1789 articles by Herman K. Trabish

• Biden ‘EV revolution’ delayed as utilities, carmakers await critical IRS guidance on Inflation Reduction Act

  March 17, 2023

• Treasury Department guidance urgently needed to tap IRA’s clean energy ‘gold mine,’ analysts say

  March 16, 2023

• Duke, APS planning reforms show ways to work with stakeholders to meet emerging power system needs

  Feb. 28, 2023

• New power system cybersecurity architectures can be ‘vaults’ against insider attacks, analysts say

  Feb. 17, 2023

• ‘No regrets’ approach to big batteries, green hydrogen and grid reliability urgently needed, analysts say

  Jan. 31, 2023

• 3 big advances coming as distributed energy resources take newer, bigger roles in 2023

  Jan. 23, 2023

• Transmission as a reliability and affordability strategy drives CAISO and SPP regional market ambitions

  Dec. 12, 2022

• High electricity rates impede crucial but costly technology investments to manage rising DER levels: utilities

  Nov. 29, 2022

• US can reach 100% clean power by 2035, DOE finds, but tough reliability and land use questions lie ahead

  Nov. 15, 2022

• Putin-focused and other hacks of charging stations drive new cybersecurity steps for an EV boom

  Nov. 8, 2022

• As FERC’s transmission proposal sparks clashes, potential solutions emerge from MISO, elsewhere

  Nov. 7, 2022

• Bringing equity to electricity service through home, power sector and regulatory innovation

  Oct. 27, 2022

• 97% of smart meters fail to provide promised customer benefits. Can $3B in new funding change that?

  Oct. 5, 2022

• Real-time pricing, new rates and enabling technologies target demand flexibility to ease California outages

  Sept. 13, 2022

• DOE to attack CO2 emissions with billions in funding from inflation reduction, infrastructure laws

  Aug. 22, 2022

• NextEra’s ‘game-changing’ Real Zero emissions goal spurs questions about hydrogen, demand-side management

  Aug. 3, 2022

• Biden executive order on power system cybersecurity leaves critical operations vulnerable, experts say

  July 25, 2022

• High energy prices, Ukraine war and rising demand response potential spur energy efficiency efforts

  July 11, 2022

• Upheaval in utility regulation emerging nationally as Hawaii validates a performance-based approach

  July 5, 2022

• Rethinking California distribution system operations and grid services markets for a high-DER future

  June 7, 2022

• 'Dramatic shift' in utility regulations, better pilot designs needed to propel energy transition, DOE report finds

  May 31, 2022

• California's 'affordability crisis' attracts innovative ratemaking and regulatory proposals

  May 19, 2022

• The fight for a national clean energy transmission system emerges on three fronts

  May 3, 2022

• Reliability concerns drive need for energy market design reforms, but regions diverge in FERC proceeding

  April 11, 2022

• Ukraine war could extend bump in US coal use, but utilities remain confident in decarbonization path

  March 24, 2022

• Texas just dodged a repeat of 2021 outages, but its power sector has a long way to go, analysts say

  Feb. 25, 2022

• Utility regulators eye new tools to ensure equity efforts don't impinge on other policy goals

  Feb. 21, 2022

• Breakthroughs in generation and system integration are driving the utility of the future, analysts say

  Jan. 31, 2022

• 2022 Outlook: A new recognition is coming of rate design's critical role in the energy transition

  Jan. 19, 2022

• Duke, SCE, other grid modernization proposals faced big cost questions, more regulator scrutiny in 2021

  Jan. 4, 2022

• New York’s landmark Reforming the Energy Vision framework remains both vital and unfinished, analysts say

  Dec. 9, 2021

• Pricing carbon is vital to US climate goals and politically unlikely, but there is another way, analysts say

  Nov. 24, 2021

• Changing climate and electricity mix renew region-wide power market ambitions for the 'Wild West'

  Nov. 15, 2021

• Unlocking the Transition: As Tesla, Ford and others invest billions in EVs, will the power system be ready?

  Nov. 3, 2021

• As California's solar net metering battle goes to regulators, a focus on reliability may be the best answer

  Oct. 1, 2021

• State, federal actions show growing push for a nuclear role in reaching net zero emissions

  Sept. 28, 2021

• Advancing the energy transition requires an honest discussion of costs, outages and land, analysts say

  Sept. 20, 2021

• Key regulatory decision leaves California reliability issues unresolved, aggravates tensions

  Sept. 8, 2021

• The US power sector is halfway to net zero emissions, but it gets harder now, analysts say

  Aug. 4, 2021

• Gridlock in transmission queues spotlights need for FERC action on planning

  July 19, 2021

• 'Doesn't make sense': Analysts pan omissions in MISO's first electrification impact analysis

  July 13, 2021

• As utilities risk missing carbon reduction targets, analysts stress need for organizational change

  July 1, 2021

• Xcel's record-low-price procurement highlights benefits of all-source competitive solicitations

  June 1, 2021

• Record wildfire threats mean California must pick when and where to fight, utilities, analysts, CalFire agree

  May 27, 2021

• 'A terrible idea': Texas legislators fight over renewables' role in power crisis, aiming to avert a repeat

  May 17, 2021

• As utilities match CCAs on price, aggregators increase climate action, grow economies of scale to compete

  May 4, 2021

• Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan meets power system needs but leaves room for political dealing

  April 28, 2021

• California's dilemma: How to control skyrocketing electric rates while building the grid of the future

  April 26, 2021

• As Biden targets 100% clean electricity, strategies emerge to reliably integrate rising renewables

  April 19, 2021

• Amid rising rooftop solar battles, emerging net metering alternatives could shake up the sector

  March 18, 2021

• 'A total mindshift': Utilities replace gas peakers, 'old school' demand response with flexible DERs

  March 8, 2021

• Texas must increase ties to the national grid and DER to avoid another power catastrophe, analysts say

  March 2, 2021

• Possible hundreds of billions in US power sector securitizations spur ratepayer protection debate

  Feb. 22, 2021

• Arizona showdown: Lawmakers face regulators in fight over zero-emissions mandate

  Feb. 10, 2021

• Want a more distributed and lower cost power system? Try this new planning tool

  Jan. 28, 2021

• Hawaii finalizes utility regulation considered potential template for US power system transformation

  Jan. 19, 2021

• 2021 Outlook: The DER boom continues, driving a 'reimagining' of the distribution system

  Jan. 12, 2021

• Two barriers to utility and customer savings with flexible loads and how regulators can help

  Jan. 6, 2021

• Want to know how to pick an energy market? Watch the Mountain West power providers

  Jan. 4, 2021

• The search for the next net metering policy takes center stage in California

  Dec. 23, 2020

• APS's plan for closing coal plants could be a gamechanger, analysts say, but who will pay?

  Dec. 18, 2020

• Utility customers owe up to $40B in COVID-19 debt, but who will pay it?

  Dec. 3, 2020

• ​From Maryland to California and beyond, rate design innovations are boosting the energy transition

  Nov. 25, 2020

• Transmission troubles? A solution could be lying along rail lines and next generation highways

  Nov. 12, 2020

• Election 2020: Xcel Energy, municipalization advocates face off in Boulder

  Oct. 30, 2020

• As conflict rises over utility DER ownership, a Duke Florida program could offer a way forward

  Oct. 23, 2020

• Demand response failed California 20 years ago; the state's recent outages may have redeemed it

  Sept. 28, 2020

• Politics disrupts San Diego's pursuit of an energy transition partner amid dissatisfaction with SDG&E

  Sept. 18, 2020

• Duke-solar industry breakthrough settlement aims to end rooftop solar cost shift debates

  Sept. 16, 2020

• FERC summit highlights reliability concerns for renewables + storage, but has California found a solution?

  Sept. 3, 2020

• As utility collaboration with charging companies rises, emerging differences could impede EV growth

  Aug. 31, 2020

• Ensuring DER inclusion in capacity markets may require a rethink of resource adequacy

  Aug. 24, 2020

• Propelling the transition: Green hydrogen could be the final piece in a zero-emissions future

  Aug. 17, 2020

• Audit of Hawaiian Electric sends a postcard about the future of regulation

  July 13, 2020

• Momentum grows for piloting Netflix-like fixed subscription rates, but not everyone's on board

  July 7, 2020

• Battery energy storage is getting cheaper, but how much deployment is too much?

  June 30, 2020

• The 3 key challenges to expanding the West's real-time energy market to day-ahead trading

  June 3, 2020

• As utilities tackle immediate COVID-19 impacts, analysts stress need to focus beyond the pandemic

  May 20, 2020

• Colorado Tri-State ruling could provide co-op exit template amid rising tensions with G&T providers

  May 13, 2020

• As extreme weather spurs billions in utility resilience spending, regulators struggle to value investments

  April 25, 2020

• 84 GW US renewables+storage pipeline has developers anxious for market integration rules

  April 23, 2020

• Increasing renewables and DER demand new reliability approach, but California is falling short, groups say

  April 15, 2020

• BlackRock, Morgan Stanley to utilities: Tackle climate-related risks or lose market value

  April 6, 2020

• Cheapest is not always best: Concentrated solar power could beat lower price PV with new market rules

  March 26, 2020

• PG&E, SCE abandon big microgrid plans for temporary emergency measures as wildfire season nears

  March 23, 2020

• A red state template for 100% renewables? Utah bill unites Rocky Mountain Power, cities and activists

  March 17, 2020

• Green Mountain Power's pioneering steps in transactive energy raise big questions about DER's value

  March 4, 2020

• Green hydrogen gets real as utility business models and delivery solutions emerge

  March 2, 2020

• Slowed pay-off from billions in AMI investment puts the technology's future in doubt

  Feb. 20, 2020

• Geothermal's surprise: Cheap renewables could keep states from achieving climate goals

  Jan. 27, 2020

• 2020 Outlook: New state action on customer empowering rate designs and business models

  Jan. 23, 2020

• Making the case for billion-dollar investments in grid modernization by answering 3 key questions

  Jan. 6, 2020

• Tax credit, net metering declines strike distributed solar, but falling costs, storage offer new hope

  Dec. 19, 2019

• Investigations of ComEd, Exelon lobbying threaten Illinois energy transition

  Dec. 17, 2019

• Can new transmission tech boost capacity and save billions? Two proposals aim to find out

  Dec. 3, 2019

• New money: Green banks and green bonds are bringing billions to utilities for the energy transition

  Nov. 19, 2019

• How does AI improve grid performance? No one fully understands and that's limiting its use

  Nov. 14, 2019

• In the 'cat and mouse game' of utility cyberattacks, AI and machine learning show promise, limits

  Nov. 7, 2019

• California may be a climate leader, but it could be a century behind on its carbon goals: study

  Oct. 29, 2019

• Utilities' failure to plan for DER surge promises missed opportunities, increased costs, analysts say

  Oct. 24, 2019

• EV charging promises a demand response bonanza for utilities, if they can handle it

  Oct. 18, 2019

• US wind, solar finance alternatives rise as sector rushes against looming tax credit expiration

  Oct. 15, 2019

• As CCAs take over utility customers, local renewable generation emerges as the next big growth driver

  Oct. 8, 2019

• 3 state commissions upending the way utilities do business

  Oct. 2, 2019

• California wants a carbon-free economy by 2045: Can floating offshore wind help it get there?

  Sept. 25, 2019

• Northeastern utilities aim to 'crush and flatten' system peaks as DERs boost grid efficiency

  Sept. 23, 2019

• As utilities scramble to manage explosive DER growth, is power grid autonomy a solution?

  Sept. 11, 2019

• The unknown costs of a 100% carbon-free future

  Sept. 3, 2019

• PG&E may answer the billion dollar grid modernization question

  Aug. 26, 2019

• What will electricity pricing look like in 2040?

