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Electric utilities aren’t doing enough to address inequities in today’s power system, advocates say
How are companies, regulators, NGOs and others ensuring that the energy transition is equitable?
By Robert Walton • Oct. 28, 2022 -
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Engie buys 6-GW solar and storage development portfolio from Belltown Power
The deal for projects in PJM, ERCOT and other markets comes as Consolidated Edison, American Electric Power and Duke Energy move to sell their unregulated renewable energy businesses.
By Ethan Howland • Oct. 28, 2022 -
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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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Deep DiveBringing equity to electricity service through home, power sector and regulatory innovation
Individual homes can be upgraded, community solar can help to lower bills and regulators can broaden the public engagement process to be more inclusive, consumer advocates say.
By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 27, 2022 -
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National Grid, VEIR collaborating on superconductivity in transmission
Technology that can increase capacity on transmission rights-of-way is highly sought after as electrification increases.
By Stephen Singer • Oct. 26, 2022 -
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Deep DiveThe energy system is ‘inherently racist,’ advocates say. How are utilities responding to calls for greater equity?
Utility commitments to customer equity, energy affordability and equitable access to clean energy resources are becoming more common, but energy justice advocates say companies need to do more.
By Robert Walton • Oct. 26, 2022 -
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5 Walmart suppliers team up on renewable energy buy
Levi Strauss, J.M. Smucker and three others completed the first aggregated power purchase agreement under the retailer’s Project Gigaton, which encourages vendors to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
By Sarah Zimmerman • Oct. 25, 2022 -
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Georgia Power has overcharged customers nearly $1.9B since 2011, solar groups allege
Georgia Power’s complaint that net metering costs customers too much money is nonsensical in the face of the utility’s excessive profits, the Solar Energy Industries Association and other groups say.
By Emma Penrod • Oct. 25, 2022 -
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Texas solar and wind resources saved consumers nearly $28 billion over 12 years: report
Intermittent fossil-free generation reduces Texans’ exposure to volatile natural gas and coal costs as well as emissions, according to the report from energy system analysis firm IdeaSmiths.
By Elizabeth McCarthy • Oct. 25, 2022 -
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Sunnova urges California PUC to dismiss PG&E, SCE ‘sky is falling’ concerns, review microgrid proposal
“This is a real opportunity to examine what's going to be a fairly prevalent use case,” said Robert Perry, a consultant for World Business Academy, one of 16 organizations supporting a commission review of the plan.
By Ethan Howland • Oct. 25, 2022 -
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Duke Energy to pass first $56 million wave of Inflation Reduction Act tax credits to customers
The company owns several solar projects in Florida that qualify for retroactive tax credits now available under the Inflation Reduction Act, a company spokesperson said.
By Emma Penrod • Oct. 21, 2022 -
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BOEM to hold California offshore wind lease sale with 4.5 GW potential in December
How much revenue the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s unprecedented sale of leases off the Golden State’s central and northern coast can generate is an open question given the developing wind turbine technology at issue.
By Elizabeth McCarthy • Oct. 20, 2022 -
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Venture capital interest in solar, energy storage is soaring in the first months post-Inflation Reduction Act
Solar and energy storage remain hot commodities among investors, but high interest rates have slowed the flow of capital into solar companies, according to new data on renewable energy finance.
By Emma Penrod • Oct. 18, 2022 -
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PPA prices jump 9.6% in Q3 as growing demand hits supply chain, transmission roadblocks: LevelTen
While the Inflation Reduction Act has spurred greater excitement about renewable energy, it has yet to slow a 34% year-over-year increase in power purchase agreement prices, according to LevelTen Energy.
By Emma Penrod • Oct. 18, 2022 -
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Sponsored by PanasonicHow solar installers can leverage the IRA to boost business
The Inflation Reduction Act is set to spur a major wave of home electrification across the country. But, achieving this depends on the expansion of renewable energy like solar and battery storage.
Oct. 17, 2022 -
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New offshore wind best-practice guidance could speed project approvals, boost worker safety
The guidance will help provide greater transparency, consistency and certainty to the offshore wind energy industry’s regulatory process, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
By Ethan Howland • Oct. 13, 2022 -
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Connecticut energy and environment chief outlines updated clean energy plan on path to zero emissions
Filling unmet portions of previous solicitations with solar, developing transmission for offshore wind and adding energy storage and anaerobic digesters are the focus of the updated plan.
By Ethan Howland • Oct. 13, 2022 -
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CAISO calls for near-term power procurement, even with possible Diablo Canyon extension
The California Public Utilities Commission is considering requiring utilities and others to line up near-term power supplies to make up for project delays in earlier procurements.
By Ethan Howland • Oct. 11, 2022 -
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GM takes on Tesla, others; launches unit focused on energy storage, solar and vehicle-to-grid charging
General Motors hopes the new services will spur EV adoption while improving grid resiliency, it said as part of a broader business announcement Tuesday.
By Dan Zukowski • Oct. 11, 2022 -
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Duke Energy proposes green tariff for South Carolina customers seeking 24/7 renewables
Company leaders say the tariff, which could become a template for actions in other states, was prompted by a growing number of corporate customers who said they needed access to renewable energy 24/7.
By Emma Penrod • Oct. 10, 2022 -
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GE begins restructuring its onshore wind unit to adjust for ‘market realities’
GE confirmed that it has begun to “streamline” its onshore wind operations after reports of hundreds of layoffs and falling revenues.
By Emma Penrod • Oct. 10, 2022 -
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OpinionHow an unlikely trio helped secure billions for rural electric cooperatives
As rural communities watch wind and solar farms begin to dot their landscape, many want to ensure rural America can own, not just host, the clean energy transition, the authors write.
By Duane Highley, Ramón Cruz and Erik Hatlestad • Oct. 10, 2022 -
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EPA launches initiative to speed review of new chemicals for electric vehicle, clean energy sectors
The effort covers mixed metal oxides, which are a key component in lithium-ion batteries and can also be used in solar cells, wind turbines and other clean energy applications.
By Larry Pearl • Oct. 7, 2022 -
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Washington to launch carbon cap-and-trade program in January, with tie to California program possible
“This new program will help us decarbonize our economy, improve air quality, and put Washington at the forefront of the fast-growing global era of clean energy,” Gov. Jay Inslee said.
By Elizabeth McCarthy • Oct. 6, 2022 -
Duke Energy ups 10-year capital spending plan to $145B to modernize grid, move to zero-carbon generation
The capital investment plan puts it on track to meet or exceed its decarbonization goals, Duke says, but environmentalists remain critical of the company’s pace of change.
By Emma Penrod • Oct. 5, 2022 -
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Deep Dive97% of smart meters fail to provide promised customer benefits. Can $3B in new funding change that?
Interoperability standards can deliver “non-discriminatory access” to real-time data from new smart meters to fulfill promises of customer savings and other system benefits, energy managers say.
By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 5, 2022
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