Sustainability tops utility concerns, as SEU survey sees discrepancies on cybersecurity, stranded assets

Some 50% of utility respondents to Utility Dive's State of the Electric Utility Survey expect their organization to significantly increase the amount of grid-scale solar by 2030, a stronger forecast than for any other resource.

By Larry Pearl • Feb. 12, 2020

US trade commissioners find mixed results from solar tariffs expected for 2 more years

The analysis provided mixed results, as stakeholders prepare official comments for the tariff exemption on bifacial panels.

By Iulia Gheorghiu • Feb. 11, 2020

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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

To tackle climate change, it's all hands on deck in Virginia

In the absence of leadership from the White House, communities, businesses, advocacy organizations and elected officials at every level need to commit to ambitious action right now, three Democrat politicians in Virginia write. 

By Donald McEachin, Jennifer McClellan and Levar Stoney • Feb. 6, 2020

WoodMac sees challenges for onshore wind: 'Low hanging fruit has already been picked'

Solar may have fewer constraints than wind as a source of clean energy going forward, according to Wood Mackenzie. 

By Matthew Bandyk • Feb. 6, 2020

Who's afraid of 100%?

A lower-cost outcome is more likely if we commit to a 100% rather than just 80% carbon-free electricity sector as that will provide additional certainty for innovations and cost reductions, the Brattle Group's Jurgen Weiss writes.

By Jurgen Weiss • Feb. 6, 2020

New York aims to kick off solicitation for up to 2.5 GW of offshore wind in 2020

The proceeding would be the state's second large scale solicitation of the resource, and could lead to state procurements of up to 4.3 GW of offshore wind.

By Iulia Gheorghiu • Feb. 5, 2020

Q&A: GE CTO on adapting to the clean energy transition

Utility Dive caught up with GE Grid Solutions' Chief Technology Officer Vera Silva to discuss the shifting technology space in the utility industry, as well as short and long-term solutions for decarbonizing the power grid.

By Catherine Morehouse • Feb. 3, 2020

Xcel 'sees opportunities across our system' to change coal operations: CEO Fowke

The utility is "definitely looking at" dispatching its coal more intermittently across the Southwest, CEO Ben Fowke said during the company's Q4 earnings call.

By Catherine Morehouse • Feb. 3, 2020

ACEEE: Honolulu, NYC lead clean energy resilience plans

A study found few cities include comprehensive initiatives for energy efficiency or renewable power in their resilience strategies.

By Katie Pyzyk • Feb. 3, 2020

Utilities sign 5.3 GW wind PPAs in 2019, hitting new record: AWEA

Utility and corporate deals drove 8.7 GW of wind installations in 2019, according to the trade group.

By Iulia Gheorghiu • Jan. 31, 2020

At a crossroads: The connected future of EVs, solar, energy storage and software

The need for partnership across industries is increasing as the EV market continues to expand and challenge a static electric grid, driving industry forward to a clean, connected future, the authors write.

By Wes Doane and Lior Handelsman • Jan. 31, 2020

Fueled by flexible PPAs, corporate clean energy purchases surged to 19.5 GW in 2019: BloombergNEF

Analysts say the flexibility of power purchase agreements combined with more aggressive company clean energy targets helped drive a 44% year-over-year increase in corporate renewables deals.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 29, 2020

New Jersey outlines sweeping plans to achieve 100% clean energy by 2050

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said the state was not on track to meet its pollution reduction goals, prompting the release of his "Energy Master Plan" to slash greenhouse gas emissions.

By Matthew Bandyk • Jan. 28, 2020

Geothermal's surprise: Cheap renewables could keep states from achieving climate goals

Planners must think beyond the levelized cost for renewables to the value that each resource brings to the grid.

By Herman K. Trabish • Jan. 27, 2020

NextEra aims to capitalize on PTC extension, repower wind in 2020

The company missed its Q4 earnings estimate but its developer arm excelled, beating fourth quarter earnings from 2018, and increasing its pipeline of projects to the largest it's ever been.

By Iulia Gheorghiu • Jan. 27, 2020

NYC's roofs are getting a sustainable makeover, but is green or solar better?

It's been two months since New York's Sustainable Roof Laws, part of the Climate Mobilization Act, took effect. Now architects and officials must decide which system is best.

By Cailley LaPara • Jan. 24, 2020

When states pick expensive policies under the guise of 'states' rights,' consumers pay

The inconsistency between state choices and wholesale power markets has reached a boiling point, and it's time someone closed the lid, writes EPSA President and CEO Todd Snitchler.

By Todd A. Snitchler • Jan. 23, 2020

Proposed bill would include large hydro, nuclear in California's renewable portfolio standard

The proposed legislation would also temporarily suspend the state's renewable portfolio standard so utilities could focus investments on infrastructure and vegetation management.

By Kavya Balaraman • Jan. 23, 2020

Arizona Public Service sets 100% clean energy target, but doesn't rule out carbon capture for gas plants

Renewables advocates cheered the announcement but called for earlier coal closures and more specifics on community support, and for state regulators to set a 100% clean energy standard.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 23, 2020

2020 Utility Dive Outlooks: What's in store for coal, gas, renewables, DER and beyond

2020 promises to be another busy year across the U.S. power sector as the energy transition gathers more steam.

By Larry Pearl • Jan. 23, 2020

8minute forms equity partnership with Capital Dynamics for largest US solar + storage project

The facility will deliver 400 MW of solar and 1,200 MWh of energy storage to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power at a fixed solar cost under $0.02 per kilowatt-hour.

By Iulia Gheorghiu • Jan. 23, 2020

A path forward for New England to a low-carbon future: Why a capacity market still matters

Significant work remains to integrate state decarbonization policies into the ISO New England and its wholesale markets, the author writes.

By Dan Dolan • Jan. 22, 2020

FERC MOPR order may have 'paradoxically unintended consequences': PJM

FERC's December order "might have made the process more administrative, more uncertain than it needs to be," a PJM official told stakeholders in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.  

By Catherine Morehouse • Jan. 22, 2020

Rhode Island governor wants state to be fastest to 100% renewable energy

Democrat Gina Raimondo signed an executive order to have all the state's energy supplied by renewable sources by 2030, but NGOs and industry are concerned about the lack of a multi-sector approach or any legal backing.

By Larry Pearl • Jan. 21, 2020

US hit record $55.5B renewables investments in 2019

A slow start to 2019 ended with a flurry of offshore and onshore wind investments led by the U.S., China and Europe.

By Catherine Morehouse • Jan. 17, 2020