Imperial Irrigation District to pay $12M over Southwest blackout

Utility agrees to build utility-scale battery storage as part of settlement.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 15, 2014

Jon Wellinghoff: Utilities should not operate the distribution grid

The grid needs Independent Distribution System Operators, the former FERC chair told Utility Dive.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 15, 2014

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Sustainability

Companies are pursuing increasingly ambitous sustainability goals around clean energy, but integrating rising amounts of renewables, minimizing environmental impacts, and achieving carbon reduction targets can be challenging.

By Utility Dive staff

With utilities fearing outages, BNSF promises to step up Midwest coal deliveries

Xcel, Dairyland Power, other utilities report plants many not be able to meet winter demand peaks.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 14, 2014

Is strong electric sales growth ever coming back?

Power sales are up, but is it a trend?

By Robert Walton • Aug. 14, 2014

UNS-Fortis merger clears last hurdle

Arizona regulators have given their approval.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 14, 2014

Xcel asks court to reject Boulder's takeover of distribution system

The utility and the city continue to fight over Boulder’s planned municipalization.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 13, 2014

LG&E/KU pull plans for new natural gas plant

Nine municipal customers pull 320 megawatts of contracts, changing LG&E/KU plans.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 13, 2014

Is Puerto Rico the new poster child for the utility death spiral?

The island's main utility faces different challenges than mainland utilities but the death spiral is the same.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 13, 2014

California regulators to revamp utility distribution plans

With 15 GW of distributed energy resources are expected to come online by 2020, the state is beginning to examine how to best integrate these resources.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 13, 2014

U.S. wind industry has over 14,000 MW under construction

14,000 megawatts are already in construction ahead of the tax credit deadline.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 12, 2014

Nuclear industry frustrated with EPA's emission reduction rules

The Clean Power Plan doesn’t give nuclear enough respect, according to the industry.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 11, 2014

Ohio utilities seek to reverse deregulation

FirstEnergy joins AEP in a push to save their coal plants.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 11, 2014

TVA to retire coal plant, choose new natural gas or renewables

Gas is lowest cost now but new transmission could make wind the wiser choice long term.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 11, 2014

Texas yet to implement smart meter program for low-income customers

State regulators approved $18.5 million for utilities to spend in 2009, but none of the funds have been used.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 11, 2014

Has APS invented a rooftop solar business model for utilities?

Regulators must decide if Arizona Public Service's rooftop solar proposal is a breakthrough or a threat.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 11, 2014

PSE&G seeks $110M expansion of energy efficiency program

Proposal includes lost revenue recovery mechanism for the utility.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 11, 2014

OGE breaks even in Q2 as utility eyes $1.1B in emissions costs

The utility wants to clean up its coal and natural gas but it’s going to cost customers.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 9, 2014

Minnesota regulators turn away from value-of-solar concept

Community garden rates will be tied to fuel costs instead of solar’s calculated value.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 9, 2014

The worst-ranked utilities for clean energy

Utilities from the Southeast are deploying the least renewables and energy efficiency. 

By Davide Savenije • Aug. 8, 2014

FERC commissioner resigns

Early reports say Arkansas regulator Collette Honorable is the early favorite to fill the open seat.

By Davide Savenije • Aug. 8, 2014

NRG to close, convert or retrofit 4 Illinois coal plants

One plant will be shuttered, another will be switched to natural gas and two more will receive environmental retrofits.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 7, 2014

Michigan utilities, solar advocates find harmony on community solar

DTE Energy, Consumers Energy and advocates like community solar but net metering and incentives fights go on.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 6, 2014

Mississippi Power to buy renewables, convert coal units

Sierra Club reached a settlement with the Southern Co. subsidiary over the construction of the Kemper IGCC plant. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 5, 2014

Will fixed charges on rooftop solar drive consumers off-grid?

With the price of solar-plus-storage dropping, a bill charge could make using the grid too costly.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 5, 2014

FirstEnergy wants regulated utilities to subsidize unregulated power fleet

FirstEnergy has filed rate plans for its regulated utilities to buy power from retail electricity seller FirstEnergy Soluitons.

By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 5, 2014