  Aug. 21, 2019

• Everyone loves a guaranteed discount: New financing approach drives community solar growth

  Aug. 15, 2019

• Renewables' variability sends wary utilities from traditional DR to DER and load flexibility

  Aug. 14, 2019

• Hollywood's next star could be virtual power plants as LADWP closes out natural gas

  Aug. 13, 2019

• As co-ops struggle with stranded fossil fuel assets, Tri-State may finally embrace the energy transition

  Aug. 7, 2019

• Harvesting hybrid solutions from performance-based rates: 'Not all or nothing'

  July 24, 2019

• Performance-based regulation: Seeking the new utility business model

  July 23, 2019

• Solar + wind + storage developers 'gearing up' as hybrid projects edge to market

  July 9, 2019

• The new kid on the block: CCAs face credit, other challenges to lead California's renewable energy growth

  July 8, 2019

• Diversifying the Northeast power mix: Is offshore wind + storage key to the region's reliability?

  July 2, 2019

• The rise of EVs could overwhelm the grid, but PG&E has a better plan

  June 13, 2019

• With new transmission urgently needed, FERC Chair hints at a new Order 1000 proceeding

  May 31, 2019

• Securitization fever: Renewables advocates seize Wall Street's innovative way to end coal

  May 28, 2019

• Want to know if California can make zero emissions by 2045? Here's what to watch

  May 21, 2019

• Florida's solar turnaround sparks concerns over limits on community projects

  May 9, 2019

• ERCOT's reliability anxiety: Energy groups square off on what's to blame

  April 30, 2019

• Utility buy of DER providers: A perfect match or a problematic combination?

  April 29, 2019

• As California utilities falter, legislators, governor back 'tower of finance' solution to wildfire costs

  April 26, 2019

• Utilities, charger vendors find interconnection best practices to propel EV growth

  April 22, 2019

• Renewable procurement gaps pose risk for California's climate goals, but what solution is best?

  April 15, 2019

• Floating solar offers unique bargains — U.S. utilities are missing out

  April 4, 2019

• As 100% renewables goals proliferate, what role for utilities?

  April 2, 2019

• The biggest numbers game in the power sector: Data analytics and the utility community of the future

  March 25, 2019

• A utility regulatory process for the 21st century gets a test run in Hawaii

  March 19, 2019

• As US solar expands, states increasingly tackle compensation and community project complexities

  March 14, 2019

• Enabling storage integration through market-driven procurements

  Feb. 25, 2019

• De-energize and DERs: The tough options wildfires pose for California utilities

  Feb. 20, 2019

• Winning in a more distributed energy world: 3 steps to utility success

  Feb. 12, 2019

• As corporate renewable buying surges, innovative PPAs pressure utilities to improve green tariffs

  Feb. 6, 2019

• As solar-plus-storage surges, can smart devices help overcome deployment barriers?

  Jan. 29, 2019

• An emerging push for time-of-use rates sparks new debates about customer and grid impacts

  Jan. 28, 2019

• PG&E, SCE, SDG&E pursue subscriptions, time-of-use rates to drive more California EVs

  Jan. 23, 2019

• Bailout doubt – PG&E faces bankruptcy amid California's 'first climate change-caused emergency'

  Jan. 22, 2019

• Tri-State members increasingly unsatisfied as the rise of distributed resources upends the G&T model

  Jan. 15, 2019

• The Keystone State may have found the key to the next wave of transportation electrification

  Jan. 11, 2019

• Utilities look to Netflix audience clustering model for customer engagement

  Jan. 8, 2019

• Getting to 100% zero emissions in California: Beyond CAISO's eight-solution menu

  Jan. 3, 2019

• How policies can make or brake solar development in the Southeast

  Dec. 20, 2018

• As grid mod accelerates and regulators push back, Duke and others retool proposals

  Dec. 20, 2018

• As PacifiCorp and other analyses point to more coal shutdowns, replacement questions rise

  Dec. 13, 2018

• California utilities prep nation's biggest time-of-use rate rollout

  Dec. 6, 2018

• New Hampshire settlement moves 'cutting-edge' utility BTM storage pilot forward

  Nov. 27, 2018

• New Microsoft contract could expand corporate renewable energy deals to smaller buyers

  Nov. 20, 2018

• APS spent millions defeating Prop 127. Is a clean energy compromise ahead?

  Nov. 14, 2018

• Locational value of DER is essential to grid planning. So why hasn't anyone found it?

  Nov. 13, 2018

• Pennsylvania utilities push back on 'prescriptive' ratemaking regulation

  Nov. 6, 2018

• Nevada's Question 3 pits retail choice against uncertainty in battle of billionaires

  Nov. 1, 2018

• Western Regionalization Plan B: Utilities take an interim step to expand the grid

  Oct. 30, 2018

• California regulators prod utilities to start drafting roadmap to 100% clean energy

  Oct. 25, 2018

• Virtual contracts drive a boom in corporate renewables procurement

  Oct. 23, 2018

• New campaign will ask coal users to face the 'cold hard economic case' against them

  Oct. 22, 2018

• Can the price of rooftop solar keep falling?

  Oct. 18, 2018

• California strives to nix its natural gas habit without letting the lights go out

  Oct. 15, 2018

• Business Models: What utilities can learn from Amazon and Netflix about the future of ratemaking

  Oct. 15, 2018

• Are regulators hindering EV acceleration?

  Oct. 9, 2018

• True Value: To get to tomorrow's grid, DER grid services must be compensated right today

  Oct. 1, 2018

• 'Not your grandma's DER': Distributed resources modernize, prove value to grid

  Sept. 27, 2018

• As California leads way with TOU rates, some call for simpler solutions

  Sept. 20, 2018

• California customer choice at a crossroads: Regulators to weigh 3 key issues next week

  Sept. 18, 2018

• Renewables: As rooftop solar expands, states grapple with successors to net metering

  Sept. 13, 2018

• California has a 100% clean energy goal, but not the laws to get it there, critics say

  Sept. 11, 2018

• Developers see value in California offshore wind development

  Sept. 10, 2018

• Co-op solar boom raises questions about coal in utility power mixes

  Sept. 6, 2018

• Two roads diverging: Pennsylvania lawmakers rethink their renewables mandate

  Aug. 30, 2018

• Face the heat: Should EV incentives be restructured for battery degradation?

  Aug. 28, 2018

• Are regulators starting to rethink fixed charges?

  Aug. 23, 2018

• Modernizing renewables mandates is no longer about the megawatts

  Aug. 16, 2018

• Exit fee: Deciding the fate of California's utilities and customer choice movement

  Aug. 14, 2018

• An offer utilities can't refuse: The low cost of utility-scale solar

  Aug. 9, 2018

• Utility planners leverage better accuracy of DOE's renewable cost forecast tool

  Aug. 7, 2018

• Hawaii's new fuel price performance incentive gives HECO 'skin in the game'

  Aug. 6, 2018

• Will lower cost renewables and natural gas accelerate PacifiCorp's generation transition?

  Aug. 2, 2018

• California screaming — policymakers demand wildfire prevention while the state burns

  July 31, 2018

• As California grid expansion nears finish line, hurdles only get higher

  July 24, 2018

• Rise of net zero energy homes could boost utility-led community solar

  July 19, 2018

• Has FERC's landmark transmission planning effort made transmission building harder?

  July 17, 2018

• New investor-backed campaign targets a trillion dollars for US renewables

  July 13, 2018

• As California customer choice expands, are reliability and affordability at risk?

  July 9, 2018

• As the power sector transforms, can utilities and customers find common ground on ratemaking?

  July 2, 2018

• Can California avert new gas plants with distributed resources? SoCal Ed offers a test case

  June 28, 2018

• Utility bankruptcy concerns rise as bill comes due for 2017 California fires

  June 25, 2018

• Projected US renewables could accelerate power price volatility — what can grid operators do?

  June 21, 2018

• Is New Hampshire on the verge of battery energy storage history?

  June 19, 2018

• Should the regulatory two-step give way to a new, performance-based dance?

  June 18, 2018

• As distributed solar expands, can utility system planning keep up?

  June 14, 2018

• End of the 'gas rush?' Renewables, storage reaching cost parity, report finds

  June 11, 2018

• New solar industry initiatives could open business-utility collaborations

  June 7, 2018

• Grid mod policy actions jump 75%, with storage playing a central role

  June 5, 2018

• Will batteries do for wind what they're doing for solar?

  May 31, 2018

• Does 112% growth in 2017 mean community solar has finally solved its complexity problem?

  May 24, 2018

• California regulators see signs of a new energy crisis — can they prevent it?

  May 18, 2018

• High values are blowing in offshore winds; policymakers may need more

  May 15, 2018

• How two value-of-solar studies add up to no clear value of solar

  May 10, 2018

• Solar has transformed into solar-plus-storage: What will net metering become?

  May 7, 2018

• Solar at the crossroads: Is utility-scale, distributed or both the way to go?

  May 3, 2018

• How big can New England's regional cap-and-trade program get?

  May 1, 2018

• The innovations just keep coming in the corporate-utility deal space

  April 26, 2018

• Performance-based regulation: How Minnesota is inching toward a new oversight model

  April 24, 2018

• California customer choice advocates, IOUs face off on departing load charge

  April 23, 2018

• Nevada's retail choice battle will greatly impact solar, everyone agrees. But for better or worse?

  April 19, 2018

• How much are tariffs holding solar back?

  April 12, 2018

• What's next for South Carolina's embattled utilities?

  April 9, 2018

• The two key questions about going to 100% renewables in Los Angeles

  April 5, 2018

• Unnecessary complexity? Assessing New York and California's landmark DER proceedings

  April 4, 2018

• Utilities take note: Hybrid renewables projects are coming

  April 3, 2018

• Connecticut legislature poised to act as community solar collides with net metering

  March 27, 2018

• Smart transmission: How FERC can spur modernization of the bulk power system

  March 26, 2018

• On the duck's 10th birthday, here's how to keep it from eating the power system

  March 22, 2018

• California's dream of a regional power market faces the risks of a Trump FERC

  March 20, 2018

• In the New South, customer demand is showing utilities the dollars and sense in solar

  March 15, 2018

• Is a residential three-part rate the way to a modern grid or bad news for utility customers?

  March 13, 2018

• Are utilities missing out on the opportunity to use old coal sites for solar?

  March 8, 2018

• Tackling the perverse incentive: Utilities need new cost recovery mechanisms for new technologies

  March 6, 2018

• Time-travel, utility-style: Outlines of the utility of the future appear

  March 5, 2018

• Do new rooftop solar price projections mean 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em' for utilities?

  March 1, 2018

• Team of rivals: Utilities, enviros unite to push electric vehicles

  Feb. 26, 2018

• Customer empowerment upheaval forces California into hold on renewables

  Feb. 22, 2018

• How solar owners' post-hurricane demand for batteries could impact utilities

  Feb. 15, 2018

• Is the third pillar of electricity delivery preventing the building of the first two?

  Feb. 13, 2018

• The 'small miracle' that may lead to California's net metering successor

  Feb. 8, 2018

• How leading utilities are planning for distributed energy resources

  Feb. 6, 2018

• In 2017, solar policy debates took the industry's future to higher ground

  Feb. 1, 2018

• The best laid plans of state regulators are now aimed at building a better distribution system

  Jan. 30, 2018

• Will the country's first mandatory residential demand charge slow the Massachusetts solar boom?

  Jan. 25, 2018

• Getting to 'head-spinning' low prices for U.S. offshore wind

  Jan. 23, 2018

• Is cap and trade the climate solution? The jury's still out

  Jan. 19, 2018

• Why are the newest distribution system buzzwords 'hosting capacity analysis'?

  Jan. 17, 2018

• Shuttered coal plant fixer-uppers for sale all over the U.S.

