Minnesota first to adopt 'value of solar' approach for community solar

The value of solar methodology incorporates external factors, such as avoided transmission investments and the health and environmental effects of clean energy. 

By Peter Maloney • July 25, 2016

NextEra merger dead, Hawaii turns to realizing a 100% renewables future

NextEra never convinced regulators they could follow through on their clean energy goals. Can Hawaiian Electric?

By Herman K. Trabish • July 25, 2016

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The 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.

By Utility Dive staff

FirstEnergy will retire or sell 836 MW of fossil generation

The company will retire units 1-4 at the Sammis coal plant, which have been at the center of a regulatory controversy over income supports for the aging facility. 

By Gavin Bade • July 22, 2016

Maryland PSC rejects Baltimore microgrid proposal

Exelon's subsidiaries are having a hard time convincing policymakers to allow rate-based investments in microgrids. 

By Peter Maloney • July 22, 2016

Deregulated electricity markets may be imperfect, but they're better than regulation

Michael Overturf, CEO and President of DC Public Power, responds to DTE CEO Gerry Anderson's recent guest post on the effects of deregulation.

By Michael Overturf • July 21, 2016

Fitch warns utilities: Retail net metering could damage your creditworthiness

Net metering residential solar at the retail electricity rate could hurt the creditworthiness of investor-owned utilities.

By Krysti Shallenberger • July 21, 2016

Baltimore teams up with DOE in effort to make residential solar affordable

Even with creative financing from solar companies, rooftop systems can be out of reach for many residents.

By Peter Maloney • July 21, 2016

Montana wind developer says low PURPA rates could kill its project

The PSC recently set the tariff that would be paid to the Greycliff wind farm at $45.45/MWh.

By Peter Maloney • July 21, 2016

Atoms for green energy: What role should nuclear power play in decarbonization?

Heated rhetoric about who's to blame for recent nuclear closures masks serious questions about its role in the 21st century energy system.

By Gavin Bade • July 21, 2016

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway protests FERC market-based rate restrictions

FERC revoked market-based authority for 20 of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway companies in the West last month. 

By Krysti Shallenberger • July 21, 2016

How aggregated DERs are becoming the new demand response

Grid operators are designing new markets and mechanisms to get reliability and flexibility from aggregated distributed energy resources. 

By Herman K. Trabish • July 20, 2016

Hawaiian Electric says it is not for sale, withdraws LNG import proposal

Despite rumors that at least one other company was interested in buying HEI, the company said it is not in discussions regarding any change in ownership.

By Gavin Bade • July 20, 2016

Bucking market monitor, MISO chooses Brattle's forward capacity auction model

Brattle says the forward model would reduce price volatility by 35% to 37% compared to MISO’s existing capacity market.

By Peter Maloney • July 20, 2016

New York regulators ban ESCOs from selling to low-income customers

Until competitive marketers can guarantee savings, low income customers in New York will get their energy from a regulated utility, regulators ordered. 

By Robert Walton • July 20, 2016

Texas clean coal project buys time to nail more financial support

 The Texas Clean Energy Project was about to lose federal support, but has found a way to buy more time to convince the Obama administration in continuing financial backing. 

By Robert Walton • July 19, 2016

Reno casino latest Nevada company to request exit from NV Energy service

Nevada-based Peppermill Casinos has joined a growing list of companies requesting to leave NV Energy's service.

By Robert Walton • July 19, 2016

Utility participation key to driving residential storage growth

A Navigant Consulting study said the global residential storage sector will be a 3,773 MW market by 2025. 

By Peter Maloney • July 19, 2016

Appeals court puts judicial stay on EPA regional haze rule

The agency acted "arbitrarily, capriciously, and in excess of its statutory authority" when it rejected plans from Texas and Oklahoma to deal with air pollution at national parks, the 5th Circuit Court decided.

By Gavin Bade • July 19, 2016

North Carolina Gov. McCrory signs compromise coal ash cleanup bill

The bill requires Duke Energy to offer clean drinking water to neighborhoods in close proximity to its coal ash ponds by 2018. 

By Shalina Chatlani • July 19, 2016

FERC audit pushes greater independence for SPP market monitor

SPP does not have an independent market monitor and that appears unlikely to change after the audit.

By Robert Walton • July 19, 2016

House passes Department of Interior, EPA spending bill

The $32.1 billion spending bill is $1 billion less than requested by the Obama Adminsitration, and contains provisions to limit environmental regulations for power plants enacted by the Environmental Protection Agency.

By Robert Walton • July 18, 2016

UPDATED: NextEra, Hawaiian Electric terminate merger after PUC rejection

Hawaii regulators rejected the merger application Friday, leaving the door open for future ownership changes at the state's dominant utility. 

By Davide Savenije , Krysti Shallenberger • July 18, 2016

California PUC rejects proposed Sempra gas pipeline

Sempra had requested $621 in rate increases for power and gas customers to finance construction of the pipeline. 

By Peter Maloney • July 18, 2016

Deepwater Wind proposes largest offshore wind farm in US

The 90 MW wind farm is proposed for a tract 30 miles off the New York coast. 

By Peter Maloney • July 18, 2016

RIP FITs: As US feed-in tariffs fade, adopting elements could spur solar growth

Feed-in tariffs worked well until renewable energy prices fell, but aspects of the incentive scheme could still drive growth in the C&I sector.

By Herman K. Trabish • July 18, 2016