Reliant Energy offers Texans new '100% solar' retail power offering

The NRG-owned company will buy renewable energy credits, allowing it to market "100% solar energy" to its customers without building out its own arrays. 

By Robert Walton • Oct. 25, 2016

Arkansas' solar future hangs in the balance as PSC begins net metering review

A familiar debate is shaping up in Arkansas as regulators tackle compensation requirements for rooftop solar customers. 

By Krysti Shallenberger • Oct. 24, 2016

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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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Hawaiian Electric rolls out TOU rate pilot program

The utility is beginning to sign customers up for a rate program designed to incentivize the consumption of solar energy during midday hours.

By Peter Maloney • Oct. 24, 2016

Why Arizona's long-awaited value of solar schemes please no one

A year of hearings and a new recommended order leave the ACC right where it began — with utilities and solar at odds and an election looming.

By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 24, 2016

Bloomberg: Rooftop solar growth to stall next year

With tax credits now secure, the rush to install panels could be over for the moment.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 21, 2016

Leaked recording appears to expose deceptive utility strategy for Florida solar amendment

A recording released by the Miami Herald features a policy consultant describing Amendment 1 as a "little bit of political jiu-jitsu."

By Robert Walton • Oct. 20, 2016

Keep it simple, states: Community solar developers say complex regulations stifle growth

Community solar is supposed to be a renewable energy panacea, but developers say extensive rules could constrain deployment in major markets.

By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 20, 2016

Fitch: Battery technology set to disrupt oil industry, boost renewables, autos

A new report from Fitch Ratings warns of disruption from advances in battery technology, particularly in transportation. 

By Peter Maloney • Oct. 20, 2016

New Illinois interconnection standards could spur solar power

New interconnection standards in Illinois could spur solar power growth.

By Peter Maloney • Oct. 19, 2016

Proposal to slash solar net metering rates reels in large crowd in Maine proceeding

Echoing similar debates in Nevada and Arizona, the regulators have proposed to cut retail net metering rates. 

By Robert Walton • Oct. 19, 2016

Time & place: How a new locational DER metric helps utilities defer grid investments

Central Hudson is using a simplified valuation scheme to deploy pilots and integrate distributed resources into utility planning.

By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 18, 2016

Will FERC toughen standards for energy M&A? What's behind the agency's market power review

FERC wants to account for incentives to exert market power, not just companies' ability to do so.

By Peter Maloney • Oct. 18, 2016

Tesla, Panasonic announce joint solar panel production deal

The expanded panel production partnership is contingent on shareholder approval of Tesla's merger with SolarCity.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 18, 2016

Amid IPO rumors, Sonnen secures $85M in equity capital

The German storage company announced a new round of funding as Bloomberg reported it is considering an IPO filing in the next two years.

By Peter Maloney • Oct. 18, 2016

California military bases start sipping Arizona solar in largest government renewables deal

The purchase is part of a larger plan under which the Navy and Marines will source 50% of their energy needs from renewables by 2020.

By Peter Maloney • Oct. 18, 2016

SolarReserve proposes 2 GW concentrated solar plant with storage in Nevada

The CSP project would be the second in the U.S. with molten salt energy storage and would sell power into the California market. 

By Peter Maloney • Oct. 17, 2016

Sonnen taps AutoGrid software to broaden uses for its battery systems

The systems can be used as a virtual power plant and help customers participate in demand response programs.  

By Peter Maloney • Oct. 14, 2016

Xcel to replace 1.4 GW of coal with renewables, gas as Minnesota regulators approve IRP

Environmentalists praised most of the plan, but said new gas generation could be avoided with enhanced demand response and efficiency. 

By Peter Maloney • Oct. 14, 2016

BNEF: Green energy investments stall as renewable energy costs drop

Global investment in renewable power will be lower this year than last, but that doesn't mean less clean energy.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 14, 2016

US Navy, California energy agency to partner on renewable energy projects

The Navy and Marine Corps will lease more than 200 new electric vehicles and develop storage and solar projects.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 14, 2016

California lawmaker petitions FERC supporting Klamath River dam decommissionings

Pacificorp has filed an application with FERC to decommission four hydropower dams in the Northwest, the largest such removal thus far.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 13, 2016

Big Sky solar: On the long, hard road to net metering reform in Montana

Years of legislative wrangling have achieved little lasting reform, but recent utility talks behind closed doors could point a way forward.

By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 13, 2016

EIA: Carbon emissions from US power sector lowest in 25 years

Coal-to-gas shifting and mild weather across the nation meant U.S. emissions dropped to the lowest level seen since 1991. 

By Peter Maloney • Oct. 13, 2016

GE to move wind blade design in-house with $1.65B acquisition

GE officials said the purchase Denmark-based LM Wind Power will help them design cheaper, more efficient wind turbines. 

By Robert Walton • Oct. 13, 2016

Amid rancorous solar rate debate, APS first non-California utility to surpass 1 GW of solar capacity

APS says it has invested a total of about $2 billion in solar power.

By Peter Maloney • Oct. 12, 2016