  Jan. 16, 2018

• Gas, not renewables, driving coal, nuclear woes; DOE labs show how much

  Jan. 5, 2018

• Why mandates still matter in the age of cheap renewables

  Jan. 3, 2018

• Could rate design help California's struggle with flat demand?

  Dec. 27, 2017

• Has Xcel Minnesota designed the ideal residential time-of-use rate?

  Dec. 22, 2017

• Join or die: How utilities are coping with 100% renewable energy goals

  Dec. 13, 2017

• The new demand response and the future of the power sector

  Dec. 11, 2017

• As grid modernization accelerates, which states are in the lead, and why?

  Dec. 5, 2017

• A tale of 2 states: Massachusetts and California provide different lessons on growing community solar

  Nov. 30, 2017

• Has California built its last natural gas plant?

  Nov. 22, 2017

• Does C-C-A spell the end of the regulated electric utility in California?

  Nov. 17, 2017

• As feds focus on baseload, grid modernization is sweeping the nation

  Nov. 14, 2017

• One small step for Hawaii solar, one leap toward 100% renewables

  Nov. 9, 2017

• Who needs a NOPR? 7 ways to make wholesale power markets more reliable

  Nov. 7, 2017

• In new trend, utilities propose separate rate classes for solar customers without rate increase

  Nov. 2, 2017

• Technology, markets and contracts — oh my! The keys to profiting from California's duck curve

  Oct. 30, 2017

• Uptown Funk: Where will NYC get its peak demand capacity?

  Oct. 26, 2017

• Greening the ramp: California looks to carbon-free resources to combat the 'duck curve'

  Oct. 23, 2017

• Moniz: Utilities should prepare for very low carbon future

  Oct. 19, 2017

• California solar pilot shows how renewables can provide grid services

  Oct. 16, 2017

• Utilities take note: Next generation utility-led community solar is emerging

  Oct. 16, 2017

• Transmission developers power forward in West as move to single market inches along

  Oct. 12, 2017

• Why utilities need to respond now to the EV boom

  Oct. 9, 2017

• Utility success with corporate renewables demand raises questions for existing load

  Oct. 5, 2017

• New tariff proposals put solar in 'a land of complete uncertainty' ahead of ITC hearing

  Oct. 3, 2017

• Connecticut energy plan raises tough questions on comparative resource valuation

  Sept. 28, 2017

• Reporter's notebook: Utility pilot projects could soothe contentious regulatory proceedings

  Sept. 21, 2017

• What California's heat wave revealed about demand response

  Sept. 20, 2017

• Solar insiders expect ITC harm finding, handing tariff decision to Trump

  Sept. 19, 2017

• Illinois energy reform set to shape new solar business models for utilities

  Sept. 13, 2017

• Massachusetts utilities take divergent approaches to grid modernization

  Sept. 6, 2017

• Transmission: The unsung hero of the DOE grid reliability study

  Sept. 5, 2017

• Carbon calculus: More states are adding carbon costs to utility planning guidelines

  Aug. 31, 2017

• Policymaker support key to offshore wind prospects in US

  Aug. 30, 2017

• If nuclear is not in the future US energy mix, what will replace it?

  Aug. 29, 2017

• California utilities plot ways to prep grid for coming EV boom

  Aug. 22, 2017

• How rural co-ops are shifting to a cleaner power mix

  Aug. 21, 2017

• Grid modernization efforts heat up in Q2, but more are on the way

  Aug. 18, 2017

• Fewer rate cases mean better utility performance and growth, LBNL finds

  Aug. 15, 2017

• Net metering debates rev up, but regulators are skeptical of utility proposals

  Aug. 10, 2017

• What's missing from the 100% renewable energy debate

  Aug. 3, 2017

• Texas stakeholders find common ground in utility revenue recovery for DERs

  Aug. 2, 2017

• Love the one you're with: Hawaii regulators begrudgingly accept HECO energy plan

  July 27, 2017

• Hiding in plain sight: Aggregated DERs in wholesale power markets

  July 24, 2017

• 5 new strategies to design more effective utility DER pilots

  July 20, 2017

• Beyond TOU: Is more dynamic pricing the future of rate design?

  July 17, 2017

• In Illinois, cloud computing debate could open next chapter of utility rate reform

  July 10, 2017

• North Carolina wind moratorium threatens hard-won solar compromise

  July 6, 2017

• Gas plants or renewables? New LBNL study helps utilities compare the risks

  June 29, 2017

• As gas plants struggle, California seeks new flexible capacity strategies

  June 27, 2017

• Stop, collaborate and listen: California stakeholders want to open electric system communications

  June 22, 2017

• Utilities in hot water: Realizing the benefits of grid-integrated water heaters

  June 20, 2017

• Utility customer engagement goes digital

  June 19, 2017

• SMUD's holistic DER planning process could set new standard for utilities

  June 16, 2017

• Will California's 100% renewables goal survive the political process?

  June 14, 2017

• What makes a successful utility-led community solar program?

  June 8, 2017

• Colorado decoupling proposal unites Xcel, distributed energy advocates

  June 7, 2017

• Is renewable energy threatening power reliability?

  June 1, 2017

• More than 30 states embrace grid modernization, new policy tracker finds

  May 31, 2017

• Colorado regulators seize the climate fight in landmark ruling on carbon costs

  May 25, 2017

• As solar matures, rate design and incentive debates grow ever more complex

  May 23, 2017

• The SoCal Edison rate case: A canary in the coal mine for DER policy debates

  May 18, 2017

• Electric vehicles can be grid assets or liabilities. How utilities plan will decide.

  May 17, 2017

• Prognosis negative: How California is dealing with below-zero power market prices

  May 11, 2017

• Choice in La La Land: LA County community aggregation has California utilities on full alert

  May 9, 2017

• As utilities embrace DERs, pilot projects emerge as key element of compromise

  May 4, 2017

• Green designs: Corporate demand pushes new generation of utility green tariffs

  May 4, 2017

• Can California hit 1.5M zero-emission vehicles by 2025?

  April 27, 2017

• Why utilities are more confident than ever about renewable energy growth

  April 25, 2017

• Despite lack of agreement, New Hampshire groups say solar struggle is 'worth it'

  April 13, 2017

• Is battery energy storage at a 'turning point' for US utilities?

  April 11, 2017

• Why utilities say grid security is the most pressing sector issue of 2017

  April 10, 2017

• How New York is incentivizing utilities to interconnect DERs under REV

  April 6, 2017

• How California lawmakers plan to align renewable generation with power demand

  March 30, 2017

• Have California's efforts to value distributed resources hit a roadblock?

  March 21, 2017

• Is 100% renewable energy the best goal to cut power sector emissions?

  March 20, 2017

• SMART start? Massachusetts utilities, solar at odds over proposed incentive program

  March 17, 2017

• Utility wind rush set to strengthen as low prices allow resource to spread across nation

  March 16, 2017

• As solar booms, utilities look to build new business models with strategic investments

  March 14, 2017

• How to get the most out of grid modernization, in 5 simple steps

  March 13, 2017

• How climate change will stress the grid and what ISOs are doing about it

  March 6, 2017

• Utilities, regulators find common ground in reforms to encourage cloud computing

  March 2, 2017

• How California's utilities are mapping their grids for distributed resources

  Feb. 27, 2017

• Pushing for scalability, utilities look to new hybrid models for microgrid deployment

  Feb. 23, 2017

• Herding cats: California PUC President Picker on the new DER Action Plan

  Feb. 21, 2017

• War, peace and innovation: Solar policy in 2016

  Feb. 16, 2017

• Research spotlight: Solar cost shift negligible, DER valuation efforts advancing slowly

  Feb. 10, 2017

• How utility data sharing is helping the New York REV build the grid of the future

  Feb. 8, 2017

• How California's utilities are planning the next phase of electric vehicle adoption

  Feb. 7, 2017

• Will Trump disrupt the US military's clean energy mission?

  Feb. 3, 2017

• Reframing LCOE: New interactive tool expands the scope of generation cost comparisons

  Feb. 2, 2017

• The lurking surprise for solar in Arizona's recent ruling to end net metering

  Jan. 26, 2017

• What Australia's DER revolution can teach US utilities about the age of Trump

  Jan. 24, 2017

• Subscriptions or sales: Which community solar approach promises the best growth?

  Jan. 19, 2017

• Third time's the charm? Inside Hawaiian Electric's new, new plan to get to 100% renewables

  Jan. 18, 2017

• Solar in 2017: As non-traditional markets break records, more doors open for utilities

  Jan. 12, 2017

• How will Ryan Zinke manage federal lands as head of the Interior Department?

  Jan. 11, 2017

• A silver bullet? Inside FERC's landmark energy storage rulemaking

  Jan. 10, 2017

• A storage bubble? High investment in nascent industry sows fears of a battery bust

  Jan. 3, 2017

• How will Rick Perry run the Department of Energy?

  Jan. 3, 2017

• How Microsoft and a Wyoming utility designed a data center tariff that works for everyone

  Dec. 20, 2016

• The new guide to the community solar galaxy

  Dec. 15, 2016

• Wind industry to Trump: Transmission vital to sustain record growth

  Dec. 15, 2016

• How forward-thinking utilities are addressing corporate demand for renewables

  Dec. 13, 2016

• Updated: Arizona proposal seeks to mandate renewable generation during peak demand hours

  Dec. 9, 2016

• Can new tariff models help Massachusetts solve the rooftop solar compensation puzzle?

  Dec. 8, 2016

• Why NARUC wants state regulators to incentivize utility cloud computing

  Dec. 7, 2016

• How PG&E's EV charging pilot will test utility ownership models

  Dec. 5, 2016

• In New Hampshire, stakeholders debate the next NEM successor tariff

  Dec. 1, 2016

• Without the Clean Power Plan, are nuclear plants essential to combat climate change?

  Nov. 30, 2016

• How California utility regulators are turning electric vehicles into grid resources

  Nov. 21, 2016

• A 'turning point' for DERs? Utilities, vendors praise new NARUC rate design manual

  Nov. 17, 2016

• How wind and solar plan to thrive during the Trump presidency

  Nov. 15, 2016

• Why 'a lot has become the new normal' in state solar policy debates

  Nov. 10, 2016

• Interconnection delays can be costly, but some utilities have found ways to save time and money

  Nov. 3, 2016

• How new transmission can unlock 10 times more renewables for the Eastern U.S.

  Oct. 27, 2016

• Zombie wind and solar? How repowering old facilities helps renewables keep cutting costs

  Oct. 26, 2016

• Why Arizona's long-awaited value of solar schemes please no one

  Oct. 24, 2016

• Keep it simple, states: Community solar developers say complex regulations stifle growth

  Oct. 20, 2016

• Time & place: How a new locational DER metric helps utilities defer grid investments

  Oct. 18, 2016

• Big Sky solar: On the long, hard road to net metering reform in Montana

  Oct. 13, 2016

• Solar split: How a new petition is dividing rooftop and utility-scale installers in SEIA

  Oct. 12, 2016

• As the solar industry matures, business gets a little more complicated

  Oct. 6, 2016

• The new offshore wind playbook: Inside the feds' plan to spur 86 GW by 2050

  Oct. 6, 2016

• The solar toolbox: How utilities can find the best planning approach for distributed solar

  Sept. 29, 2016

• Demand charges vs. TOU rates: The great Arizona rate design experiment

  Sept. 26, 2016

• Inside the new guidebook for electric utility regulation

  Sept. 22, 2016

• How Southern California Edison's new rate case would transform the grid

  Sept. 21, 2016

• Reporter's notebook: How conflict and collaboration shape utility policy in the age of renewables

  Sept. 15, 2016

• Solar Power Players: SEPA honorees look beyond the rooftop to manage dynamic grids

  Sept. 12, 2016

• As solar price drops, utility interest spurs growth in non-traditional markets

  Sept. 8, 2016

• Electricity choice on the chopping block in Michigan as state debates reliability, renewables

  Sept. 8, 2016

• Confidence in collaboration: Rhode Island targets a common perspective on DER values

  Sept. 6, 2016

• Winds of change: How the industry can continue wind power's boom into the 2020s

  Sept. 1, 2016

• Public purpose microgrids: Mixed-ownership models spur utility investment in growing sector

  Aug. 30, 2016

• No time to think: How utilities are handling the deluge of grid data

  Aug. 24, 2016

• Fixed charge battle looms in Texas as regulators tackle rate design reform

  Aug. 23, 2016

• Rocky Mountain compromise: Inside Xcel's landmark Colorado solar settlement

  Aug. 22, 2016

• So close, so far: Can Maine put its near-agreement on solar net metering back together again?

