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Duke's $200M/year rate hike request faces final public hearing
North Carolina protestors are expected.
By Brian Warmoth • July 2, 2013 -
Southern Co.’s new coal gasification plant incurs more cost over-runs
Southern Co.’s new coal gasification plant in Mississippi's Kemper County is generating more controversy than electricity.
By Malena Amusa • July 2, 2013 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineSustainability
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.
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Consumers Energy's smart meter opt-out fee approved in Mich.
Michigan's Public Service Commission will allow Consumers Energy to charge customers who don't want smart meters.
By Davide Savenije • July 1, 2013 -
TVA employee buyouts signal big changes
In the face of crippled power sales, thousands of TVA employees will be asked to retire or resign.
By Malena Amusa • July 1, 2013 -
Background on Ron Binz: Obama’s FERC nominee
A big pusher of renewables and the smart grid, Binz has earned the respect of utility execs.
By Malena Amusa • July 1, 2013 -
Duke’s Lynn Good starts new CEO job, symbolizes new era for Duke-Progress merger
The CFO-turned-CEO could mark a shift away from Duke’s high-drama merger with Progress.
By Malena Amusa • July 1, 2013 -
Kentucky Power goes after 23% rate increase to pay for EPA compliance
What one utility will do in the name of meeting EPA demands.
By Malena Amusa • June 28, 2013 -
Obama's plan and Nest concerns: Our most read utility news of the week
Want to see what everyone else in the industry was reading this week? Have a look.
By Brian Warmoth • June 28, 2013 -
Obama nominates new FERC chair, a cadet in the ‘war on coal’
New FERC nominee Ronald Binz is fresh from a fight to increase Colorado’s renewables and cut coal pollution.
By Malena Amusa • June 28, 2013 -
Duke Energy elects new board chair, Ann Maynard Gray, to succeed Rogers
The nation's largest electric utility now boasts two women at the top.
By Malena Amusa • June 28, 2013 -
Summer utility bills dip to 4-year low for U.S. residents
Hot yet still milder temperatures are driving down electricity usage.
By Malena Amusa • June 26, 2013 -
National Grid throws weight behind Obama plan
The utility says it endorses the president's Climate Action Plan and its call to slash carbon-based power plant pollution.
By Davide Savenije • June 25, 2013 -
NRC still sees no reason to close Entergy's Indian Point nuclear plant
New data on Indian Point's impact on the Hudson River's aquatic life failed to sway the NRC from its previous conclusion.
By Davide Savenije • June 25, 2013 -
Deep Dive
Obama's new Climate Action Plan: 6 goals that will impact utilities
The plan announced Tuesday is wide-reaching, but the president raised a handful of issues that should get utility execs' attention.
By Davide Savenije • June 25, 2013 -
Cuomo seeks federal LIPA probe, report plots 'systemic problems' of N.Y. utilities
A scorching report from the Moreland Commission found "troubling conduct" between LIPA and Navigant Consulting.
By Davide Savenije • June 24, 2013 -
Get ready for new restrictions on plant emissions
President Obama alluded to new announcements for the coming week, and existing power plants could be impacted.
By Brian Warmoth • June 24, 2013 -
Exelon hopes to cut nuke output when prices plummet in the PJM
Exelon CEO Chris Crane says the abundance of wind power has caused negative pricing.
By Malena Amusa • June 24, 2013 -
Lynn Good, Duke and Houston linemen: This week's most read utility news
Head into your weekend a little better informed with the most read Utility Dive news of the last few days.
By Brian Warmoth • June 21, 2013 -
Mass. AG blasts utility for $20M storm recovery request
Western Massachusetts Electric Co. was fined for poor storm response, but now it wants to raise rates to recover costs from those efforts.
By Davide Savenije • June 20, 2013 -
Building relationships a priority for new Duke CEO
“I am not thinking 10 years ahead right now,” says soon-to-be Duke CEO Lynn Good.
By Malena Amusa • June 19, 2013 -
National Grid overcharges NY customers $68.9 million, prompts rate freeze
The price gouging went on for two years.
By Malena Amusa • June 19, 2013 -
Deep Dive
Lynn Good: Soon to be the highest-ranking woman in U.S. utilities
How significant is the announcement that a female CEO was just elected at the largest utility company in the United States?
By Malena Amusa • June 18, 2013 -
Duke announces the name of its new CEO
The country's largest electrical utility will pass Jim Rogers' duties on to a trusted insider.
By Brian Warmoth • June 18, 2013 -
Duke announces the name of its new CEO
The country's largest electrical utility will pass Jim Rogers' duties on to a trusted inside name.
By Brian Warmoth • June 18, 2013 -
Willow biomass the next best thing in renewable energy
As a renewable resource, willow is planted once and can be harvested every three years. A single planting can result in up to seven harvests over 22 years.
June 18, 2013
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