Solving your complex billing gateway problem | solar & beyond

Traditional CIS systems do not have the ability to handle either the quantity nor the complexity of rating and billing smart grid-based dynamic pricing.

By Kumar Parameswarn, Executive Vice President, Hansen Technologies • Feb. 19, 2019

Ameren files $6.3B grid transformation plan with Missouri regulators

The largest line item in the proposal is a $1.9 billion investment in "smart, reliable grid operations," which covers a wide range of initiatives, including distributed solar and energy storage.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 19, 2019

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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

Vineyard Wind submits 1,200 MW proposal to New York's 800 MW offshore wind RFP

The New York State Energy Research and Development authority received 18 bids from four companies for its inaugural offshore wind solicitation.

By Iulia Gheorghiu • Feb. 15, 2019

Pennsylvania prods utility investment in charging as part of EV growth plan

If three in 10 vehicles on the roads were electric, the state could gain almost $2.8 billion in benefits, according to the Department of Environmental Protection.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 15, 2019

As New York utilities file storage plans, interconnection hurdles loom

Utilities laid out "reasonable" timelines for procuring the rights to schedule and dispatch storage by 2022, but NYISO needs to address the long interconnection process, according to industry-focused coalition NY-BEST.

By Iulia Gheorghiu • Feb. 14, 2019

Murkowski 'frustrated' by FERC impasse, pushes White House for nominees

The chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee said some issues are "perhaps deadlocked right now" due to a vacancy on the commission, but said the White House has not communicated about potential nominees.

By Gavin Bade • Feb. 14, 2019

Hawaiian Electric works against the clock to add storage, renewables

While the utility is eager to secure new generation to replace retiring plants, state regulators have hit pause on the process while they consider how to move forward and prepare guidance for the utility.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 13, 2019

Dominion to halve emissions from gas infrastructure in next decade

Renewable energy advocates were unimpressed by the commitment, saying the best way for Dominion to reduce methane emissions is to stop building pipelines.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 13, 2019

Glick calls for 'new approach' to capacity markets in wide-ranging NARUC talk

The FERC regulator’s hour-long address contrasted with that of his colleague Commissioner Bernard McNamee, who spoke for 11 minutes and addressed no specific policy issues.

By Gavin Bade • Feb. 13, 2019

Consumers in retail competition markets saved $300B over the past decade, trade group says

Traditional monopoly environments leave consumers to absorb the costs of declines in plant utilization, the Retail Energy Supply Association finds in a new report.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 12, 2019

Minnesota's case study: Investing in utility upgrades to boost energy efficiency

The state's Department of Commerce worked with stakeholders to better understand how to encourage over 100 utilities to take advantage of an energy efficiency incentive.

By Iulia Gheorghiu • Feb. 11, 2019

With 288 storage and generation projects lined up, California eases interconnection process

The California ISO Board of Governors approved network upgrade definitions, minimum acceptance criteria and validation procedures for interconnection requests, as a result of a year-long stakeholder process.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 8, 2019

All PG&E customers at risk of proactive shutoffs under proposed fire mitigation plan

All California utilities submitted their plans Wednesday, and critics of PG&E say the expanded shutoff policy is ineffective and necessitated by the utility's "repeated criminal behavior."

By Robert Walton • Feb. 8, 2019

New York regulators move to address Con Edison's moratorium on new gas service

The PSC has approved $223 million in measures to lower gas demand on ConEd's system and will hold a public meeting Feb. 13 to review the changing market conditions behind the utility's action.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 8, 2019

Oncor teams with IBM to streamline vegetation management and reduce outages

Vegetation overgrowth is a leading cause of service interruption for utility companies and has been a key issue for Pacific Gas & Electric, whose equipment has been linked to several of California's recent wildfires.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 6, 2019

Michigan Gov cites extreme weather, Consumers gas shortage in signing clean energy order

Gretchen Whitmer, D, committed the state to the U.S. emissions reduction target under the Paris Climate Agreement, noting the urgency of her actions in the context of extreme weather events last week.

By Catherine Morehouse • Feb. 5, 2019

Massachusetts opens revenue stream to advance solar-plus-storage

Regulators issued orders to clarify net metering and capacity ownership rights for such projects, which are expected to unlock the potential of a commercial storage market in the state.

By Iulia Gheorghiu • Feb. 5, 2019

Atlantic Coast Pipeline delayed to 2020, Dominion adds $1B to cost estimate

The company has requested a hearing before the full 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on permits a court panel rejected in December and says it has options that could include legislation or a battle in the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 4, 2019

Moving beyond business as usual to a resilient power system for California

PG&E's bankruptcy provides an opportunity for new legislation that would shift our energy system to one that doesn't rely on remote power generation requiring thousands of miles of expensive, inefficient and dangerous transmission lines.

By John Sarter • Feb. 4, 2019

Deloitte: Nation states, organized crime and angry employees threaten utility cybersecurity

The electric utility sector faces growing threat of cyber attacks as technology and a more distributed grid increase access points, according to a new report.

By Robert Walton • Feb. 1, 2019

Consumers urges Michiganders to reduce gas usage after compressor station fire

The gas service disruption came as the Polar Vortex battered the Midwest and White House officials consider emergency action on gas infrastructure.

By Gavin Bade • Jan. 31, 2019

Judge says PG&E violated probation, citing 'clear pattern' of fire ignitions

"Does a judge turn a blind eye and let PG&E continue what you're doing, let you keep killing people?" William Alsup asked the company in a court hearing Wednesday, the Mercury News reported.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 31, 2019

Texas lawmaker pushes for pipeline safety after deadly gas leak explosion

Rep. Rafael Anchia, D, filed a series of bills to increase oversight of natural gas pipelines in the state. Industry lobbyists are already in opposition.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 30, 2019

Southwest Power Pool to launch reliability coordinator service as part of 2019 priorities

The regional transmission operator, which has served as a reliability coordinator in the East for more than two decades, scheduled RC services in the West to go live in December.

By Robert Walton • Jan. 30, 2019

Blue state environmental wave grows as New Mexico governor signs clean energy order

The order directs state agencies to set a variety of standards for emissions, energy efficiency and infrastructure, targeting a 45% reduction in carbon emissions below 2005 levels by 2030.

By Catherine Morehouse • Jan. 30, 2019