  Aug. 19, 2016

• As states debate solar, contentious rate cases give way to broader valuation proceedings

  Aug. 18, 2016

• Smart sharing: Sun-saturated Hawaii debates first TOU community solar proposal

  Aug. 11, 2016

• If you build it, will they charge? Utilities cautious in plans to spur electric vehicle adoption

  Aug. 10, 2016

• A lot of dam potential: Renewables growth could drive massive hydro buildout

  Aug. 9, 2016

• NARUC rate design manual reignites debate over cost shift, value of solar

  Aug. 4, 2016

• A 'transformational' mandate: Greens hail Massachusetts offshore wind, renewables bill

  Aug. 3, 2016

• Independence Day: Local utilities ditch power suppliers for renewables, stable prices

  Aug. 1, 2016

• Connecting the dots: PG&E DERMs pilot aims to manage multiple aggregator platforms

  July 29, 2016

• NextEra merger dead, Hawaii turns to realizing a 100% renewables future

  July 25, 2016

• How record large-scale solar growth is changing utility IPPs

  July 21, 2016

• How aggregated DERs are becoming the new demand response

  July 20, 2016

• RIP FITs: As US feed-in tariffs fade, adopting elements could spur solar growth

  July 18, 2016

• Utility clean energy rankings reveal 'unprecedented shift' in power sector paradigms

  July 13, 2016

• Come together? DER aggregation sparks more confusion than consensus in power sector

  July 7, 2016

• Anatomy of a nuke closure: How PG&E decided to shutter Diablo Canyon

  July 7, 2016

• Inside the first municipal solar-plus-storage project in the US

  July 5, 2016

• Solar on track to break growth records, but analysts say market challenges loom

  June 30, 2016

• The new EV playbook: How utilities can gain from the coming boom in electric vehicles

  June 27, 2016

• 3 transmission projects that illustrate the importance in modernizing the grid

  June 24, 2016

• The DER pivot: Grid Edge Forum illustrates utility shift toward a distributed grid

  June 23, 2016

• How storage can help solve the distributed energy 'death spiral'

  June 21, 2016

• Beyond rate reforms: Bundling strategies could resolve net metering battles

  June 16, 2016

• 'Should have started yesterday': Why better transmission planning is urgently necessary for tomorrow's grid

  June 15, 2016

• Greater than the sum: How aggregation is making storage into a software business

  June 13, 2016

• The Rural Utilities Service: How the USDA is building a clean energy future for rural America

  June 10, 2016

• Energy Department awards $40M to Lake Erie offshore wind Icebreaker project

  June 10, 2016

• Massachusetts House passes mandates for 1.2 GW each of offshore wind, hydropower

  June 10, 2016

• Hawaiian Electric files with state regulators to begin new pursuit of utility-scale renewables

  June 9, 2016

• Xcel Colorado rate plan draws ire of solar interests for higher fixed charges

  June 9, 2016

• Vermont Gov. Shumlin vetoes controversial renewable energy siting bill

  June 8, 2016

• Fannie Mae offers low cost financing option for solar, energy efficiency

  June 8, 2016

• APS rate case sparks concern beyond mandatory demand charge proposal

  June 7, 2016

• ERCOT: Coal to drop below 10% of Texas fuel mix by 2030s as solar booms

  June 7, 2016

• Interior announces offshore wind lease auction for ocean tract off Long Island

  June 6, 2016

• Missouri munis contract for 200 MW of space on proposed Grain Belt Express line

  June 6, 2016

• The corporate green team: Utilities partner to meet renewables demand from large US firms

  June 2, 2016

• Rate design roundup: demand charges vs. time-based rates

  June 2, 2016

• Texas regulators delay El Paso Electric request for rate increase, solar surcharge

  June 2, 2016

• The head of California's ISO is on a mission to regionalize and decarbonize

  June 1, 2016

• Arizona Public Service pushes residential demand charges in new rate case

  June 1, 2016

• California regulators approve 262 MW Puente natural gas peaker plant for SCE

  June 1, 2016

• NH regulators delay Eversource proposed Northern Pass transmission line

  June 1, 2016

• Bill to reestablish North Carolina coal ash commission heads for conference committee

  May 31, 2016

• Puerto Rico utility board approves rate increase to help secure restructured debt

  May 28, 2016

• Across the 'valley of death': How the wind industry will cope without tax credits

  May 25, 2016

• A grid of DERs: DOE program aims for 100% solar penetration on the distribution system

  May 24, 2016

• Arizona begins hearings on co-op plan for higher fixed charges, lower net metering rates

  May 23, 2016

• The U.S. needs more transmission. One Midwest project could provide a collaborative model.

  May 23, 2016

• North Carolina bill would sharply restrict utility-scale renewables siting

  May 20, 2016

• DOE releases comprehensive overview of efforts to cut solar costs

  May 20, 2016

• Caps raised, New Hampshire turns attention to imminent struggle over solar value

  May 19, 2016

• 'Like putting a man on the moon': How U.S. utilities can break into the offshore wind market

  May 19, 2016

• Maine cities put solar plans on hold as state awaits regulators' action on net metering

  May 19, 2016

• Arizona governor signs bill easing conflict of interest standard for utility regulators

  May 19, 2016

• Making waves: DOE reboots marine hydrokinetic energy program to push commercialization

  May 18, 2016

• SDG&E kicks off $52.5 million EV charger installation and customer education pilot

  May 18, 2016

• Wind developers eye Hawaii, California coasts for floating turbines

  May 18, 2016

• Xcel Colorado files for 600 MW wind project, the state's biggest ever installation

  May 17, 2016

• Washington utilities reach solar incentive cap, foreshadowing net metering limits

  May 17, 2016

• What SolarCity's new portfolio of grid services can do for utilities

  May 16, 2016

• Renewables advocates ask Minnesota regulators to streamline DER interconnection

  May 16, 2016

• Hawaii solar jobs fall 35% after regulators end retail net metering

  May 13, 2016

• PSE&G to invest $275M in new solar farms on brownfield and landfill sites

  May 13, 2016

• Utilities, greens still miles apart on solar valuation, new report shows

  May 12, 2016

• American Transmission Co. reorganizes, splitting Wisconsin, national development arms

  May 12, 2016

• With Maine solar bill dead, industry waits on regulators for net metering reforms

  May 12, 2016

• Better together: How an organized market can help clean up the western US grid

  May 11, 2016

• Wyoming lawmakers to consider raising the only US state tax on wind generation

  May 11, 2016

• US solar company inks deal with China to build 1,000 MW concentrating solar power plant

  May 11, 2016

• It's the economy: Maryland RPS debate illustrates national divide on clean energy policy

  May 10, 2016

• Arizona lawmakers pass bill altering conflict-of-interest standards for utility regulators

  May 10, 2016

• Hawaii budgets $1.2M for study of alternative utility business models

  May 10, 2016

• California Gov. Brown calls for independent safety monitor for utility infrastructure

  May 9, 2016

• Study: Coast Guard push to limit offshore wind development

  May 9, 2016

• NV Energy expands Green Energy Rider program to large customers

  May 6, 2016

• Weeks after law's passage, New Hampshire utilities near net metering cap for large solar

  May 6, 2016

• Hawaii lawmakers to reconcile competing proposals for renewables, storage incentives

  May 5, 2016

• 4 drivers of solar growth utilities need to know

  May 5, 2016

• Can the House and Senate turn two energy bills into one law?

  May 5, 2016

• Massachusetts lawmakers mull 2,000 MW offshore wind mandate

  May 5, 2016

• DOE's new $25M solar fund seeks development of distributed energy grid solutions

  May 4, 2016

• Wind industry marks strongest Q1 for installations since 2012

  May 4, 2016

• Inside the deal that averted a net metering ballot showdown in Arizona

  May 3, 2016

• At 16.4 MW, largest U.S. rooftop solar array will utilize LA muni's feed-in-tariff

  May 3, 2016

• Maine lawmakers fail to override LePage veto of solar incentive bill

  May 2, 2016

• Florida muni delays net metering decision until November election cycle

  April 29, 2016

• Duke University backs push for third-party renewables sales in North Carolina

  April 29, 2016

• Top 10 solar utilities see growth through declining prices, favorable policies

  April 28, 2016

• PPL completes work on $350 million transmission expansion in Pennsylvania

  April 28, 2016

• How rate reform can help turn energy efficiency into a 'profit center' for utilities

  April 27, 2016

• For grid flexibility, utilities pushed to think beyond gas plants and storage

  April 27, 2016

• New York City launches Solarize program targeting 350 MW of new distributed solar by 2025

  April 27, 2016

• Texas co-op signs deal for 15 MW of distributed community solar

  April 27, 2016

• Sierra Club files to stop retrofit of Arizona Public Service gas plant

  April 26, 2016

• Community Storage Initiative touts diverse backers, including EEI, NRECA, APPA

  April 26, 2016

• ComEd touts new solar incentives in Illinois legislative push

  April 25, 2016

• Arizona utilities back initiative to counter SolarCity-supported ballot proposal

  April 25, 2016

• As utilities build toward RPS standards, costs, carve-outs raise concerns

  April 25, 2016

• Feds move offshore wind lease areas from North to South Carolina

  April 22, 2016

• Weaker winds slowed wind energy output growth in 2015

  April 22, 2016

• The 3 factors that determine solar plant performance

  April 21, 2016

• Declining prices, stable outlook drive utilities, large companies to wind power

  April 21, 2016

• Citing favorable policy climate, Sunrun expands operations in South Carolina

  April 20, 2016

• Former ACC chair leads push for Arizona ballot measure to protect solar

  April 20, 2016

• SEIA President Rhone Resch steps down after 12 years

  April 19, 2016

• North Carolina regulators reject solar third party ownership test case from green group

  April 19, 2016

• Hawaiian Electric, Hawaii Gas cancel LNG import terminal agreement

  April 18, 2016

• Will LA's historic gas leak knock Hollywood's lights out this summer?

