • July 5, 2017

Keys to developing an effective utility EV charging program

ChargePoint's Dave Packard argues simplicity and customer choice are critical elements for utilities building out electric vehicle charging networks. 

By Dave Packard • July 5, 2017

After Kemper, new 'clean coal' plants face long odds

Carbon capture technology works, but new plants are unlikely while gas prices are low and carbon remains unregulated.

By Peter Maloney • July 5, 2017

Report: Pruitt leading formal EPA review of climate science

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt will use "red team, blue team" exercises to conduct a lengthy review of climate science, E&E News reports, potentially culminating in a challenge to the 2009 carbon endangerment finding. 

By Gavin Bade • June 30, 2017

Massachusetts targets 200 MWh of energy storage by 2020

The state passed an energy storage mandate more than a year ago and told energy regulators to craft the final target. 

By Krysti Shallenberger • June 30, 2017

Senate fast-tracks new version of bipartisan energy reform bill

Legislation crafted by the leaders of the Senate Energy Committee is back on the table after stalling in a conference committee with the House last year. 

By Gavin Bade • June 30, 2017

North Carolina passes solar reform bill with 18-month wind moratorium

The hold on new wind facilities was put in place by Republicans who worry the turbines could impede military aviation near bases in the state.

By Robert Walton • June 30, 2017

And then there was one: FERC Commissioner Honorable steps down today

FERC Commissioner Colette Honorable's departure leaves only one regulator at the agency and three nominees pending in the Senate. 

By Krysti Shallenberger • June 30, 2017

CAISO defers proxy demand response resource sought by storage companies

Storage companies want the California ISO to speed completion of a bidirectional proxy demand resource product that would allow battery resources to consume excess renewable energy.

By Peter Maloney • June 30, 2017

McKinsey: Cheaper batteries present imminent threat of load defection for utilities

Battery storage is already cost-effective for commercial customers and further price declines could lead some to cut their utility ties entirely, a new McKinsey report warns. 

By Peter Maloney • June 30, 2017

Trump announces nuclear policy review in DOE speech

The president culminated his "Energy Week" with a speech touting deregulation and announcing a series of federal energy initiatives. 

By Gavin Bade • June 29, 2017

House bill would fund DOE at higher levels than Trump budget, but still axe ARPA-E

The House bill advanced this week would resist some of the deepest cuts Trump proposed at DOE, but would still slash renewables and efficiency funding by half and eliminate ARPA-E.

By Robert Walton • June 29, 2017

President Trump's Tax Reform proposal to prove favorable for customers; ratemaking model could be significantly impacted

Changes to the corporate tax rate and additional reforms laid out by Trump may have tremendous effects on utilities and consumers.

By Derek HasBrouck, Joel Jeanson and Pranav Shanbhag • June 29, 2017

Trump to nominate Democratic Senate aide Richard Glick to FERC

FERC has been without quorum for months and Trump's other nominees are stalled in the Senate.

By Robert Walton • June 29, 2017