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California’s pathway to 100% clean electricity begins to take shape, but reliability concerns persist
Achieving a 100% clean electricity goal by 2045 is technically achievable, a draft report from the state’s energy agencies concludes.
By Kavya Balaraman • Dec. 7, 2020 -
Illinois rejects Ameren move to abandon full retail net metering for new home solar arrays
The Illinois Commerce Commission is giving Ameren 21 days to restore its net metering tariff and give rebates to customers who have installed solar since Oct. 2.
By John Funk • Dec. 7, 2020 -
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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Court rejects Trump challenge of DTE agreement to retire 3 coal plants
After Sierra Club reached a settlement requiring a more stringent response to Clean Air Act violations from the utility, the Environmental Protection Agency accused the group of encroaching on its authority.
By Catherine Morehouse • Dec. 7, 2020 -
EPA proposes Texas be allowed to operate its own coal ash management program
If approved, Texas would be the third state to run or partially run its own permitting program for coal ash management, part of the Trump Administration’s efforts to give states more leeway on environmental enforcement.
By Catherine Morehouse • Dec. 7, 2020 -
Google calls for more RTOs, designs ‘intelligent platform’ to meet 24/7 clean energy goal
The development of new software and access to more RTOs are key to achieving Google’s goal of eliminating its remaining reliance on coal and gas, the company’s global energy markets and policy chief tells NARUC.
By Emma Penrod • Dec. 4, 2020 -
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IoT cyber bill clears Congress — what’s next for industry players?
Long awaited legislation is seen as a springboard to widespread adoption of standards across the booming connected devices industry, including smart thermostats and other items.
By David Jones • Dec. 4, 2020 -
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Deep DiveUtility customers owe up to $40B in COVID-19 debt, but who will pay it?
Shutoff moratoria have provided a reprieve for some on 2020 power bills, but still-mounting debt needs forgiveness or securitization, analysts say.
By Herman K. Trabish • Dec. 3, 2020 -
California regulators to vote on state’s first renewable natural gas tariff pilot for Sempra utilities
The three-year program is aimed at accelerating the use of low-carbon RNG and developing supplies of the gas in the state and across the country.
By Kavya Balaraman • Dec. 2, 2020 -
Feds should look to states, universities for clean energy innovation model: National Academies panel
“Ecosystems” of clean energy innovation that have developed in certain cities or around universities could serve as a model for federal action, according to a panel of experts on driving energy innovation.
By Emma Penrod • Dec. 2, 2020 -
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Christie sworn into FERC, bringing commission to 5
Confirming the pair means that FERC will be a majority Republican body until June, when former Chairman Neil Chatterjee’s term ends.
By Catherine Morehouse • Updated Jan. 4, 2021 -
Opinion
4 strategies to rapidly scale clean energy in the next decade
To fully realize our shared climate goals and rebuild our economy, we must prioritize and enact policies to accelerate the national transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, the author writes.
By Cameron Bard • Nov. 30, 2020 -
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Taking Charge: Rep. Sean Casten on being the energy ‘nerd’ in Congress and prioritizing science over politics
“We have a PhD-level problem. And Congress is at a 6th grade reading level,” Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., said of working on clean energy policy on Capitol Hill.
By Catherine Morehouse • Nov. 30, 2020 -
Deep Dive
From Maryland to California and beyond, rate design innovations are boosting the energy transition
Success with time-of-use rates can allow utilities to start integrating more variable and distributed generation, leading to more sophisticated time-varying rates that allow for the further expansion of such generation.
By Herman K. Trabish • Nov. 25, 2020 -
Sempra utilities pitch demonstration program as first step to California hydrogen injection standard
The first proposed project would begin with a 1% hydrogen blend and could eventually increase to as much as 20%.
By Kavya Balaraman • Nov. 25, 2020 -
Permission granted by Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Treasury Department proposal prohibits banks from denying lending to energy, gun companies
The 45-day comment period is uncommonly short, but may allow the agency a brief window to issue the rule before the Biden administration is expected to take office Jan. 20.
By Dan Ennis • Nov. 24, 2020 -
California regulator approves fare-based autonomous vehicle services
The California Public Utilities Commission said the decision “establishes four goals” that apply widely to AV programs in the state, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants.
By Kristin Musulin • Nov. 23, 2020 -
Climate progress in power, 5 other sectors too slow to limit global warming: report
The World Resources Institute and ClimateWorks said efforts to bolster electrification and renewable energy must accelerate, while deforestation and agricultural production raised red flags.
By Chris Teale • Nov. 23, 2020 -
Ohio PUC Chairman Samuel Randazzo abruptly resigns four days after FBI searched his home
The FBI raided Randazzo’s Columbus home early Monday morning with a sealed search warrant thought to be connected to an ongoing investigation into political corruption and the bailout of two Ohio nuclear power plants.
By John Funk • Nov. 21, 2020 -
NYISO, others blast gas generators’ proposed fix to alleged price distortions in capacity market
Two gas generators are asking FERC to raise the floor price for state-subsidized resources in New York’s capacity market, similar to the commission’s ruling in the PJM Interconnection.
By Catherine Morehouse • Nov. 20, 2020 -
FERC proposes transmission rating reform, upholds PURPA, ISO-NE orders
Line ratings are considered a “tool stuck in limbo” by transmission experts that could help renewables waiting in long interconnection queues connect to the grid, while improving the overall efficiency of transmission lines.
By Catherine Morehouse • Nov. 20, 2020 -
EV industry optimistic for expanded tax credits, other policy wins under ‘car guy’ Biden
Electric vehicle advocates are tracking several pieces of legislation they say could be passed under a Joe Biden administration to boost transportation electrification efforts.
By Robert Walton • Nov. 20, 2020 -
Chatterjee congratulates Biden, Harris on election win in latest move toward FERC ideological center
Chatterjee has previously said that a Biden presidency would place him “squarely at the epicenter of the debate on the energy transition and climate change.”
By Catherine Morehouse • Nov. 19, 2020 -
New Jersey regulators partner with PJM in offshore wind transmission planning
The grid operator will initiate a new type of solicitation to attract developers to address New Jersey’s need to add 7.5 GW of offshore wind by 2035.
By Iulia Gheorghiu • Nov. 19, 2020 -
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States urge FERC to avoid further intrusions on authority in any future carbon pricing policy
Competitive power suppliers and natural gas interests, meanwhile, argued carbon pricing is the best mechanism for reducing emissions economically.
By Catherine Morehouse • Nov. 19, 2020 -
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Climate risks are accelerating. Here’s what Duke, PG&E and 16 other utilities expect to pay.
Utility Dive took a closer look at how climate risks are threatening utilities — and how much it’s going to cost to mitigate them.
By Utility Dive Editors • Nov. 18, 2020
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