  April 18, 2016

• Inside Hawaiian Electric's new plan to get to 100% renewables

  April 14, 2016

• Wind installed more capacity than any other generation source in 2015, industry says

  April 14, 2016

• Southern California Edison led utility solar installations with over 1.2 GW in 2015

  April 14, 2016

• How Minnesota is approaching grid modernization as a vertically-integrated state

  April 13, 2016

• Utility-backed solar group raised over $7M to counter TPO proposal in Florida

  April 13, 2016

• Idaho Power will be sixth utility to join CAISO's western Energy Imbalance Market

  April 13, 2016

• Minnesota report points to flaws in Xcel's community solar installations

  April 12, 2016

• Nebraska legislature advances bill to ease wind development

  April 12, 2016

• New Hampshire legislature doubles net metering cap to 100 MW

  April 11, 2016

• Offshore wind needed for New York's 50% energy goal, energy czar says

  April 8, 2016

• With another generation record, Texas edges closer to 50% wind penetration

  April 8, 2016

• Community solar poised for growth as utilities gain confidence, familiarity

  April 7, 2016

• Iowa House passes bill to toughen eminent domain rules for transmission developers

  April 7, 2016

• Indiana cooperative to offer leases on pilot community solar array

  April 7, 2016

• 'Wake up worrying': NextEra-Hawaiian Electric merger in doubt as regulators near decision time

  April 6, 2016

• Report: Installed solar costs dropped 5% as consumers search for best value

  April 6, 2016

• New Arizona law delays solar installation 60 days, drawing ire from advcates

  April 6, 2016

• As RPS importance declines, 3 factors help drive growth for utility-scale solar

  April 5, 2016

• Wisconsin governor lifts new nuclear moratorium

  April 5, 2016

• DOE's partnership with CLEP to advance a transmission project could spread to others

  April 5, 2016

• How DOE is leveraging federal authority to ease transmission development

  April 4, 2016

• Xcel Wisconsin requests another rate increase to cover clean energy, infrastructure investments

  April 4, 2016

• Palo Alto city to pay double wholesale market price for solar energy contracts

  April 2, 2016

• Florida Supreme Court approves language for utility-backed solar amendment

  April 1, 2016

• NRG Energy says Ivanpah output on track to meet its contracts

  April 1, 2016

• Maine solar power bill passes legislative committee

  March 31, 2016

• Massachusetts solar sector boosts pressure on lawmakers to lift net metering cap

  March 31, 2016

• Minnesota rural co-ops tack on high fixed charges on solar customers

  March 30, 2016

• Study: US rooftop solar potential more than 1,100 GW

  March 30, 2016

• Arizona public utility data shows some savings with demand charge

  March 29, 2016

• Vermont regulators propose new net metering rules

  March 29, 2016

• How utility collaboration can cut community solar costs up to 40%

  March 28, 2016

• Puerto Rico utility gains more time to submit draft rate petition

  March 28, 2016

• Federal agency considers 1st floating offshore wind project

  March 25, 2016

• How Maine's power players are reacting to its pathbreaking new solar proposal

  March 24, 2016

• Sunrun, TASC fight to keep net metering in Maine

  March 24, 2016

• EIA: Wind, solar and natural gas make most new electrical generation in 2015

  March 24, 2016

• Constellation partners with Sunrun on residential solar option

  March 23, 2016

• 5 maps that show where the action is on solar policy

  March 22, 2016

• Arizona Dems call on GOP utility regulator to resign over SolarCity conflict

  March 22, 2016

• Maryland House approves 25% renewables mandate, sending bill to Senate

  March 22, 2016

• Maryland bill to cut greenhouse gases 40% by 2030 awaits governor's signature

  March 21, 2016

• Proposed New York offshore wind site capacity could match a nuclear plant

  March 19, 2016

• Ivanpah CSP facility nabs more time to ramp up output, avoid default

  March 18, 2016

• Maine lawmaker calls for PUC to revamp net metering, not legislature

  March 18, 2016

• Can performance-based regulation unlock the utility of the future?

  March 17, 2016

• Report: US generators face $2B in lost revenues from rooftop solar

  March 17, 2016

• Australian company unveils major 250 MW geothermal project in California's Salton Sea

  March 17, 2016

• How utilities can turn DERs from threat into opportunity

  March 16, 2016

• Study: US offshore wind farms costs could drop 55% in 13 years

  March 16, 2016

• ERCOT: Wind, solar nearly two-thirds new capacity in 2016

  March 16, 2016

• Small solar plants first to bring solar power to Mississippi Gulf Coast

  March 15, 2016

• ERCOT: Wind energy climbs, but February demand drops

  March 15, 2016

• Montana court upholds PSC order to keep original PURPA rates

  March 12, 2016

• New Hampshire House passes bill to raise net metering cap to 100 MW

  March 12, 2016

• Duke Energy appeals $6.6M fine for Dan River coal ash spill

  March 11, 2016

• Dueling studies draw battle lines for next Arizona utility-solar showdown

  March 10, 2016

• Maine Gov. LePage opposes plan to replace net metering with market-based incentives

  March 10, 2016

• California utilities push CPUC to vacate or 'modify' net metering decision

  March 10, 2016

• Learning by doing: How utilities are answering the distributed energy resources challenge

  March 9, 2016

• SPP notches back-to-back wind generation records

  March 9, 2016

• SDG&E issues call for 140 MW of renewables, DERs, demand-side resources

  March 9, 2016

• Charts: How will the Clean Power Plan stay affect the utility power mix transition?

  March 8, 2016

• California utility IID halts net metering incentives after hitting 5% cap

  March 8, 2016

• Wind and solar provided all new U.S. electric capacity in January

  March 8, 2016

• Oregon passes utility-scale solar incentives to support 50% RPS

  March 7, 2016

• Clean coalition: How utilities and greens teamed up to pass Oregon's 50% RPS

  March 7, 2016

• BLM issues new guidelines to streamline Western solar development

  March 5, 2016

• Florida regulators approve first community solar program for Gulf Power

  March 4, 2016

• As Xcel pushes non-wire alternatives, solar+storage pilot sparks utility ownership debate

  March 3, 2016

• EIA: Solar to lead utility-scale capacity additions in 2016, followed by gas, wind

  March 3, 2016

• Oregon bill to curb coal, set 50% RPS heads to governor after Senate passage

  March 3, 2016

• Oregon bill to curb coal use, set 50% renewables mandate heads to Senate after House passage

  March 2, 2016

• Mass. Sen. Markey to push extension of 30% ITC for offshore wind to 2025

  March 2, 2016

• 'Only a matter of time': U.S. offshore wind struggles to get off the ground

  March 1, 2016

• Minnesota Power line approved to link Canadian hydro and storage to Midwest wind

  March 1, 2016

• Wind on track to top hydro as the leading U.S. renewable after 2017

  March 1, 2016

• Consistent change: How utility professionals view the evolving power mix

  Feb. 29, 2016

• Montana-Dakota Utilities drops demand charge push after deal with solar advocates

  Feb. 29, 2016

• Court rejects effort to block SunEdison acquisition of Vivint through TerraForm Power

  Feb. 29, 2016

• SolarCity rolls out storage, smart tech system for Hawaii's self-supply option

  Feb. 26, 2016

• HECO cancels 3 solar contracts with SunEdison

  Feb. 25, 2016

• How utilities and their regulators will determine the future of solar

  Feb. 25, 2016

• Maine utilities, solar advocates back new bill to replace net metering, grow solar

  Feb. 25, 2016

• Compromise in Mississippi partially restores state regulators authority over co-ops

  Feb. 25, 2016

• Wind energy broke records across central US in late February

  Feb. 25, 2016

• Washington state solar incentive bill set for Senate hearing after House passage

  Feb. 24, 2016

• Maryland regulators provide initial guidance on rules for community shared solar

  Feb. 24, 2016

• Partnering for success: Utilities leverage innovative vendor relationships at the grid edge

  Feb. 23, 2016

• ERCOT sets another wind record, with over 14 GW serving 45% of system load

  Feb. 23, 2016

• Warren Buffett's Rocky Mountain Power offers its first community solar program

  Feb. 23, 2016

• Taming the Wild West: CAISO begins study of a full regional electricity market

  Feb. 22, 2016

• U.S. solar industry built a record 7.3 GW of new capacity in 2015

  Feb. 22, 2016

• Is a national high voltage transmission system the cheapest way to cut emissions?

  Feb. 19, 2016

• Arizona rural utility proposes demand charge, more fees on rooftop solar users

  Feb. 19, 2016

• SolarCity moves away from its MyPower solar loan product

  Feb. 19, 2016

• Beyond net metering: How location can help put a value on DERs

  Feb. 18, 2016

• Mississippi lawmakers push legislation to end PSC oversight of electric cooperatives

  Feb. 18, 2016

• Powered by PTC, wind energy expected to keep booming despite Clean Power Plan stay

  Feb. 17, 2016

• Updated: Puerto Rico Gov. signs utility restructuring bill after legislative approval

  Feb. 17, 2016

• Avista Utilities asks Washington state regulators to approve electric vehicle charger pilot

  Feb. 17, 2016

• Pennsylvania regulators set retail rate net metering for distributed generation

  Feb. 16, 2016

• Solar advocates push Maine lawmakers to preserve net metering

  Feb. 12, 2016

• Hawaii bill demands NextEra prove consumer benefit for $4.3B Hawaiian Electric merger

  Feb. 12, 2016

• Massachusetts solar 'on hold' as incentives in two major programs dry up

  Feb. 12, 2016

• 8 trends shaping the grid of the future

  Feb. 11, 2016

• Florida critics say utility-backed amendment curbs solar choice

  Feb. 11, 2016

• Ex-regulator: NextEra's energy vision for Hawaii isn't good enough

  Feb. 10, 2016

• Companies launch first US community solar trade group

  Feb. 10, 2016

• PG&E to launch new community solar program

  Feb. 8, 2016

• EIA: Solar capacity hits 20,000 MW, with almost half in California

  Feb. 8, 2016

• NextEra gives cost estimates for HEI's new energy plan

  Feb. 8, 2016

• Poll: Over 50% of Hawaii residents oppose NextEra-HEI merger

  Feb. 8, 2016

• Entergy breaks ground on New Orleans' first utility-scale solar, complete with storage

  Feb. 5, 2016

• Arizona regulators approve $2B SunZia power line over objections from greens

  Feb. 5, 2016

• 'The future grid': How one DOE program is pushing the boundaries of aggregated DERs

  Feb. 4, 2016

• Kauai co-op integrates over 70% solar, 90% renewables four times in January

  Feb. 4, 2016

• EIA: Renewables to be 14% of U.S. electricity generation in 2016

  Feb. 4, 2016

• Arizona regulators to decide if SunZia power line must guarantee space for renewables

  Feb. 3, 2016

• California regulators warn of electric reliability issues due to Aliso Canyon methane leak

  Feb. 3, 2016

• On grid modernization, gap widens between leading states, laggards

  Feb. 2, 2016

• 17% of Hawaiian Electric customers now have rooftop solar

  Feb. 1, 2016

• CA regulators approve $45M SDG&E electric vehicle charger rollout

  Feb. 1, 2016

• Inside the decision: California regulators preserve retail rate net metering until 2019

  Feb. 1, 2016

• Renewable Portfolio Standards offer billions in benefits, LBNL study finds

  Jan. 29, 2016

• Wind industry added 5 GW capacity in Q4 2015 with 75% of contracts to non-utility customers

  Jan. 29, 2016

• Navigant: Revenue for utility-scale battery storage to grow 15 times by 2025

  Jan. 29, 2016

• Did solar lobbying tactics sow the seeds of the Nevada net metering controversy?

  Jan. 28, 2016

• Utility-backed Florida solar amendment nabs qualifying signatures for 2016 ballot

  Jan. 28, 2016

• Stem partners with HECO to develop distribution platform for solar-storage systems

  Jan. 28, 2016

• New Mexico House committee advances 10% solar tax credit extension

  Jan. 28, 2016

• How utilities and regulators differ in their approaches to distributed energy

  Jan. 27, 2016

• New Jersey Gov. Christie vetoes offshore wind bill

  Jan. 27, 2016

• In PURPA ruling, FERC says Entergy not obligated to buy from large QFs

  Jan. 27, 2016

• What to expect from California utilities' new aggregated demand response offerings

  Jan. 26, 2016

• After debt deadline, Puerto Rico utility gets extension to continue providing power

  Jan. 26, 2016

• GTM: Global solar added 59 GW in 2015 with China leading at 19 GW

  Jan. 25, 2016

• Mississippi electric co-ops ask regulators for rehearing on net metering

  Jan. 25, 2016

• PSE&G's renewables arm buys 66.6 MW of solar for $110M

  Jan. 22, 2016

• Can utilities learn to love distributed solar like central station arrays?

