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Department of Energy
Study: States can use ‘green banks’ to boost renewables, efficiency investments
Innovative and low-cost capital solutions will be required to meet new greenhouse gas emissions mandates, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.
By Robert Walton • July 21, 2015 -
MDU proposal for 21% rate jump, new solar fees faces close scrutiny
Solar advocates say changes to the utility’s net metering rules could stifle renewables growth.
By Robert Walton • July 20, 2015 -
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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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HECO launches community solar pilot project
Subscribers are expected to cut bills by 45% and HECO guarantees 80% of the savings.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 20, 2015 -
NV Energy wrestles with solar boom as state net metering cap looms
A new assessment shows the state’s net metering cap could be reached sooner than anticipated.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 17, 2015 -
Second ballot initiative emerges to challenge Florida’s solar choice measure
The group behind the new proposal says it supports solar, but would not allow for third party sales.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 17, 2015 -
Deep Dive
New software offerings help utilities boost community solar programs
Competition is heating up in the software-as-a-service field for shared solar.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 16, 2015 -
District of Columbia will get 35% of its power from wind with record Iberdrola deal
The nation’s capital will purchase the entire output of Iberdrola’s South Chestnut 46-MW wind farm in southwestern Pennsylvania.
By Robert Walton • July 16, 2015 -
Alabama Power seeks up to 500 MW of solar power
Over a six-year stretch, the utility wants to pursue a series of projects up to 80 MW each, for a total of up to 500 MW of renewable genration.
By Robert Walton • July 16, 2015 -
Deep Dive
How rate design can save utilities from the solar death spiral
TOU and RT rates can decrease revenue losses from solar, but can also hamper solar adoption.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 15, 2015 -
Federal appeals court upholds Colorado renewable energy standard
Law requiring 30% renewables does not violate Constitution’s commerce clause, the court found.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 15, 2015 -
Deep Dive
How DOE is remaking itself to help utilities modernize the grid
Now’s the time for utilities to take advantage of new partnership and research opportunities, the agency says.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 14, 2015 -
California struggles with gas capacity in summer heat
High temperatures and supply constraints led to CAISO issuing a call for urgent conservation earlier this month.
By Gavin Bade • July 14, 2015 -
Iberdrola breaks ground on first large wind farm in Southeast US
The 208 MW wind farm shows how new turbine technology is opeining new and unexpeted areas to wind development.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 14, 2015 -
TEP asks regulators to expand rooftop solar offerings, add community solar product
New solar programs would be added to the utility’s rate base and paid for through customer bills, if regulators approve.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 13, 2015 -
Clean Energy Collective lands deal for CPS Energy’s first community solar
CEC is building the first two community solar projects in Texas.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 13, 2015 -
Senate committee expected to consider wind tax credits
Backers of the solar and wind investment tax credit say it wasn’t intended to be permanent, but is still needed.
By Robert Walton • July 13, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Diary of a Grid Defector: How an energy reporter is going off the grid
In the first of a new monthly series, Robert Walton explores what life is like at the edge of the electric system, and how the revolution in distributed energy technologies is changing it.
By Robert Walton • July 10, 2015 -
CA utilities want distributed generation to count towards renewables mandate
SCE says not including distributed renewables “picks winners and losers,” and will drive up customer costs.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 10, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Inside Minnesota’s disputed community solar deal
No one seems completely happy about the deal to limit the size of community solar arrays, but the market is set to expand anyway.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 9, 2015 -
NV Energy buys utility-scale solar at record low price under 4 cents/kWh
Just last week, Austin Energy reported the cheapest solar buy ever, but that record didn’t last long.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 9, 2015 -
Boulder files with regulators to acquire Xcel assets in bid to form municipal utility
The application, filed with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, focuses only on serving customers in the city and does not seek to take over any generation assets.
By Robert Walton • July 9, 2015 -
Deep Dive
How the REV initiative is changing the way New York utilities do business
The investor-owned utilities in New York have proposed more than a dozen demonstration projects, but the biggest innovation may be in how they are embracing the need to create alternative revenue streams and change the way they do business.
By Robert Walton • July 9, 2015 -
Deep Dive
How the global fuel mix will transform itself over the next 25 years
The world is moving toward a new kind of power sector with renewables at the backbone of the grid.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 8, 2015 -
President Obama announces plans to make solar more accessible to middle, low-income customers
A new 300 MW target for federally subsidized housing, a new community solar partnership, and independent solar commitments are all part of the President’s announcements.
By Gavin Bade • July 7, 2015 -
Department of Energy
New York solar grew over 300% between 2011 and 2014
Between 2011 and 2014, New York’s solar capacity tripled, quadrupled or quintupled in every region of the state other than Long Island, according to officials.
By Robert Walton • July 7, 2015
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