Regulation & Policy: Page 2
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FeatureThe two key questions about going to 100% renewables in Los Angeles
The city council wants its municipal utility to reach the clean energy goal, and a new report says it can by 2030 — if the utility can learn new ways.
By Herman K. Trabish • April 05, 2018
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Updated: ISO-NE seeks to keep 1,600 MW of gas generation from retirement
The grid operator says the retirement of two units at Exelon's Mystic Generating Station could put power reliability at risk.
By Gavin Bade • April 04, 2018
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FeatureUnnecessary complexity? Assessing New York and California's landmark DER proceedings
New York and California have spent years opening opportunities for distributed energy resources with minimal real impact. Could they have done it differently?
By Herman K. Trabish • April 04, 2018
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Energy efficiency, rooftop solar to trim New England power use, draft report says
The ISO New England findings align with a national trend of stagnant, even declining demand due to efficiency measures in particular.
By Krysti Shallenberger • April 03, 2018
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FeatureUtilities take note: Hybrid renewables projects are coming
In 2017, combinations of cost-effective renewables plus storage went online, with more due this year. And 2019 looks like a hybrid boom year.
By Herman K. Trabish • April 03, 2018
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FeatureMarket-based IRPs: A new paradigm for grid planning?
Instead of forecasts, utilities like Hawaiian Electric and Xcel are beginning to use real-world prices in their integrated resource plans, allowing them to better compare renewables and DERs to traditional grid investments.
By Gavin Bade • April 02, 2018
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FirstEnergy asks DOE for emergency action to save PJM coal, nuke plants
The utility wants to secure cost recovery for all uneconomic PJM plants with a 25-day fuel supply, similar to a DOE proposal unanimously rejected by FERC in January.
By Robert Walton , Gavin Bade • March 29, 2018
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OpinionOf monopolies and monopolies: Cost of service 'markets' abound
The Restructured Administrative Market Model is having a "tough go," attorneys Ray Gifford and Matt Larson write, noting that central planning is its core tenet, as with traditional monopoly service providers.
By Ray Gifford and Matt Larson
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Kentucky utilities push back on state-ordered rate reductions
The Kentucky Public Service Commission last week ordered Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities to cut rates in response to the lower corporate tax rate.
By Robert Walton • March 28, 2018
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Xcel nuclear cost recovery bill advances in Minnesota despite governor opposing
The company operates three nuclear reactors in the state and will need to invest more than $1.4 billion to maintain them over the next two decades.
By Robert Walton • March 28, 2018
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Bomb cyclone showed coal retirements could raise risks for grid, DOE says
DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory examines the role of fossil fuels during the bomb cyclone and sees risks to grid resilience and reliability from the loss of coal capacity.
By Peter Maloney • March 28, 2018
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EPA plan to bar studies without public data could disrupt clean air regulations
The policy change could have significant implications for the Trump administration's efforts to rewrite the Clean Power Plan and air quality standards.
By Robert Walton • March 27, 2018
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FeatureProposed Texas rule highlights storage's challenges in bridging competitive, regulated energy markets
Energy storage’s unique characteristics make it a difficult fit on the regulated side of Texas’ power market.
By Peter Maloney • March 27, 2018
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FeatureConnecticut legislature poised to act as community solar collides with net metering
Connecticut’s utilities object to a new community solar policy while its advocates say proposed utility changes to net metering are unacceptable.
By Herman K. Trabish • March 27, 2018
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FeatureSmart transmission: How FERC can spur modernization of the bulk power system
Transmission technology vendors say their products could save electricity consumers billions — if utilities were incentivized to invest.
By Herman K. Trabish • March 26, 2018
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Update: Arizona Gov. Ducey signs bill to undermine RPS ballot proposal
The measure will minimize financial penalties for utilities that fail to meet renewable energy targets, muting a ballot proposal pushing 50% renewable energy by 2030.
By Robert Walton • March 23, 2018
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FERC among targets of Iranian hackers charged by DOJ
Nine Iranian nationals stole data from hundreds of universities and dozens of companies across the globe as well as five U.S. government agencies, the Justice Department said in an indictment Friday.
By Gavin Bade • March 23, 2018
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Energy groups see $1.3 trillion omnibus as repudiation of Trump priorities
The budget bill, approved by the House and Senate on Thursday, would boost clean energy funding at DOE and increase appropriations for co-ops to expand rural broadband service.
By Gavin Bade • March 23, 2018
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FeatureOn the duck's 10th birthday, here's how to keep it from eating the power system
Before anybody saw how fast solar would grow, researchers described what it would do to the grid and started working on solutions now being implemented.
By Herman K. Trabish • March 22, 2018
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Omnibus spending bill rejects Trump EPA, DOE cuts
EPA spending would remain stable under a Congressional budget bill released Wednesday night, while DOE clean energy funding would increase by nearly $1.5 billion.
By Gavin Bade • March 22, 2018
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OpinionWind and solar costs continue to drop below fossil fuels. What barriers remain for a low-carbon grid?
Energy Innovation's Michael O'Boyle and Silvio Marcacci outline the barriers to high-penetration wind and solar in the least-cost era.
By Michael O'Boyle, Silvio Marcacci
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Perry: DOE budget cuts don't mean a 'reduction in results'
The Secretary of Energy could not find a bad thing to say about programs his budget seeks to eliminate during an appearance before a Senate committee Tuesday.
By Gavin Bade • March 21, 2018
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Nearly 1/3 of planned gas peakers at risk from energy storage, GTM finds
While it could take a while to compete with existing peakers, storage costs are dropping at a rate that could start making it competitive with new peaking plants in about five years.
By Peter Maloney • March 20, 2018
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FeatureNew business models may be the next frontier in lower energy storage costs
Often overlooked in discussions about the declining price of energy storage are business models that aim to lower capital expenses.
By Peter Maloney • March 20, 2018
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CEC: California EV chargers will add 1 GW of peak demand by 2025
A new report from the California Energy Commission also details the "Dragon Curve" — expected electricity demand effects of electric vehicle growth.
By Gavin Bade • March 20, 2018