  Jan. 21, 2016

• Solar customers file lawsuit against NV Energy over new net metering rates

  Jan. 21, 2016

• ISO/RTO model best alternative to Hawaiian Electric service, Maui report concludes

  Jan. 21, 2016

• Southern California Edison signs 500 MW of utility-scale solar PPAs with First Solar

  Jan. 21, 2016

• Southwest Power Pool study shows it can reliably manage 60% wind penetration

  Jan. 20, 2016

• ERCOT: Wind energy provided record 45% of electricity on Dec. 20

  Jan. 19, 2016

• New arrival Spruce ups game for 'trusted energy advisor' role

  Jan. 19, 2016

• California regulators approve SCE pilot to build 1,500 EV charging stations

  Jan. 19, 2016

• PG&E tried to dispose of safety records on San Bruno explosion, federal attorneys say

  Jan. 15, 2016

• Global investment in renewables hit record $328.9B in 2015 as new markets opened

  Jan. 15, 2016

• Solar prices are stabilizing at new lower levels, but causation remains elusive

  Jan. 14, 2016

• Iowa regulators deny Clean Line's third request to change transmission approval process

  Jan. 14, 2016

• UBS: Resident opposition could sink NextEra-Hawaiian Electric deal

  Jan. 14, 2016

• How a new business model could get the Puerto Rico public utility out of debt

  Jan. 13, 2016

• Nevada regulator urges commission not to delay new solar net metering rates

  Jan. 13, 2016

• Dominion Virginia Power commits $700M to solar in long-term resource plan

  Jan. 13, 2016

• Solar moves ahead of wind, hydro in California fuel mix, toward 10% of state's power

  Jan. 12, 2016

• Hawaii PUC Chair warns NextEra against sideline maneuvers with HEI merger opponents

  Jan. 12, 2016

• Bigger than batteries: Why the cost of other components matters to storage deployment

  Jan. 11, 2016

• Vermont regulators approve new line to bring Canadian renewables to New England

  Jan. 11, 2016

• California muni ditches San Juan plant ownership to be coal free by the end of 2017

  Jan. 8, 2016

• South Carolina utilities, wind developers show no interest in offshore wind development

  Jan. 8, 2016

• How the utility role in community solar is evolving as the sector matures

  Jan. 7, 2016

• Nearly $1B in applications for North Carolina renewable tax credits under Safe Harbor amendment

  Jan. 7, 2016

• Utility-backed Florida solar proposal appears headed for 2016 ballot

  Jan. 7, 2016

• What utilities need to know about solar growth after the ITC extension

  Jan. 7, 2016

• Nevada regulators will consider delaying new net metering rates, monthly charges

  Jan. 6, 2016

• Indiana regulators order NIPSCO to resubmit energy efficiency plan

  Jan. 6, 2016

• Illinois landowners push regulators to rethink $2B Grain Belt Express transmission line

  Jan. 5, 2016

• Google's Project Sunroof expands online evaluations of solar potential to 20 metro areas

  Jan. 5, 2016

• Midwestern utilities Xcel and Westar make big wind buys

  Jan. 5, 2016

• DERs in 2016: What experts expect for a booming sector

  Jan. 4, 2016

• Hawaii court upholds PUC order ending retail rate net metering

  Jan. 4, 2016

• Survey: Over half of solar installers do not offer TPO financing or PPAs

  Jan. 4, 2016

• California's Salton Sea offers 1,800 MW of geothermal potential

  Dec. 29, 2015

• DTE Energy's new solar contracts will triple Michigan solar

  Dec. 23, 2015

• U.S. wind industry hits 70 GW capacity mark, celebrates tax credit extension

  Dec. 22, 2015

• South Atlantic states lag in utility-scale solar with NC, GA as bright spots for growth

  Dec. 22, 2015

• Historic Los Angeles methane leak puts natural gas emissions under scrutiny

  Dec. 21, 2015

• Mississippi co-op offers threatens to sue regulators unless they lower net metering rate

  Dec. 21, 2015

• Solar ballot measure battle in Florida likely postponed to 2018 election

  Dec. 21, 2015

• Nebraska municipal utilities move to increase fixed charges

  Dec. 18, 2015

• Rooftop solar owned by the user can add to home values, LBNL research shows

  Dec. 17, 2015

• San Diego City Council approves 100% renewables by 2035 Climate Action Plan

  Dec. 17, 2015

• Duke unveils first solar projects owned and operated by its regulated utilities

  Dec. 17, 2015

• Texas wind sets new records as gas, coal, nuclear generation shares decline

  Dec. 16, 2015

• More than megawatts: New metrics reveal energy storage's potential

  Dec. 15, 2015

• SolarCity admits funding outside group targeting Arizona utility regulators

  Dec. 15, 2015

• Hawaiian Electric clears rooftop solar backlog, readying it for post-net metering era

  Dec. 15, 2015

• How utilities are meeting rising corporate demand for renewables

  Dec. 14, 2015

• Study: CCS technology four times as expensive as originally thought

  Dec. 14, 2015

• Hawaii electric co-op says it could save consumers $234M as alternative to NextEra deal

  Dec. 11, 2015

• Sunrun files lawsuit against Nevada governor to get text messages with NV Energy

  Dec. 11, 2015

• The factors driving wind and solar toward grid parity

  Dec. 10, 2015

• El Paso council rejects Texas utility's proposal to create solar customer class

  Dec. 10, 2015

• HECO delays $350M smart grid project until 2016

  Dec. 10, 2015

• Santee Cooper board approves fixed charges for solar users

  Dec. 9, 2015

• Duke Energy's commercial solar business to offer energy storage

  Dec. 9, 2015

• Is lithium-ion 'the safest bet' in the future of battery storage?

  Dec. 8, 2015

• Omaha public utility's proposal to increase fixed charges draws opposition

  Dec. 7, 2015

• Denver targets 80% emissions cut by 2050 in new climate plan

  Dec. 7, 2015

• California regulators finalize $16.7 million fine to SoCal Edison for secret San Onofre deal

  Dec. 7, 2015

• Wisconsin regulators approve 75% fixed charge increase for Xcel subsidiary

  Dec. 7, 2015

• As IOUs push solar, Santee Cooper rate plan draws ire of South Carolina greens

  Dec. 7, 2015

• San Diego City Council readies 100% renewables mandate for approval

  Dec. 4, 2015

• PG&E contracts for 75 MW of energy storage on its way to 580 MW of capacity

  Dec. 4, 2015

• Is TASC splintering the rooftop solar industry?

  Dec. 3, 2015

• Arizona regulator asks APS to disclose political spending

  Dec. 3, 2015

• N.C. regulators rule against NC WARN participating in Duke planning case

  Dec. 3, 2015

• 5 drivers making 100% renewables possible

  Dec. 2, 2015

• Entergy Louisiana will reduce solar remuneration after hitting net metering cap

  Dec. 2, 2015

• Wells Fargo analysts downgrade odds of NextEra-HEI merger to 50-50

  Dec. 2, 2015

• New trouble for NextEra merger as regulators slam Hawaiian Electric power supply plan

  Dec. 1, 2015

• Consumers advocates protest Indiana utilities pushing fixed charge increases

  Dec. 1, 2015

• Feds open 4 offshore wind lease areas off South Carolina to tepid utility response

  Nov. 30, 2015

• Delaware regulators reject Vivint Solar's bid for non-regulated status

  Nov. 30, 2015

• SolarCity leaves TASC, denies split with advocacy partner Sunrun

  Nov. 25, 2015

• Google is first buyer of Duke Energy solar using utility's new Green Source Rider

  Nov. 25, 2015

• Some energy storage already cost competitive, new valuation study shows

  Nov. 24, 2015

• Portland General Electric joins CAISO energy imbalance market

  Nov. 24, 2015

• Kauai co-op files plans for community shared renewables with Hawaii regulators

  Nov. 23, 2015

• Montana utility withdraws bid for residential demand charge for DER customers

  Nov. 23, 2015

• The top 5 trends in distributed energy policy and rate design

  Nov. 23, 2015

• Major solar installer advocates expiration of solar investment tax credit

  Nov. 20, 2015

• Honolulu mayor argues against public utility as alternative for NextEra-HECO merger

  Nov. 20, 2015

• How solar will grow through the ITC sunset and beyond

  Nov. 19, 2015

• Wisconsin Public Service proposes 32% monthly fixed charge increase

  Nov. 19, 2015

• Split in Mass. legislature leaves net metering cap, solar industry in limbo

  Nov. 18, 2015

• Hawaiian Electric wants to finalize LNG import deal by Q1 2016

  Nov. 18, 2015

• MidAmerican to test concrete wind turbine tower claimed to be nation's tallest

  Nov. 18, 2015

• AES deploys new 10 MW battery it touts as Maryland's largest

  Nov. 17, 2015

• Oregon saddles up to implement trailblazing energy storage mandate

  Nov. 17, 2015

• Time-of-use rates can shape customer usage, cut pollution and costs, experts agree

  Nov. 17, 2015

• Sierra Club's Ameren shareholder resolution seeks 30% renewables by 2030

  Nov. 17, 2015

• Rocky Mtn Power will compare cost to serve solar customers before fixed charge decision

  Nov. 16, 2015

• Ivanpah CSP project burns enough natural gas to qualify for CA cap-and-trade program

  Nov. 13, 2015

• Dong Energy proposes world's largest offshore wind farm off Massachusetts coast

  Nov. 13, 2015

• TPO showdown: Duke faces off against greens over NC church's solar array

  Nov. 12, 2015

• Beyond fixed charges: 'Disruptive Challenges' author charts new utility path

  Nov. 12, 2015

• BLM, state set new standards for renewables development plan for California desert

  Nov. 12, 2015

• Hawaii distributed energy and smart grid companies form new trade group

  Nov. 12, 2015

• Court rejects Dominion's move to block Sierra Club coal ash lawsuit

  Nov. 11, 2015

• Feds grant two offshore wind leases off New Jersey coast

  Nov. 11, 2015

• Judge allows SolarCity lawsuit against Arizona utility SRP to move forward

  Nov. 10, 2015

• DOE approves $1.2B transmission line for Canadian wind and hydro

  Nov. 10, 2015

• What do utility customers want? There's an app for that

  Nov. 9, 2015

• Arizona utility TEP wants to add solar fee, reduce net metering credit

  Nov. 6, 2015

• California solar advocates bring wheelbarrows of petitions to net metering fight

  Nov. 6, 2015

• NYISO: Closing NRG Huntly and Dunkirk coal plants won't threaten reliability

  Nov. 6, 2015

• Arizona Supreme Court to decide if waste qualifies as a renewable resource

  Nov. 6, 2015

• Wind's huge October: Generation records set in 4 of 7 organized markets

  Nov. 5, 2015

• Hawaii PUC allows public utility alternatives to be considered in NextEra merger case

  Nov. 5, 2015

• Invenergy adds 31.5 MW battery to booming PJM frequency regulation market

  Nov. 4, 2015

• Duke urges regulators to deny TPO solar bid from green group, church

  Nov. 4, 2015

• Ice, ice energy: The hot market for cooled liquid energy storage

  Nov. 3, 2015

• The day after: How solar can thrive in the post-net metering era

  Nov. 3, 2015

• California ballot initiative would eliminate IOUs, establish statewide public utility

  Nov. 3, 2015

• New Mexico regulators deny El Paso Electric monthly charge on distributed generation

