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Harris County, Texas, sues EPA over canceled Solar For All funds
County officials say the loss of $54 million in clean energy grants jeopardizes staffing, planning and partnerships built around the program, forcing major adjustments to local operations and budgets.
By Robyn Griggs Lawrence • Oct. 14, 2025 -
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Interior denies canceling largest solar project in U.S. after axing review
A U.S. Department of the Interior spokesperson said the agency canceled a broad environmental review grouping together seven individual projects that make up the 6.2-GW Esmeralda 7 project, but could review each one individually.
By Diana DiGangi • Oct. 14, 2025 -
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TrendlineTop 5 Stories from Utility Dive
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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Sponsored by Hispanic American Construction Industry AssociationHACIA launches clean energy contractor incubator to support small and diverse businesses in Illinois
Illinois is moving full speed into a clean energy future—and HACIA is making sure small and diverse businesses aren’t left behind.
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The week in 5 numbers: Utilities make it rain, wildfire costs rage on
Plus a closely watched acquisition gets the green light, the U.S. renewable outlook shrinks and more
By Meris Lutz • Oct. 10, 2025 -
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Dominion issues RFP seeking solar, wind and storage PPAs
Dominion Energy spokesman Aaron Ruby said the company is seeking the power purchase agreements as part of its “‘all of the above’ strategy to serve growing power demand.”
By Diana DiGangi • Oct. 9, 2025 -
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Newsom signs 1 bill to speed geothermal approvals, vetoes another
The governor signed a bill which will streamline the approvals process for geothermal projects, but he vetoed one aimed at doing the same for geothermal exploration, citing fee increases.
By Diana DiGangi • Oct. 9, 2025 -
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Deep DiveGrid planners and experts on why markets keep choosing renewables
“If natural gas was the cheapest option to meet the peak, the markets would select it,” said Sean Kelly, co-founder and CEO of forecast provider Amperon and a former energy analyst.
By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 9, 2025 -
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IEA cuts estimate of U.S. renewables capacity growth by about 50%
The International Energy Agency expects global renewable power capacity will double by 2030, increasing by 4.6 TW, but anticipated U.S. deployments shrank by half since last year.
By Diana DiGangi • Oct. 8, 2025 -
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EPA sued for terminating $7B Solar for All program
“Instead of distributing the Solar for All funds as Congress directed, Defendants hastily and unlawfully terminated” the program, the plaintiffs allege.
By Diana DiGangi • Oct. 7, 2025 -
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Shareholder earnings shouldn’t be default source for wildfire costs: Brattle
“Utilities are tapped out,” an independent analyst said, but ratepayers' ability to bear additional costs is also waning — even as settlement costs grow.
By Emma Penrod • Oct. 6, 2025 -
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Government shutdown could delay clean energy guidance, permitting: report
Shutdown plans could become hard to implement as agency staffing levels “are significantly lower than at the beginning of the year," said sustainable finance company Crux.
By Lamar Johnson • Oct. 3, 2025 -
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The week in 5 numbers: DOE slashes clean energy funding following coal ‘investment’
Plus PJM’s data center woes, record storage deployment and new generation additions.
By Meris Lutz • Oct. 3, 2025 -
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Corporate procurement stabilizes renewable energy projects: CEBA
“The primary role of corporate offtake agreements [is] to mitigate the financial risk associated with earning revenue from the variable wholesale electricity market,” the Clean Energy Buyers Association said.
By Diana DiGangi • Oct. 2, 2025 -
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DOE cancels $7.6B in clean energy awards in states that voted against Trump
“Our democracy is badly broken when a president can illegally suspend projects for Blue states in order to punish his political enemies,” said Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
By Robert Walton • Oct. 2, 2025 -
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Utility conferences to watch in 2026
See our annual list of notable power-sector conferences where industry leaders will share knowledge in a rapidly-changing landscape.
By Meris Lutz • Oct. 1, 2025 -
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OpinionWhy utility-scale solar requires a smarter approach to predictive modeling
By augmenting manual energy forecasting processes with state-of-the-art digital tools, utilities can make better decisions faster, writes Tigo Energy Vice President of Software Archie Roboostoff.
By Archie Roboostoff • Sept. 30, 2025 -
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Democratic House bill would reverse Trump energy policies, bolster RTO oversight
The Trump administration is driving up the cost of electricity by creating barriers to clean energy investment to support higher-cost fossil fuel sectors, Rep. Sean Casten said.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 30, 2025 -
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Lawmakers urge PJM to take steps so clean energy projects can meet tax credit deadlines
“Either we have a resource adequacy issue or we don't — and I believe we do — so we need to be getting all of this energy online as quickly as possible,” Maryland Delegate Lorig Charkoudian said.
By Ethan Howland • Updated Sept. 30, 2025 -
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Georgia Power seeks 500 MW storage, possibly with renewable component
The resources should be online in 2028 at the earliest and no later than the end of 2031, the utility said in a draft request for proposals.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 25, 2025 -
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Revolution Wind to resume construction after judge grants injunction
The project’s developers are likely to succeed in their claims, and the project is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of an injunction, Judge Royce Lamberth ruled.
By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 23, 2025 -
Utilities are backtracking on climate commitments: Sierra Club
The report named six utility companies reversing course on emissions reductions: Entergy, Duke Energy, Evergy, Cleco, American Electric Power and Arizona Public Service.
By Robert Walton • Updated Sept. 23, 2025 -
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Data center demand drives 33% jump in VPP deployments: Wood Mackenzie
But virtual power plant capacity rose more slowly than deployments last year, highlighting barriers to broader adoption, WoodMac said.
By Brian Martucci • Sept. 22, 2025 -
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Clean energy jobs grew in 2024 but face policy threats: E2
Clean energy jobs outpaced growth in the rest of the energy sector as well as overall employment growth.
By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 22, 2025 -
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Mars signs solar PPAs with Enel to speed energy transition across supply chain
The confectionery company is teaming up with Enel North America on a trio of renewable purchase agreements estimated to annually generate 1.8 TWh from three Texas solar projects.
By Zoya Mirza • Sept. 22, 2025 -
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OpinionAI’s electricity demand is a challenge utilities can’t ignore, but subsidies aren’t the solution
Utilities need portfolios that balance renewables and natural gas with long-duration storage, writes Stefan Pastine, CEO of semiconductor materials company Thintronics.
By Stefan Pastine • Sept. 22, 2025
