Ohio fines Rover Pipeline $2.3M for alleged water, air violations

Energy Transfer Partners is reportedly resisting payment of the fine, saying FERC has jurisdiction over the pipeline. 

By Robert Walton • Sept. 22, 2017

Reporter's notebook: Utility pilot projects could soothe contentious regulatory proceedings

Utility Dive reporter Herman Trabish says pilot projects can bridge divides between utilities and stakeholders. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 21, 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. 

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Duke to build its first utility-scale regulated battery storage projects

The utility pledged $30 million to install a 9 MW lithium-ion battery system and a similar 4 MW system near two towns in western North Carolina 

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 21, 2017

Gas pipeline protesters turn up heat on FERC

Activists disrupted the federal agency's first open meeting since January, saying regulators disregard environmental risks and facilitate land grabs by pipeline companies.

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 21, 2017

What California's heat wave revealed about demand response

New demand response settlements for California’s wholesale markets haven't been implemented, but the heat wave showed they are necessary. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 20, 2017

Advanced metering: Making the most of connectivity for a modern grid

AEE's Coley Girouard outlines how the power sector can make the most of advanced metering infrastructure in the first of a seven-part opinion series. 

By Coley Girouard • Sept. 20, 2017

Georgia regulators to decide Vogtle's fate in February

The Public Service Commission approved a series of hearings to review spending on the nuclear facility's construction, with a final decision on completing the project due in February. 

By Krysti Shallenberger • Sept. 20, 2017

FERC nominees Glick, McIntyre get Senate committee nod

Their nominations now head to the full Senate, where they are expected to be confirmed.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 20, 2017

Solar insiders expect ITC harm finding, handing tariff decision to Trump

Sector leaders are confident the International Trade Commission will find that imported solar panels have hurt domestic manufacturers, but how the president will respond remains unclear. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Sept. 19, 2017

Storage gets boost as 100% renewables, grid expansion fail in California

The state isn't yet following Hawaii and its mandate to achieve a 100% renewable electric sector, but the Los Angeles area got an energy storage stimulus.

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 19, 2017

Connecticut Senate passes Millstone nuclear support bill

The bill would set up an annual 12,000 GWh clean energy procurement, contingent on an economic viability study of the nuclear facility.

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 19, 2017

An inside look at using energy storage to integrate renewable resources

Soaking up solar power during the day and dispatching it in the evening is often cited as a renewable-enabling use for energy storage, but in practice it's often not so simple.

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 18, 2017

How utility pilot programs are driving renewable energy integration

SCE and APS want to use electric vehicles, water heaters and demand response to help add more wind and solar to the grid.

By Krysti Shallenberger • Sept. 18, 2017

FERC overrules New York permit denial for Millennium gas pipeline

The decision could signal that Trump's FERC appointees are more open to reversing state regulatory decisions on fossil fuel infrastructure. 

By Robert Walton • Sept. 18, 2017

No, resiliency arguments won't save coal

DOE’s grid study misses the main future threats to system reliability and resiliency, SparkLibrary's cofounder Alex Gilbert argues. 

By Alex Gilbert • Sept. 18, 2017

PJM task force heads into the next stage of capacity market redesign

The grid operator's capacity construct group will begin evaluating 10 proposals for market reforms this week.

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 18, 2017

SCE nuclear waste settlement highlights growing problem for shuttered plants

Southern California Edison will spend up to $4 million to explore the feasibility of finding an alternative storage site for spent fuel from the San Onofre nuclear plant.

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 18, 2017

Updated: EPA to reconsider portions of Obama-era coal ash rule

The agency granted a polluter petition to reconsider the rule, a move environmentalists call "a ploy to scrap the protections entirely."

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 15, 2017

Baseload compensation a high priority for FERC, Chatterjee tells Congress

Threats to reliability could cause federal regulators to change plant compensation, the acting FERC chair told House lawmakers in a hearing that also touched on climate change and renewables integration.  

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 15, 2017

EPA delays rule limiting toxic metal discharges from coal plants

The rule limiting heavy metal discharges from coal plants into lakes and rivers had been set to go into effect in 2018, but will now be delayed two years.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 15, 2017

DOE awards $20M to commercialize new energy technologies

More than 50 projects at 12 national labs will receive funding to help them bridge the gap to commercial use. 

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 15, 2017

DOE seeks stakeholder input, data for net metering cost-benefit study

Public comments are due by the end of October, and the agency will present the study's findings to Congress. 

By Robert Walton • Sept. 15, 2017

Arizona regulator Doug Little appointed to DOE

Little will become the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental and External Affairs at the Energy Department in October.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 15, 2017

Virginia Supreme Court upholds utility rate freeze law

Utilities say the five-year freeze protects customers from Clean Power Plan compliance, but consumer advocates argue it allows power companies overcharge ratepayers without regulatory review. 

By Peter Maloney • Sept. 15, 2017

Alectra Utilities CEO: 'Someone's going to cannibalize our business — it may as well be us'

"Someone's going to eat our lunch. They're lining up to do it," CEO Brian Bentz told Utility Dive. Here's how the Canadian utility is moving aggressively into DERs.

By Gavin Bade • Sept. 14, 2017