  Nov. 3, 2015

• ITC sunset in sight, SolarCity shifts from growth to cost cutting strategy

  Nov. 2, 2015

• Wisconsin Public Service seeks third fixed charge increase in three years

  Nov. 2, 2015

• Arizona gears up for full cost-benefit solar value proceeding

  Nov. 2, 2015

• Austin Energy, First Solar ink deal for 119 MW of solar

  Oct. 30, 2015

• How utilities are getting in on the transmission building boom

  Oct. 29, 2015

• Massachusetts House seeks 2,400 MW cap on net metering

  Oct. 29, 2015

• NextEra, HEI ask PUC to exclude merger intervenors pushing for public utility

  Oct. 29, 2015

• SCE fined $16.7M for illegal regulatory communications on San Onofre closure

  Oct. 28, 2015

• FERC: Renewables account for over 60% of new generation in 2015

  Oct. 28, 2015

• From theory to practice: The challenges in moving to 'Utility 2.0'

  Oct. 27, 2015

• Vermont solar boom pushes utilities closer to net metering cap

  Oct. 27, 2015

• Xcel CEO: Wind is a better long-term buy than natural gas

  Oct. 27, 2015

• Hawaii PUC chair defends landmark decision to end retail rate net metering

  Oct. 26, 2015

• SCE reaches $400M settlement with nuclear insurer on San Onofre closure

  Oct. 26, 2015

• Virginia regulators order Dominion to open solar build to competitive bids

  Oct. 23, 2015

• Wind industry installed over 1,600 MW of capacity in Q3 2015

  Oct. 23, 2015

• What comes after net metering: Hawaii's latest postcard from the future

  Oct. 22, 2015

• New TVA study puts solar's value at under retail rate of electricity

  Oct. 21, 2015

• Stem, HECO partner on 1 MW battery storage pilot in Hawaii

  Oct. 21, 2015

• NY regulators lift solar net metering caps until REV docket sets DER values

  Oct. 21, 2015

• What's the value of energy storage? It's complicated

  Oct. 20, 2015

• Primer: The now and future impacts of energy storage

  Oct. 20, 2015

• Amid ITC concerns, Austin Energy approved for 450 MW of solar by 2019

  Oct. 20, 2015

• Wind builders bet on extension of federal tax credits in project planning

  Oct. 20, 2015

• How digital power plant tech can help utilities get the most from their assets

  Oct. 19, 2015

• Defying the usual headlines: How utility-solar collaborations are helping solar grow

  Oct. 15, 2015

• Why battery storage is 'just about ready to take off'

  Oct. 13, 2015

• Study: Integrating PacifiCorp and CAISO grids could create up to $9.1B in savings

  Oct. 13, 2015

• Clean Energy Collective debuts program to enable IOUs to rate base community solar

  Oct. 13, 2015

• Green Charge Networks to bring aggregated energy storage into CAISO market

  Oct. 13, 2015

• NextEra refuses to back down as intervenors reject new HEI merger commitments

  Oct. 12, 2015

• Arizona Public Service claims $67 monthly solar cost shift in new regulatory filing

  Oct. 12, 2015

• How 'grid neutrality' can build the backbone for the modern grid

  Oct. 12, 2015

• California finalizes 50%-by-2030 renewables mandate

  Oct. 8, 2015

• Hardware shortages may slow solar growth in 2016

  Oct. 8, 2015

• Utility-scale solar booms as costs drop, challenging gas on price

  Oct. 8, 2015

• IRS may redefine investment tax credit for energy projects

  Oct. 7, 2015

• Developers propose competing $1.6B, 400 MW offshore wind projects in Hawaii

  Oct. 7, 2015

• As regulators pump brakes, what's next for PG&E's EV charging program?

  Oct. 7, 2015

• NextEra, HECO withdraw application for utility solar project on Oahu

  Oct. 7, 2015

• Panasonic touts new solar module as most efficient in the world

  Oct. 6, 2015

• SunEdison to lay off 15% of its workforce in bid to streamline business

  Oct. 6, 2015

• Report: North Carolina utilities, regulators behind the curve on storage

  Oct. 6, 2015

• New Hampshire regulators cut renewables rebates by a third to preserve program

  Oct. 5, 2015

• Austin Energy approved for 300 MW utility solar buy under 4¢/kWh

  Oct. 5, 2015

• Cost of Service? Arizona's solar saga takes on the valuation question

  Oct. 4, 2015

• NextEra indicates it won't go through HECO merger process twice

  Oct. 2, 2015

• SolarCity touts its new rooftop solar panels as most efficient in the world

  Oct. 2, 2015

• To ITC or not to ITC: What happens if solar's federal tax incentives aren't extended

  Oct. 1, 2015

• GE unveils Digital Power Plant software to make generation more efficient, responsive

  Oct. 1, 2015

• SolarCity maintains 34% residential solar market share in 1H 2015

  Oct. 1, 2015

• SoCalEdison unveils new storage buys and RFO for distributed energy

  Sept. 30, 2015

• Duke settles North Carolina coal ash case for $7M

  Sept. 29, 2015

• How storage will shape the future of concentrated solar power

  Sept. 29, 2015

• CPS Energy tackles the cost shift by building solar on its own terms

  Sept. 29, 2015

• CPUC puts PG&E electric vehicle charging program on hold

  Sept. 29, 2015

• North Carolina hits milestone with 1 GW of solar

  Sept. 28, 2015

• How to become the 'Utility of the Future?' Industry experts weigh in

  Sept. 28, 2015

• Drought dries up PG&E hydro reservoir in northern California

  Sept. 28, 2015

• Newly-opened NJ offshore wind tract could yield 3,400 MW of capacity

  Sept. 28, 2015

• As solar prices drop fast, Austin Energy seeks to delay chunk of 600 MW purchase

  Sept. 25, 2015

• Entergy brings Mississippi's first utility solar pilot project online

  Sept. 25, 2015

• What solar's latest growth numbers say about the sector's future

  Sept. 24, 2015

• Negative RECs for community solar: Market failure or utility opportunity?

  Sept. 23, 2015

• As solar cap looms, installers ask CA regulators for interim metering measures

  Sept. 23, 2015

• Lincoln, Neb. muni approves $2.25 fixed charge increase

  Sept. 22, 2015

• Portland General Electric could join CAISO Energy Imbalance Market

  Sept. 22, 2015

• A good rate design is hard to find: Experts push utility-solar compromise

  Sept. 21, 2015

• CA government, SMUD contract for 100% renewable power for state buildings

  Sept. 21, 2015

• Feds approve North Carolina ocean tract for offshore wind developments

  Sept. 21, 2015

• SunPower: Keys to solar success are utility partners, being a 'good citizen of the grid'

  Sept. 17, 2015

• Joe Biden at SPI: 'We are on the cusp of something huge'

  Sept. 17, 2015

• IOU, co-op or muni? Experts debate the creation of public utilities

  Sept. 16, 2015

• CPUC pushed to study solar-storage further after filing pegs value at $0.25/kWh

  Sept. 15, 2015

• SPI 2015: Tax credit sunset preoccupies a fast-maturing industry

  Sept. 15, 2015

• Beyond batteries: The diverse technologies vying for the bulk storage market

  Sept. 14, 2015

• SDG&E moves to transitional 3-tier rate structure this month

  Sept. 14, 2015

• SoCalEdison & SolarCity partner to study aggregated distributed resources

  Sept. 14, 2015

• Southern's renewables push continues with 151 MW wind buy

  Sept. 11, 2015

• Renewables opponents make late-session push to freeze North Carolina RPS

  Sept. 11, 2015

• Why the installed price of distributed solar keeps dropping

  Sept. 10, 2015

• SunEdison expands partnership with Dominion Resources on solar assets

  Sept. 10, 2015

• Luminant buys 116 MW of solar from SunEdison at market-competitive price

  Sept. 10, 2015

• As EPA prepares to release 2nd rule governing coal ash, reach seen as limited

  Sept. 9, 2015

• Wyoming wind held back by transmission backlog, avian deaths

  Sept. 9, 2015

• What's behind the 900% growth in energy storage in Q2 2015

  Sept. 8, 2015

• Over 40 Hawaii lawmakers call for study of public utility as alternative to NextEra deal

  Sept. 8, 2015

• Colorado commits $1.2M for low income community shared solar projects

  Sept. 8, 2015

• SC regulators approve $900 million cost increase for new nuclear units

  Sept. 4, 2015

• After multiple outages, CPUC orders SCE to do full inspection of Long Beach grid

  Sept. 4, 2015

• Alabama Power's plan for 500 MW of renewables approved by regulators

  Sept. 3, 2015

• Florida solar advocates, utility backers face off in court over TPO ballot proposals

  Sept. 3, 2015

• NextEra promises grid upgrades, commitment to 100% renewables in HEI merger filing

  Sept. 2, 2015

• CA regulators fine PG&E $50K for lax security in Metcalf substation burglary

  Sept. 2, 2015

• How a green business group is transforming the way utilities sell renewables

  Sept. 1, 2015

• Plans to join PacifiCorp with CAISO grid move closer to reality

  Sept. 1, 2015

• AZ regulators call for formal policy to prevent utility donations in commission elections

  Sept. 1, 2015

• As regulators act, Nevada net metering debate takes center stage at Las Vegas conference

  Aug. 31, 2015

• CPUC turns down SDG&E proposal for new peak pricing periods

  Aug. 31, 2015

• Iowa co-op withdraws proposed $57.50 fixed fee for solar owners

  Aug. 31, 2015

• Is variable pricing the way out of Hawaii's solar wars?

  Aug. 27, 2015

• SolarCity wants to help utilities plan better for distributed resources

  Aug. 27, 2015

• How demand flexibility is about to transform electricity delivery

  Aug. 26, 2015

• President Obama calls for clean energy revolution: 'There is something big happening in America'

  Aug. 25, 2015

• How Warren Buffett's bet on an Energy Imbalance Market in the West is paying off

  Aug. 24, 2015

• Nuclear industry darkened by delays, cost overruns at Vogtle & Summer facilities

  Aug. 24, 2015

• SunEdison solar bid for Xcel beats all comers, including natural gas

  Aug. 24, 2015

• Why can't utilities innovate like startups?

  Aug. 21, 2015

• Major Las Vegas resorts get price tag for grid defection

  Aug. 21, 2015

• Vivint Solar, second biggest U.S. installer, flees Nevada after two weeks

  Aug. 21, 2015

• How wind's record low prices are driving a 'big build cycle'

  Aug. 20, 2015

• Arizona regulators push TEP's proposed net metering cut to 2016 rate case

  Aug. 20, 2015

• Arizona regulators to hear APS proposal on increasing fixed charges for solar

  Aug. 20, 2015

• How regional compliance can help states meet EPA emissions targets faster and cheaper

  Aug. 19, 2015

• In SolarCity's 'new paradigm' for distribution planning, DERs come first

  Aug. 18, 2015

• Opponents file lawsuit to void contract for first U.S. offshore wind project

  Aug. 18, 2015

• TVA seeks to license the first U.S. nuclear reactor of this century

  Aug. 18, 2015

• California regulators propose framework to put a value on DERs

  Aug. 18, 2015

• Why solar financing is moving from leases to loans

  Aug. 17, 2015

• Conservative solar leader plans to fight Florida utilities' 'early cost recovery' privilege

  Aug. 15, 2015

• Solar stock prices drop on concerns about falling oil prices

  Aug. 15, 2015

• German utility giant invests in behind-the-meter storage startup Stem

  Aug. 14, 2015

• Stakeholders push NextEra to reveal plans for Hawaiian Electric

  Aug. 14, 2015

• Inside the contentious fight over rooftop solar in Florida

  Aug. 13, 2015

• Duke Energy joins push to standardize battery-grid interactivity

  Aug. 13, 2015

• Distributed solar prices in U.S. continue to fall for fifth straight year

  Aug. 13, 2015

• Hawaii consumer advocate files opposition HEI-NextEra merger

  Aug. 11, 2015

• Note to utilities: Here's why 2015 is the 'tipping point' for community solar

  Aug. 11, 2015

• DOE: U.S. wind grew 8% in 2014 with prices dropping to all-time lows

  Aug. 11, 2015

• Alliant Energy reverses stance, agrees to net meter third party solar

  Aug. 11, 2015

• Judge: SCE violated rules in talks with regulators over SONGS

  Aug. 10, 2015

• Is 28% renewables by 2030 possible without the wind PTC?

