Minn. farmers suing utilities over 'stray voltage'

The farmers say stray voltage from damaged lines is killing their herds and hurting business.

By Roger Riddell • July 29, 2013

NRC warns PSEG of 'chilling effect' of penalizing safety whistle blowers

PSEG has 30 days to file a report explaining its measures to reinforce nuclear safety culture.

By Malena Amusa • July 29, 2013

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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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JPMorgan Chase to spin-off $14.3 billion in commodity assets

As regulatory pressure intensifies, JPMorgan Chase is looking to sell its physical commodities including stake in power plants and traders in oil, gas, power, and coal.

By Malena Amusa • July 29, 2013

Xcel likely to move HQ from Minneapolis if city forms municipal utility

The company's 20-year franchise agreement with the city expires at the end of 2014.

By Roger Riddell • July 26, 2013

FERC ruling boosts compensation for energy storage services

FERC’s expansion of order 755 will support broader demonstrations of energy storage benefits to the grid.

By Malena Amusa • July 25, 2013

Is EPA’s Gina McCarthy coal's final nail?

Gina McCarthy’s run as EPA administrator may see some of the hardest legal battles with coal.

By Malena Amusa • July 25, 2013

Minneapolis considering city-owned utilities

Some in the city believe municipal ownership could lower the price residents pay.

By Roger Riddell • July 24, 2013

Report cites Ameren coal plant as one of the worst polluters

To protest, St. Louis residents staged a “Miss and Mr. Toxic Water Pollution” pageant.

By Malena Amusa • July 24, 2013

Duke Energy settles on $118.6M rate hike request in South Carolina

Duke's subsidiary promises this will be the last rate hike request until September 2015.

By Malena Amusa • July 24, 2013

Feds arrest former Entergy Indian Point worker for faking fuel records

The falsified records concerned the quality of fuel in the plant’s emergency back-up tanks.

By Malena Amusa • July 24, 2013

Pepco's Thomas Graham promoted to VP of people strategy & human resources

Graham has spent nearly three decades with the company.

By Roger Riddell • July 23, 2013

Duke Energy starts $400M pollution reduction project at Cayuga

New construction will cut 6,000 tons of nitrogen oxide emissions annually, equivalent to emissions from 316,000 cars.

By Malena Amusa • July 23, 2013

PSC launches investigation of FirstEnergy billing practices

Officials have received numerous customer complaints from FirstEnergy subsidiaries Monongahela Power and Potomac Edison in West Virginia.

By Malena Amusa • July 23, 2013

Mitsubishi strikes back at SCE’s negligence claims

The Japanese industrial giant says SCE gave “full supervision and approval” for the steam generators that SCE claims caused $2B in San Onofre losses.

By Malena Amusa • July 23, 2013

Layoffs likely in Entergy's financial shake-up

Entergy's 15,000 employees are on notice for a wave of layoffs in the wake of unfavorable quarterly projections.

By Malena Amusa • July 22, 2013

Solar and hackers: The most read utility news of the week

Check out the most popular Utility Dive posts of the past few days right here.

By Brian Warmoth • July 19, 2013

SoCal Edison blames Mitsubishi for SONGS debacle

The utility served a formal notice blaming the SONGS shutdown on the generator manufacturer.

By Malena Amusa • July 19, 2013

Georgia Power wants customers to pay for $700M Vogtle plant cost overruns

Georgia’s Public Service Commission will soon decide if Georgia Power can pass the plant’s pricey overruns to customers.

By Malena Amusa • July 19, 2013

McCarthy lands top job at EPA, overcoming filibuster threats

The U.S. Senate approved Gina McCarthy, a climate change activist, as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

By Malena Amusa • July 19, 2013

Senate to expected to approve McCarthy as EPA chief

A Thursday vote ended a filibuster blocking the confirmation.

By Roger Riddell • July 18, 2013

New York power usage, day 4: Guess what?

The state's grid operator is once again instituting demand response programs, but this time for the entire state.

By Roger Riddell • July 18, 2013

Enel Green Power signs $458M in power purchase agreements in Mexico

The Italian utility will build a new wind farm in San Luis Potosí as part of the two agreements.

By Roger Riddell • July 18, 2013

Is J.P. Morgan next in line for a massive FERC fine?

A day after FERC dealt Barclays a $435M fine for alleged power market manipulation, a record $1B FERC fine to J.P. Morgan is close to becoming a reality. 

By Malena Amusa • July 18, 2013

For third day, NYISO considers power reduction measures

The grid has yet to experience any major blackouts.

By Roger Riddell • July 17, 2013

ERCOT delays ‘self-serving’ changes to reserve margins

The debate over reserve margins in Texas may shift the state's energy market to a capacity market, enticing utilities to invest more in generation.

By Malena Amusa • July 17, 2013