Electric Utility, Public Utilities
March 18, 2024
Via: Utility DiveSouth Fork Wind, a joint Eversource and Ørsted project, began construction in early 2022 and installed its first monopile foundation in June. The project isn’t fully complete, as commissioning is still ongoing, but it is the first utility-scale offshore wind […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
March 13, 2024
Via: Utility DiveA coalition of electric utility, labor and other groups sent a letter to U.S. senators on March 5 asking them to support “compromise legislation” the groups say will help address a shortage of distribution system transformers while also improving the […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
March 7, 2024
Via: Utility DiveEverybody wants to improve low-income households’ access to solar energy, Derek Chernow, western regional director for the CCSA, said. But he argues it’s hard to encourage low-income participation in projects that don’t exist, and that the current structure of community […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
March 1, 2024
Via: Utility Dive“I think [the IRA] is going to be a little bit like Obamacare,” Whitehouse said. “To be a Republican you had to hate Obamacare, and you had to say that you wanted to repeal Obamacare, until a certain tipping point […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
February 29, 2024
Via: Utility DiveThe clean energy transition is progressing globally, with virtual power plants, which are aggregations of managed energy resources such as rooftop solar and storage, poised to emerge as a critical resource. Between 2023 and 2030, U.S. electricity demand may increase […]
Electric Utility, Miscellaneous, Public Utilities
February 26, 2024
Via: Utility DiveThe electric industry is in the midst of a fundamental transition toward clean energy driven by economics and the need to decarbonize the economy. Renewable energy has supplanted fossil fuels as the most economic source of energy. As technology for […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
February 23, 2024
Via: Utility DiveNew England utilities — including Eversource, National Grid and Avangrid subsidiaries — and state ratepayer advocates are at odds over a challenge to the way the region reviews and builds transmission projects to replace or upgrade existing infrastructure, called “asset […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
February 15, 2024
Via: Utility Dive“In particular, we were concerned about the infeasibility and cost of increasing the distributed solar carve-out. This would have added hundreds of millions of dollars a year in new costs onto our customers,” Ruby said in an email. “We worked […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
February 14, 2024
Via: Utility DiveState utility regulators are urging the PJM Interconnection and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator to bolster joint long-term interregional transmission planning between their footprints. “The transition from dispatchable thermal generators to intermittent, clean energy resources, and a surge in electric […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
February 14, 2024
Via: Utility DiveAmericans need power, and whether that electricity is supplied by traditional hydrocarbons or renewable technology, it must be transported through the long-distance high-voltage transmission lines that comprise the backbone of the energy grid. Whichever power source makes up this mix […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
January 23, 2024
Via: Utility DiveLast year was a challenging one for electric utilities: Share prices lagged broader market gains, supply chain constraints added costs and time to renewable energy projects, and electricity prices continued a 3-year rise. What does 2024 have in store for […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
January 22, 2024
Via: Utility DiveUnder the new joint venture — funded 60% by SK and 40% by Apex — the latter will oversee the construction and operations of the Great Kiskadee project, as well as future energy storage projects it will own. By combining […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
January 10, 2024
Via: Utility DiveWith 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 […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
January 9, 2024
Via: Utility DiveWashington 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 […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
January 3, 2024
Via: Waste360When 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 […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
December 18, 2023
Via: PowerMagGrowth 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 […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
December 6, 2023
Via: Utility DiveThe 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 […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
December 5, 2023
Via: Utility DiveAchieving 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 […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
December 4, 2023
Via: Utility DiveFor 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 […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
November 30, 2023
Via: Utility DiveOPSI’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 […]