Electric Utility, Other Utilities, Public Utilities
July 28, 2022
Via: Power Engineering InternationalThe 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. […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
July 25, 2022
Via: PowerMagClimate 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 […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
July 13, 2022
Via: Utility DiveNYISO 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 […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
July 5, 2022
Via: Utility DiveMany 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 […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
June 15, 2022
Via: Utility DiveThe 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 […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
June 8, 2022
Via: Utility DiveMuch 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 […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
May 11, 2022
Via: Utility DiveSlimming 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 […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
February 3, 2022
Via: PowerMagThe 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 […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
January 31, 2022
Via: Utility DiveIn 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 […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
January 7, 2022
Via: Utility DiveIdaho 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 […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
November 22, 2021
Via: Power Engineering InternationalThe Senate must now take up the bill with moderate Democrats expressing objections to several key provisions. The White House released a framework of the bill last month. In total, the latest ‘Build Back Better’ budget reconciliation framework stands at […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
November 17, 2021
Via: Power Engineering SmartGridThe goals of the expansion are to ensure energy security and decarbonisation, improve customer services and prepare for future business models. The investment will be directed into offshore and onshore wind, solar, batteries, flexible generation and hydrogen energy technologies and […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
October 18, 2021
Via: Utility DiveA crucial new program stands at the heart of the climate investments in Congress’s high-stakes negotiations around a trillion dollar budget reconciliation package. The Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP) is an innovative policy that’s a key piece of our once-in-a-generation […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
September 30, 2021
Via: PowerMagThe energy industry has been going through a revolution, and more and more businesses are looking to transition from non-renewable fossil fuel energy sources such as coal and oil to renewable energy sources like solar, wind and hydroelectric energy. There […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
September 20, 2021
Via: Power Engineering SmartGridThe government-led coalition says the world should get used to blackouts or risk reverting to fossil fuel as calls to scale up long-duration storage to support fast-growing solar and wind energy sources ramp up. The International Forum on Pumped Storage […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
August 16, 2021
Via: Utility DiveThe ACC voted to hire Ascend Analytics in April, just before ending a three-year collaborative process to transition the state’s generation to 100% clean resources. But utilities have set their own decarbonization goals, and the new analysis can help regulators […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
August 10, 2021
Via: Greentech MediaWe’re at a new phase of the clean energy transition. Extreme heat, drought and floods are increasing in frequency. Public attention on clean energy is stronger than ever. The Biden Administration is putting zero-carbon energy at the core of its […]
Other Utilities, Public Utilities
June 24, 2021
Via: PowerMagMichigan’s largest energy provider Consumers Energy will stop using coal as a fuel source for power generation within the next four years—15 years earlier than previously planned. In an updated integrated resource plan (IRP) filed with the Michigan Public Service […]
Basic Services, Electric Utility, Public Transport, Public Utilities
June 2, 2021
Via: Utility DiveSB 448, introduced by state Sen. Chris Brooks, a Democrat from Las Vegas, advances Nevada’s goal to reach 100% carbon-free resources by 2050, set in a 2019 bill that also raised the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard to 50% by 2030. […]
Electric Utility, Public Utilities
April 2, 2021
Via: Power Engineering SmartGridFor the electricity industry, the investment would be impressive at about $406 billion, and would help support many of the clean energy, grid modernization, and electrification goals that many utilities have in place today. Further, it would jump start the […]