SEC reiterates no scope 3 in final climate rule

Agency officials are starting to educate industry stakeholders and investors on the paused rule’s required disclosures while defending it in court.

By Lamar Johnson • April 10, 2024

FERC approves PJM’s $5.1B cost-share plan for transmission to be built by Dominion, others

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected arguments that Virginia should pay a larger share for projects driven by its data center policies.

By Ethan Howland • April 10, 2024

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Sustainability

Companies are pursuing increasingly ambitous sustainability goals around clean energy, but integrating rising amounts of renewables, minimizing environmental impacts, and achieving carbon reduction targets can be challenging.

By Utility Dive staff

Can Retail Choice 2.0 succeed where Retail Choice 1.0 (maybe) failed?

Retail Choice 2.0 is capable of unlocking more value than ever, through smart meters, telecommunications infrastructure, AI, electrified homes and even social media, enabling both real-time feedback and customer education.

By Allison Bates Wannop • April 9, 2024

South Carolina advances bill that could spur gas power for Duke, Dominion utilities, hamper solar

Renewable developers EnergyRe and Pine Gate Renewables urged lawmakers to require that utilities add about 8 GW of solar from approved integrated resource plans, with offramps.

By Ethan Howland • April 9, 2024

These 8 nonprofits got $20B from the Biden administration for local clean energy financing. Now what?

The “green bank” funds must be obligated by September amid efforts by Republican lawmakers to repeal the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

By Ysabelle Kempe • April 8, 2024

Building decarbonization goes beyond energy efficiency, US Green Building Council says

Other pathways like electrification, clean power and building grid integration can help owners and operators reduce building emissions, according to the U.S. Green Building Council.

By Nish Amarnath • April 8, 2024

SEC stays climate-risk disclosure rule as it works through legal challenges

The agency maintains that the regulation is within the agency’s authority and said it “will continue vigorously defending the Final Rules’ validity in court.”

By Lamar Johnson • April 5, 2024

Don’t count on FERC as the ‘big sugar daddy’ for new transmission, generation: Commissioner Christie

State utility regulators must have a central role in transmission planning and cost allocation, FERC Commissioner Mark Christie said Thursday. “You cannot cut states out of the process.”

By Ethan Howland • April 5, 2024

NRC should assess if its reactor licensing process adequately considers climate risks: GAO

The federal watchdog found that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s natural hazard assessments “do not fully consider potential climate change effects,” such as extreme heat, drought, wildfires and hurricanes.

By Brian Martucci • April 4, 2024

Grid reliability’s core challenge is governance, not a changing resource mix

An outdated and parochial oversight system is the biggest threat to U.S. grid reliability.

By Alexandra Klass, Josh Macey, Shelley Welton and Hannah Wiseman • April 4, 2024

Hawaiian Electric offers new incentives to customers with rooftop solar and battery storage

The company says it is streamlining programs for rooftop solar users to help the state meet its clean energy goals, but some customers could see smaller financial benefits.

By Patrick Cooley • April 3, 2024

New NRC licensing road map aims to add clarity for advanced reactor applications

The detailed guidance could “significantly reduce the regulatory uncertainty” for non-light water reactors submitting construction permit and licensing applications, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said.

By Brian Martucci • April 3, 2024

Biden administration awards $4B in clean energy manufacturing tax credits

The money from the 48C credit spans 35 states and is part of a slate of tax incentives funded by the Inflation Reduction Act.

By Kate Magill • April 3, 2024

Massachusetts commission recommends faster approvals of clean energy projects, infrastructure

The commission suggested the state issue a single, consolidated permit for clean energy projects and limit deliberation to a maximum of 15 months.

By Diana DiGangi • April 3, 2024

Supporting strategic end uses is key to making hydrogen hubs the building blocks to scale

We must deploy clean hydrogen strategically to decarbonize sectors of the economy that are hard to electrify and unlock its true potential to accelerate the phaseout of fossil fuels.

By Cihang Yuan and Daniel Riley • April 3, 2024

SEC asks 8th Circuit not to pause climate rule pending challenges

The agency said Liberty Energy and Nomad Proppant Services have “identified no imminent harm” that would justify halting the rule’s implementation.

By Lamar Johnson • April 1, 2024

IRS direct pay framework opens doors for tax-exempt entities to access clean energy credits

The U.S. Treasury Department’s final rule, issued under the Inflation Reduction Act, paves the way for organizations to receive more than 30% of a project’s cost in direct cash payments for clean energy investments.

By Brian Martucci • April 1, 2024

SPP capacity accreditation plan disadvantages clean power, threatens reliability, ACP, others say

The American Clean Power Association and other groups urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject the Southwest Power Pool’s latest plan to reform its capacity accreditation process.

By Ethan Howland • April 1, 2024

Don’t give up on green hydrogen

The reality is that we will never achieve a carbon-free economy without green hydrogen and green hydrogen carriers like ammonia, ethanol and formic acid.

By Clay Norris • March 29, 2024

MISO seeks FERC approval for new capacity accreditation process to bolster grid reliability

“The changing resource mix combined with extreme weather and shifting load profiles have created what the NERC has characterized as a ‘hyper-complex risk environment,’” MISO said.

By Ethan Howland • March 29, 2024

Efficiency, clean energy are options for meeting demand growth before gas generation: Energy Innovation

Texas has met its 2.6% annual demand growth with wind and solar, highlighting how clean energy can handle rising electric use, per the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.

By Ethan Howland • March 28, 2024

A new era of price-based demand response emerges, but utilities and regulators need proof of its potential

New load flexibility from price-based demand response programs could be invaluable if reliability and cost-effectiveness is confirmed in real-world operating conditions, stakeholders agree.

By Herman K. Trabish • March 27, 2024

Election year opportunities — and pitfalls — for emerging energy companies

Whether you are a renewable energy firm, energy manufacturing group, private investor in the space or other stakeholder, there are many ways you can become politically active and effective.

By Steve Roberts and Nicole Kelly • March 27, 2024

ERCOT to survey customers about cost of power outages

Responses will help regulators estimate the value of lost load and ultimately set a reliability standard for the Texas grid.

By Robert Walton • March 27, 2024

White House funds $6B to decarbonize US industrial sector

The Department of Energy offered grants for 33 projects in eight historically high carbon-emitting industries such as aluminum, concrete and chemicals.

By Joelle Anselmo • March 26, 2024