Tag: clean energy

January 30, 2023

Over the past several years, we’ve seen a brave new utility model emerge. Renewables, smart meters, distributed energy resources (DERs), and so much more have had a profound impact on utilities and are fundamental to achieving our decarbonization goals. This […]

January 3, 2023

While 2021 provided its own share of extraordinary energy debacles, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 cascaded into full-blown energy turmoil. This year will begin with the world “in the midst of its first global energy crisis,” noted the […]

December 22, 2022

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE), the largest provider of the cleanest fuel for the transportation market, announced the opening of another renewable natural gas (RNG) fueling station that will provide an anticipated 1.4 million gallons of the clean fuel […]

December 15, 2022

Last year’s shocking winter heating prices are back with a vengeance: Natural gas heating costs are expected to rise 28% compared to recent winters. One in six households are already behind on their utility bills, and national utility bill debt […]

December 7, 2022

The Bureau of Land Management is ramping up the development of renewable power production on public lands, initiating the review of three proposed solar projects in Arizona that would add more than 1 GW to the grid and updating its […]

October 27, 2022

Disadvantaged communities in many parts of the U.S. are bearing the brunt of clean energy supply chain blockages that range from materials to labor, according to environmental justice advocates and utility officials. In marginalized communities, it is “substituting one kind […]

October 26, 2022

Utility company commitments to customer equity, energy affordability and equitable access to clean energy resources are becoming more common, but energy justice advocates say they’re not enough. Investor-owned utilities need to do more, these advocates say, to help low-income customers, […]

August 26, 2022

On August 16 US president Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act. According to the White House this new policy will lower costs for families, combat the climate crisis, reduce the deficit, and ask the largest corporations to pay their […]

August 15, 2022

The House of Representatives on Friday passed the Inflation Reduction Act, sending the bill to President Joe Biden, who said he plans to sign it this week. The bill contains tax, healthcare and climate provisions, including about $369 billion in […]

July 29, 2022

The Build Public Renewables Act passed the state Senate in June but was never brought for a vote in the Assembly. After the legislative session ended, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D, called a hearing when clean energy and consumer advocates […]

July 28, 2022

The unexpected inflation reduction legislation announced by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has lawmakers and clean advocates scrambling to read the 725-page bill. The sweeping bill includes nearly $370 million on energy and climate change initiatives. […]

July 25, 2022

Climate change has captured the world’s attention for decades. We’ve seen countless intergovernmental summits, worldwide protests, and documentaries on global warming over the years. Although momentum has been building across the public and private sectors, leaders are preparing for a […]

July 13, 2022

NYISO on June 21 asked FERC to approve a cost-sharing and recovery agreement, or CSRA, among New York’s investor-owned utilities, as well as tariff changes, for transmission upgrades that the grid operator said are needed to advance the state’s clean […]

July 5, 2022

Many states are working on regulatory reforms focused on utility performance, but some compromise approaches may be self-defeating, performance-based regulation, or PBR, consultants said. “A future power system that is affordable and optimally integrates clean energy requires changing the current […]

June 15, 2022

The new clean energy tracker aims to inform the public about Arizona’s clean energy progress, while confidential meetings with business leaders will keep regulators up to speed on future plans, according to Márquez Peterson. “For too long, there has been […]

June 8, 2022

Much is written and said about the “clean energy transition.” While it looks a little bit different for every utility, at its core the transition is about finding a flexible, reliable power supply that takes advantage of local clean energy […]

May 11, 2022

Slimming down its operations to improve the bottom line by focusing on transmission and distribution and separating out its generation assets had a small impact on Exelon’s net income in the first quarter of 2022. The change lowered first-quarter earnings […]

February 3, 2022

The Biden administration has made clear its intention to promote the transition to clean energy, setting ambitious goals like carbon neutrality for the power sector by 2035 and for the entire country by 2050. A critical step toward these goals […]

January 31, 2022

In 2021, the power and utilities industry tackled tough challenges, made measurable progress, and received clean energy encouragement from a new administration. As the US economy emerged from its pandemic-induced recession, electricity sales rose 2.4% through October 2021 over the […]

January 7, 2022

Idaho Power is among the latest utilities to accelerate plans to phase out coal generation, but its newly proposed IRP does not have the company on a path to meet its 2045 100% clean energy goal, according to Otto. The […]