TotalEnergies accepts $1B offshore wind buyout, pivots to oil and gas in US

Under the terms of the settlement, the company said it will invest an equal amount in the development of U.S. gas and power production and exports.

By Diana DiGangi • Updated March 23, 2026

Mass. governor orders state to pursue 15 GW of resources, including storage, VPPs

The executive order also calls for a review of existing gas and oil storage capacity and utilization, including how the Everett LNG import terminal helps meet the region’s energy needs.

By Robert Walton • March 17, 2026

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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. 

By Utility Dive staff

What technology, policy and energy-finance leaders all agree on

Risk, return and credible deployment pathways are key factors that infrastructure investors evaluate. Solar and storage meet these requirements, writes Brendan Bell of Aligned Climate Capital. 

By Brendan Bell • March 16, 2026

Revolution Wind comes online, Vineyard Wind 1 completes construction

The 700-MW Revolution Wind offshore Rhode Island is the third offshore wind project to start delivering power, and the 800-MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore Massachusetts is the largest so far to complete physical construction.

By Diana DiGangi • March 16, 2026

AI is making weather forecasts better

As AI improves the speed and accuracy of weather forecasts, there are implications for energy markets and cost impacts to the power grid.

By Aaron Foyer, Director, Research • March 16, 2026

Virginia legislature passes balcony solar bill

The bill allows Virginia residents to plug in a “small portable solar generation device” with a maximum power output of 1,200 watts.

By Diana DiGangi • March 12, 2026

New York needs more time to meet climate goals, Gov. Hochul says

“We just need some breathing room,” said Gov. Kathy Hochul, noting high cost estimates for compliance with the 2030 goal. “My job is dealing in reality. This is the reality I have.”

By Diana DiGangi • March 12, 2026

Germany’s RWE plans nearly $20B US investment, including gas peakers

RWE had put U.S. investment decisions on hold, in part due to tariff uncertainty, but officials credit the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year with jump-starting its plans to build fossil plants.

By Robert Walton • March 12, 2026

Appeals court upholds California’s net metering 3.0

“Petitioners do not sufficiently describe the benefits of the tariff that the Commission purportedly failed to quantify,” the court said. 

By Diana DiGangi • March 10, 2026

Arizona Corporation Commission ends state’s renewable energy standard

“The mandates are no longer needed and the costs are no longer justified,” the commission said.

By Diana DiGangi • March 9, 2026

The impact of renewable energy on the electric power grid

See how renewables are reshaping the power grid and the opportunities and challenges ahead.

March 9, 2026

Clean energy deployment alone doesn’t raise rates: CATF

Data shows that renewable standard portfolio and net-metering programs can raise rates, but clean energy deployed outside of these programs has no discernible impact, said the Clean Air Task Force.

By Diana DiGangi • March 5, 2026

Local control with reasonable county ordinances can support renewable energy deployment

The right regulations and permitting processes can help facilitate renewable resources facing county-level opposition, writes Claire Burch, a Clean Energy Leadership Institute 2025 fellow.

By Claire Burch • March 4, 2026

Declining solar, storage valuations drive increased M&A: Mercom

“When there is uncertainty, there are good deals to be had,” said Mercom CEO Raj Prabhu. “People are looking for late-stage, low-risk projects that are ready to go, and those are hot commodities.”

By Emma Penrod • March 3, 2026

Sunrun installation volumes fall in Q4 2025 as VPP capacity grows

Executives with the largest provider of residential solar and battery subscriptions in the U.S. said regulatory uncertainty and a business model shift impacted 2025 volumes and its 2026 outlook.

By Brian Martucci • March 2, 2026

California orders utilities to add 6 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2032

“Eligible new resources must be either zero-emitting or otherwise eligible under the [renewables portfolio standard] program,” according to the California Public Utility Commission order.

By Diana DiGangi • Feb. 27, 2026

Illinois’ new renewables plan compensates for OBBBA losses

The Illinois Commerce Commission approved a long-term renewable resources procurement plan with contract-level provisions aimed at reducing financial barriers to development.

By Diana DiGangi • Feb. 26, 2026

Massachusetts’ least-cost 2050 peak power mix is combustion-free: report

But a top official with a regional independent power producer group said the focus now, amid rising demand, should be on “energy addition, not retirement or replacement.”

By Brian Martucci • Feb. 25, 2026

Solar and wind PPA prices up 9% in 2025, set to continue rising with energy demand

Meanwhile, energy storage agreements have emerged as a fast-growing new product category.

By Emma Penrod • Feb. 25, 2026

ConEd eyes $38B in capital spending through 2030

The downstate New York utility company sees robust demand growth from electric vehicles and buildings amid heightened reliability challenges and affordability concerns.

By Brian Martucci • Feb. 24, 2026

Evergy’s capital spending plan jumps 24%, to $21.6B, driven by generation

Evergy this month signed electric service contracts totaling 1.9 GW with Google, Meta and Beale Infrastructure, with at least one more contract expected this year, company officials said.

By Ethan Howland • Feb. 20, 2026

Corporate clean energy buying fell globally in 2025, reversing trend: BNEF

“The U.S. is still the largest market, hosting a record 29.5 GW of deals, driven by Big Tech’s pivot to nuclear, hydro and geothermal,” BloombergNEF said.

By Diana DiGangi • Feb. 19, 2026

PGE in $1.9B deal to buy PacifiCorp’s Washington utility operations

The deal could yield system resilience, transmission and clean energy investment opportunities as well as new large load customers, Portland General Electric officials said.

By Ethan Howland • Feb. 18, 2026

Treasury issues FEOC guidance, clarifies material assistance cost ratio

The notice offers interim safe harbor guidance for calculating a project or component’s material assistance cost ratio, or MACR, and provides relevant MACR thresholds.

By Diana DiGangi • Feb. 13, 2026

DOE ‘does not have a plan’ for oversight of billions in energy funds: GAO

Since the IIJA appropriated about $21.5 billion of “no-year appropriations” for clean energy demonstration projects, DOE will “have an ongoing need to solicit and review applications for additional projects,” the U.S. Government Accountability Office said.

By Diana DiGangi • Feb. 12, 2026