Sacramento muni begins talks to join CAISO Energy Imbalance Market

Joining the Western EIM would save Sacramento Municipal Utility District customers $2.5 million annually, according to a utility report.

By Krysti Shallenberger • Oct. 24, 2016

Northern Pass transmission project moves forward with New Hampshire PUC settlement

Northern Pass will be allowed to operate as a public utility once its secures the federal and local approvals necessary for its project.

By Peter Maloney • Oct. 21, 2016

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Grid Resiliency

Utilities and grid operators are facing increasing threats from climate change as well as cyber and physical attacks, and are deploying a variety of responses to meet the rising challenges.

By Utility Dive staff

Clinton endorses linking US grid to Mexico, Canada in third presidential debate

In response to a leaked transcript of the Democratic candidate calling for a "hemispheric market," Clinton replied, "I was talking about energy."

By Gavin Bade • Oct. 20, 2016

How the coming boom in electric and self-driving vehicles will transform the grid

A new BNEF report imagines a world where fleets of autonomous electric vehicles provide services to the grid, but getting there requires utilities to be proactive. 

By Robert Walton • Oct. 19, 2016

Mexico grid operator considers joining western EIM

Mexico's El Centro Nacional de Control de Energia and California ISO will embark on a benefits assessment for market implementation. 

By Robert Walton • Oct. 19, 2016

Time & place: How a new locational DER metric helps utilities defer grid investments

Central Hudson is using a simplified valuation scheme to deploy pilots and integrate distributed resources into utility planning.

By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 18, 2016

EIA: Hurricane Matthew interrupted power to millions, but grid largely stood firm

The storm also briefly took some nuclear plants offline, spiking outage rates.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 18, 2016

Eyeing hydro imports, New York regulators call for transmission expansion

Congestion in western New York limits the state's ability to import Canadian hydro, an essential part of its plan to hit 50% renewables by 2030.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 18, 2016

Big Sky solar: On the long, hard road to net metering reform in Montana

Years of legislative wrangling have achieved little lasting reform, but recent utility talks behind closed doors could point a way forward.

By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 13, 2016

Sniper attack on Utah substation highlights grid vulnerability

A substation owned by Garkane Energy Cooperative came under fire last month, resulting in 13,000 outages.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 13, 2016

Southeast utilities avoid direct hit from Hurricane Matthew, but thousands of outages remain

About 550,000 remained without power in Duke's service territory on Sunday night, though most Florida customers had been restored.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 10, 2016

Maryland's REV: How utility regulators plan to tackle business model, DER reforms

New York and California have begun broad reviews of how the utility sector operates, but both those states operate their own marketplace. Maryland must deal with PJM, potentially complicating its transformation.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 10, 2016

Over 470,000 FPL customers without power as Hurricane Matthew skirts Florida coast

The National Hurricane Center downgraded the storm to a category 3, but it remains a threat to the southeast coast.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 7, 2016

EIA: US residential electricity prices set to decline for first time since 2002

But if gas prices follow EIA projections, the trend will likely reverse next year. 

By Peter Maloney • Oct. 7, 2016

The new offshore wind playbook: Inside the feds' plan to spur 86 GW by 2050

Rapidly declining costs and proximity to load centers are expected to help make offshore wind a major resource in the next decades. 

By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 6, 2016

Energy Future retail, generation units emerge from bankruptcy

Luminant and TXU Energy have emerged from Chapter 11, but the regulated side of Energy Future Holdings, which includes Texas utility Oncor, is still undergoing bankruptcy proceedings. 

By Robert Walton • Oct. 6, 2016

FERC trims MISO transmission returns

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission cut return on equity for MISO transmission owners to 10.3% from the previous 12.38%. 

By Peter Maloney • Oct. 5, 2016

All hands on deck: Growing energy storage in Massachusetts needs holistic overview of grid, markets

The Department of Energy Resources wants ISO-NE to create a working group to advance storage integration. 

By Peter Maloney • Oct. 4, 2016

How market forces are pushing utilities to operate nuclear plants more flexibly

Nuclear plants in Europe follow load; can U.S. plants follow suit?

By Peter Maloney • Oct. 4, 2016

APS joins Western EIM

Arizona Public Service claims its participation in the California Energy Imbalance Market will save customers up to $18 million per year.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 4, 2016

Duke to sell some shares of Atlantic Coast Pipeline project after Piedmont deal

The company completed its acquisition of Piedmont Natural Gas this week.

By Robert Walton • Oct. 4, 2016

Missouri utility pushes for changes to rate case process

Ameren Missouri told lawmakers there are $1 billion in infrastructure improvements it would undertake if rates were calculated on previous years' costs. 

By Robert Walton • Oct. 3, 2016

Duke-Piedmont deal clears final regulatory hurdle

The North Carolina Utilities Commission approval was the last hurdle left to move the deal forward. It is expected to close on Monday.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 30, 2016

Following New York's lead, Maryland targets electric distribution transformation

Utility regulators plan to zero in on renewables and electric vehicle integration, rate design and affordability.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 29, 2016

Boulder drops push for Xcel assets in new supplemental application

The plan calls for more than $265 million in spending to condemn some assets and construct others, but would not provide service outside the city limits.

By Robert Walton • Sept. 29, 2016