Category: Electric Utility

January 10, 2024

With billions on the line from the federal government and the potential for renters and disadvantaged communities to finally access clean, affordable solar energy, California’s three largest utilities are actively working to stop the California Public Utilities Commission from issuing […]

January 9, 2024

Washington law requires the state’s electric utilities to entirely abandon coal by 2025, achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, and use 100% renewable and non-emitting resources by 2045. For utilities looking to replace dispatchable fossil fuel generation, as well as meet […]

January 3, 2024

When VGrid Energy Systems hung its shingle, its plan was to sell renewable power sourced from agricultural waste to the grid. That plan has swung into play, but the California company’s team soon learned they could make more than clean […]

December 18, 2023

Growth in the solar power sector is being driven not only by ever-larger utility-scale farms, but also by growth in distributed generation. This smaller-scale use of solar energy is being supported as more homeowners and commercial and industrial (C&I) businesses […]

December 6, 2023

The two largest projects completed in the third quarter and connected to the grid were both 500 MW — an Enel Group project in Texas, and a NextEra project in Nevada, according to S&P Global. S&P Global also noted an […]

December 5, 2023

Achieving the Biden administration’s goal of decarbonizing the power sector by 2035 will require a slew of energy storage technologies beyond just lithium-ion batteries, and multiple players are bringing new technology solutions to the market to fill that gap. Lithium-ion […]

December 4, 2023

For more than a decade, the solar industry has rightfully focused on one objective: driving down the price of solar energy to make it an affordable, mainstream option for residents and businesses. In many ways, the industry has succeeded beyond […]

November 30, 2023

OPSI’s letter to PJM comes as the grid operator’s board is expected to vote at a Dec. 11 meeting on a roughly $5 billion package of transmission projects that are needed in response to data center load growth and power […]

November 30, 2023

U.S. utilities are at an interesting inflection point. Governmental and consumer pressure to decarbonize has propelled companies to accelerate their sustainability initiatives and introduce new business models. Although global warming is threatening all companies, the electric utility industry is arguably […]

November 28, 2023

With states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Hawaii beginning to execute their National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula program plans, utilities within these states are rapidly coordinating the electrical power requirements needed to support these public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. […]

November 22, 2023

With state approvals in hand, Invenergy is in talks with potential utility and corporate offtakers for capacity on its $7 billion, 5-GW Grain Belt Express transmission line set to run from Kansas to Illinois, according to Shashank Sane, executive vice […]

November 13, 2023

Across the country, families are increasingly struggling to pay their utility bills each month, with significant ramifications for health, safety, and customer equity. While utilities and regulators are aware of the problem and are working to help, potential solutions can […]

November 9, 2023

Utility companies will likely continue selling non-core assets and shares in their companies to avoid issuing equity as they prepare to spend billions on energy infrastructure, Moody’s Investors Service said Wednesday. “Some planned asset sales are driven more by a […]

November 6, 2023

“Dominion’s framework may be somewhat more appealing for an investor to potentially become a part owner of the project,” said Mike Doyle, a senior equity analyst for utilities at Edward Jones. However, Doyle said he was surprised to see Dominion’s […]

October 27, 2023

A survey of US utilities finds that nearly nine in 10 (88 percent of) utility executives reckon the energy transition is “extremely” or “very” important. Really, you have to wonder why the other 12 percent are still in their jobs. […]

October 26, 2023

In the first quarter of 2023, the benchmark installation cost per watt for residential solar across the U.S. dropped by 50 cents compared to Q1 2022, while utility-scale solar’s average installation cost per watt rose by 9 cents, the National […]

October 25, 2023

Public and private organizations in the U.S. commit around $200 billion each year to power commercial buildings and an equal sum for industrial energy. However, an estimated 20% to 30% of the nation’s energy resources are squandered annually, the DOE […]

October 23, 2023

Utility asset managers face unprecedented challenges as users demand more and more capacity, thousands of new renewable energy sources come online, and broad adoption of EVs and battery systems tax the world’s aging transmission and distribution grids. The once-revolutionary concepts […]

October 23, 2023

The complexity of the electric grid is quickly increasing. By 2027, 93% of US households are projected to have smart meters and electric vehicles will represent 23% of new passenger vehicles. Electric utilities are acting now to keep up with […]

October 9, 2023

SB 410, known as the Powering Up Californians Act, directs the California Public Utilities Commission to set average and target time periods for grid connections and upgrades. It is supported by several clean energy groups while Pacific Gas & Electric […]