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Senate Finance Committee reduces House IRA cuts, but few changes for wind and solar
Wind and solar projects must begin construction by the end of 2025 to qualify for the Inflation Reduction Act’s full 45Y and 48E tax credits in the Finance Committee's proposed budget bill.
By Diana DiGangi • June 18, 2025 -
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‘Shoulder season’ reliability a growing concern in ERCOT, other ISOs: Aurora Energy Research
Batteries, gas peaker plants and data centers will provide critical system flexibility by 2030 as load growth, aging infrastructure and weather volatility increase planning uncertainty, Aurora said.
By Brian Martucci • June 17, 2025 -
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TrendlineVirtual Power Plants
Virtual power plants and their ability to balance energy supply and demand are increasingly sought by utilities as electricity demand increases, but their lack of standardization remains a barrier.
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OpinionSenate: Don’t fumble the energy future
Ending clean energy tax deductions would limit power supply and raise electricity prices. It would be like sending a great football team to compete in the Super Bowl without cleats.
By Dean Granoff • June 17, 2025 -
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Microgrids keep the lights on for wildfire-prone California facilities
But federal tax changes under consideration in Congress could make microgrids more expensive for schools and localities that provide services during emergencies.
By Brian Martucci • June 16, 2025 -
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Batteries are making the grid more reliable: NERC
Last year in Texas, there were times when batteries provided all of the capacity for frequency regulation services, according to the watchdog’s 2025 State of Reliability report.
By Robert Walton • June 13, 2025 -
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OpinionSupercharging America’s power grid from the demand side
Microgrids with continuous AI-powered monitoring can significantly reduce the need for costly grid upgrades and lower the risk of power failures.
By James Richmond • June 11, 2025 -
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US utility-scale energy storage to double, reach 65 GW by 2027: EIA
The U.S. Energy Information Administration published its Short Term Energy Outlook on Tuesday, forecasting rapid growth in battery storage and a decline in gas-fired generation.
By Robert Walton • June 10, 2025 -
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MISO submits revised fast-track interconnection process for FERC approval
NextEra, Sierra Club and other groups say, however, that the Midcontinent Independent System Operator failed to work with stakeholders on the proposal as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission directed.
By Ethan Howland • June 10, 2025 -
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MISO resource outlook improves; surplus expected next summer
The potential surplus for the Midcontinent Independent System Operator ranges from 1.4 GW to 6.4 GW next summer, but uncertainty clouds the longer-term outlook, according to the OMS-MISO survey.
By Ethan Howland • June 9, 2025 -
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Tariffs to spike power generation costs: reports
Battery energy storage systems are especially vulnerable to tariffs, according to Wood Mackenzie and Anza Renewables. Data from the two firms showed a sharp increase in BESS costs last quarter.
By Brian Martucci • June 9, 2025 -
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OpinionLarge load tariffs have a problem. Clean transition tariffs are the solution.
These tariffs were designed to offer large loads access to renewable energy, but they could be expanded to baseload generation to remove at-risk generation from the utility’s books.
By Ben Hertz-Shargel • June 5, 2025 -
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House budget bill would kill 330K solar, storage jobs: SEIA
The Solar Energy Industries Association is lobbying the Senate to revise the House’s rollback of IRA tax credits during budget negotiations, citing estimated job losses in every state.
By Diana DiGangi • June 2, 2025 -
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Clean power deployments neared record in Q1, but development pipeline growth slowed: ACP
Utility-scale solar and energy storage have made inroads in the Midwest and South, but political uncertainty could quash the momentum, the American Clean Power Association said.
By Brian Martucci • May 30, 2025 -
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OpinionIRA tax credits spur construction, manufacturing in red and blue states
Repealing the Inflation Reduction Act could slow our ability to build more power generation and increase the risk of rolling blackouts and higher energy costs.
By Emmanuel Martin-Lauzer • May 29, 2025 -
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California could nearly double generation capacity using surplus interconnection: UC Berkeley report
The authors say about 16 GW of thermal capacity — dominated by gas — is operating below a 15% capacity factor, making it ripe for adding solar, wind or storage.
By Meris Lutz • May 29, 2025 -
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Vistra solar, battery projects in MISO face supply chain delays
Vistra asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for two-year commercial operation deadline extensions for projects in Illinois totaling 833 MW.
By Ethan Howland • May 28, 2025 -
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ABB launches BESS-as-a-service business model
ABB said BESS-as-a-service is “technology agnostic” and will support companies focusing on operational expenditures instead of capital expenditures.
By Diana DiGangi • May 27, 2025 -
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The Vistra fires and the truth about lithium-ion batteries
A technology exists to mass-produce safer lithium-ion batteries that can prevent disastrous battery fires, at potentially lower cost.
By Karl Littau • May 27, 2025 -
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House GOP budget ‘worse than feared’ for clean energy: analysts
The bill’s “unworkable” provisions raise barriers for projects to qualify for clean energy credits before an accelerated 2028 expiration, an industry association said. Jefferies analysts also called out its “intentional targeting” of residential solar.
By Brian Martucci • May 22, 2025 -
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SEIA estimates budget bill could wipe out almost 300K clean energy jobs
Legislation that passed the House Budget Committee could jeopardize 287 U.S. solar and storage factories, says the Solar Energy Industries Association.
By Diana DiGangi • May 20, 2025 -
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GOP supporters of IRA clean energy credits outline reconciliation bill recommendations
Fourteen Republicans asked to maintain the tax credit transferability mechanism through the phase-out period and make two other adjustments to the clean energy tax credit changes.
By Lamar Johnson • May 20, 2025 -
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OpinionAmerica’s climate brain drain is real — and it’s just getting started
While Washington debates the existence of climate change, countries like Germany, South Korea and the Netherlands are vigorously funding battery innovation, green hydrogen and next-gen energy storage.
By Joe Curtatone • May 20, 2025 -
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‘Rogue’ communication devices found on Chinese-made solar power inverters
The devices could give adversaries a way to disable power grids, damage energy infrastructure and trigger blackouts, specialists say.
By Robert Freedman • May 15, 2025 -
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OpinionResetting net zero: What next?
Governments, businesses and investors should seek to maintain long-term investment in competitive technologies while taking a proactive approach to sectors most vulnerable to the current slowdown.
By Adrian Del Maestro • May 15, 2025 -
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Electricity consumption is rising, driving solar, storage expansion: EIA
Battery storage capacity additions through 2026 are expected to outpace wind, small-scale solar and natural gas, according to the Energy Information Administration.
By Diana DiGangi • May 13, 2025