  Aug. 8, 2015

• CA utilities, solar installers on same page in renewables mandate lobbying

  Aug. 7, 2015

• Is New Hampshire solar racing toward a brick wall?

  Aug. 7, 2015

• The other death spiral utilities are beginning to deal with

  Aug. 6, 2015

• Michigan senate bill would erode the value of net metering for solar owners

  Aug. 6, 2015

• APS must ask for its solar fee increase in a rate case, Ariz. judge rules

  Aug. 6, 2015

• Tres Amigas developer: SPS pullout of deal 'not that significant'

  Aug. 5, 2015

• CA utilities call for solar remuneration cuts, fixed and demand charges

  Aug. 5, 2015

• Senate energy bill set for a floor fight after bipartisan support in committee

  Aug. 4, 2015

• With $1M given, NextEra among largest donors to Jeb Bush Super PAC

  Aug. 4, 2015

• Arizona utilities set to meet 2016 renewables mandates with solar

  Aug. 4, 2015

• Arizona readies consumer protections for solar leasing as installers protest

  Aug. 3, 2015

• 'Tipping point' for FL solar? Orlando utility buys at under fossil generation prices

  Aug. 3, 2015

• FirstEnergy, AEP push Ohio regulators for solar policy cutbacks

  July 31, 2015

• Key Tres Amigas partners pull out, leaving national interconnect in doubt

  July 31, 2015

• Inside New York's aggressive new community shared renewables program

  July 30, 2015

• Washington Gov. Inslee issues executive directive to cap carbon emissions

  July 30, 2015

• ConEd will enter NY rooftop solar market through unregulated subsidiary

  July 30, 2015

• Edison Int'l seeks $7.57B in damagers from Mitsubishi for San Onofre closure

  July 29, 2015

• As Berkshire signs Obama climate pledge, subsidiary MidAmerican targets 57% wind in Iowa

  July 29, 2015

• Natural gas is no clean energy hero, new research suggests

  July 28, 2015

• First U.S. offshore wind project gets steel in the water

  July 28, 2015

• NRG Energy moves into community shared solar

  July 28, 2015

• Iowa co-op proposes one of the highest fixed solar charges in nation

  July 27, 2015

• Mass. senate passes increased net metering cap on bipartisan voice vote

  July 27, 2015

• What's next for the NextEra-Hawaiian Electric deal?

  July 26, 2015

• Hawaii regulators pushed to consider co-op as alternative to HECO merger

  July 24, 2015

• House passes bill to weaken EPA coal ash rule

  July 24, 2015

• Utility-scale solar is significantly cheaper than rooftop. Does that make it better?

  July 23, 2015

• Hewlett-Packard and Amazon Web Services join list of corporate buyers of wind

  July 23, 2015

• Key senate committee approves wind tax credit extension

  July 23, 2015

• Assessing the costs and benefits of distributed energy to the grid of the future

  July 23, 2015

• Hawaii Gov. Ige opposes NextEra acquisition of Hawaiian Electric

  July 22, 2015

• Cost overruns in SPP transmission projects draw ire of RTO's leaders

  July 22, 2015

• Inside Hawaii's landmark regulatory proceeding to value distributed resources

  July 21, 2015

• SC regulators approve final deal between Duke, solar installers

  July 21, 2015

• SunEdison moves into rooftop solar with Vivint acquisition

  July 21, 2015

• HECO launches community solar pilot project

  July 20, 2015

• CAISO approves plan to aggregate and market distributed energy resources

  July 20, 2015

• Second ballot initiative emerges to challenge Florida's solar choice measure

  July 17, 2015

• NV Energy wrestles with solar boom as state net metering cap looms

  July 17, 2015

• New software offerings help utilities boost community solar programs

  July 16, 2015

• AMS, SunEdison partner on 50 MW of strategic storage for SCE

  July 16, 2015

• Walker veto can't stop cuts to Wisconsin consumer advocate's funding

  July 15, 2015

• How rate design can save utilities from the solar death spiral

  July 15, 2015

• Federal appeals court upholds Colorado renewable energy standard

  July 15, 2015

• San Diego Gas & Electric proposes unique customer-sited energy storage rate

  July 15, 2015

• How DOE is remaking itself to help utilities modernize the grid

  July 14, 2015

• IPL breaks ground on 20MW storage facility for MISO ancillary services

  July 14, 2015

• Iberdrola breaks ground on first large wind farm in Southeast US

  July 14, 2015

• TEP asks regulators to expand rooftop solar offerings, add community solar product

  July 13, 2015

• Clean Energy Collective lands deal for CPS Energy's first community solar

  July 13, 2015

• Inside California's rate restructuring plan and the battle for fixed charges looming over it

  July 13, 2015

• NRC reopens Diablo Canyon nuclear plant license extension case

  July 10, 2015

• CA utilities want distributed generation to count towards renewables mandate

  July 10, 2015

• Inside Minnesota's disputed community solar deal

  July 9, 2015

• Duke Energy Renewables buys into Texas wind project powering candymaker Mars

  July 9, 2015

• NV Energy buys utility-scale solar at record low price under 4 cents/kWh

  July 9, 2015

• How the global fuel mix will transform itself over the next 25 years

  July 8, 2015

• Dominion Virginia moving ahead with controversial unlined coal ash storage pit

  July 8, 2015

• NRG, Ice Energy partner on 25.6 MW of behind-the-meter storage for SCE

  July 8, 2015

• How California's biggest utilities plan to integrate distributed resources

  July 7, 2015

• New Georgia law cuts electric car rebates, raising concern about utility EV programs

  July 7, 2015

• ITC offering transmission rights for Lake Erie Connector line

  July 6, 2015

• SolarCity adds Tesla battery to its new solar-plus-storage home product

  July 6, 2015

• Austin Energy gets record low solar bids at under 4 cents/kWh

  July 2, 2015

• HECO files with regulators to cut solar net metering rates in half

  July 2, 2015

• What happened when NRG Energy disrupted its own business model

  July 1, 2015

• Georgia Power unveils rooftop solar installation offering

  July 1, 2015

• Maine lawmakers override Gov. LePage's veto of value of solar bill

  July 1, 2015

• DOE-backed floating wind project may lose funding as utilities reject power prices

  June 30, 2015

• New York Gov. Cuomo releases REV roadmap, seeks deep GHG cuts

  June 29, 2015

• Minn. PUC approves Xcel-solar industry deal on community shared solar

  June 29, 2015

• Grid Edge Live 2015: The trends behind the explosion in distributed resources

  June 29, 2015

• How utilities are leveraging new software to help customers go solar

  June 25, 2015

• How California plans to integrate distributed resources into its ISO market

  June 24, 2015

• Duke solar partner REC Solar buys commercial sector competitor Stellar Energy

  June 24, 2015

• GTM: Community solar will grow 500% this year, add 1,800 MW by 2020

  June 24, 2015

• TEP drops net metering reform push, will wait for rate case

  June 23, 2015

• SolarCity seeks utility partners for grid modernization programs

  June 23, 2015

• How wind & solar could benefit from low oil prices

  June 22, 2015

• Iowa utilities refuse to net meter TPO solar arrays, testing state supreme court ruling

  June 22, 2015

• Colorado co-op contracts for 76 MW of wind, fights for coal supply

  June 22, 2015

• Texas, Colorado set model for increased renewables integration under Clean Power Plan

  June 19, 2015

• OK wind developers face short term boom, long term uncertainty with tax credit expirations

  June 19, 2015

• North Carolina solar activists file TPO financing test case with state regulators

  June 19, 2015

• Inside the renewable energy battles shaping North Carolina's future

  June 18, 2015

• How the e21 Initiative is building smarter utility business models in Minnesota

  June 18, 2015

• El Paso Electric proposes new community shared solar array

  June 18, 2015

• SolarCity moves into community shared solar with $200M Minnesota commitment

  June 18, 2015

• Co-op offers renewables only EV charging, highlighting new opportunity for utilities

  June 17, 2015

• SPP adds 5,000 MW generation, 9,500 miles of line as federal power agency joins

  June 17, 2015

• California IOU rates found to be twice the cost of muni power

  June 17, 2015

• Most states on track to meet EPA Clean Power Plan, but political & legal contention remains

  June 16, 2015

• New Vermont law mandates 75% renewables by 2032, targets residential emissions

  June 16, 2015

• IEA: Renewables will outpace coal, gas, nuclear by 2030 under current GHG pledges

  June 16, 2015

• NC Supreme Court gives Duke until 2029 to finish coal ash cleanup

  June 15, 2015

• Minnesota city goes 100% renewable with subscription to community shared solar

  June 15, 2015

• DTE Energy asks Michigan regulators to lower rates due to low cost of wind power

  June 12, 2015

• Hawaii Electric shareholders approve $4.3 billion NextEra acquisition

  June 12, 2015

• Storage update: Inside the sector's hot Q1 and what's next for utilities & suppliers

  June 11, 2015

• Inside Georgia Power's move into the residential solar market

  June 11, 2015

• SunEdison approved to build 50 MW Oahu solar array for HECO

  June 11, 2015

• US solar PV grows 1.3 GW in Q1, installed cost drops 10%

  June 11, 2015

• 100% renewables by 2045 is now the law in Hawaii

  June 10, 2015

• Stanford study outlines path for all 50 states to be 100% renewable by 2050

  June 10, 2015

• SolarCity moves into Rhode Island, stressing loans over leases

  June 8, 2015

• Maine lawmakers propose groundbreaking way out of net metering wars

  June 8, 2015

• PNM seeks more time to complete San Juan coal plant deals

  June 5, 2015

• California lawmakers advance regulatory reforms package without judicial review provision

  June 5, 2015

• SDG&E forming coalition to back proposal for 550 car charging stations

  June 5, 2015

• California Senate passes sweeping 12 bill climate & renewables package

  June 5, 2015

• Missouri regulators indicate they will reject Grain Belt Express transmission line

  June 4, 2015

• Report: Rooftops in US cities could host 5,000 MW of solar

  June 4, 2015

• BLM fast tracks permitting for 3 solar projects worth 440 MW on federal land

  June 3, 2015

• Colorado co-op proposes solar demand charges, net metering rate cut

  June 3, 2015

• Inside Minnesota's legislative battle over utility rate structures and solar

  June 3, 2015

• PA regulators propose net metering cap at 200% of system owner's demand

  June 2, 2015

• Ballot initiative, falling costs, energy storage drive Florida utilities into solar

  June 2, 2015

• What's solar worth? Inside Arizona utilities' push to reform net metering rates

  June 1, 2015

• Xcel seeks fixed fee hike for Wisconsin customers

  June 1, 2015

• Texas renewables mandate repeal bill flounders in state House

  June 1, 2015

• How climate change threatens the Western grid, and what to do about it

  May 29, 2015

• SCE&G, Duke reach settlements to add 190 MW of solar in South Carolina

  May 29, 2015

• PG&E flooded with 5,000 MW of applications for energy storage

  May 29, 2015

• Inside Hawaii activists' push to ditch HECO and transform the utility business model

  May 28, 2015

• Weak winds in Q1 hit utilities, developers in their pocketbooks

  May 28, 2015

• Updated: Georgia Power moving into rooftop solar market this summer

  May 28, 2015

• Buffett's BHE Renewables buys 655 MW of wind, 7 solar projects

  May 27, 2015

• Nevada utility-solar compromise could raise state's net metering cap

  May 27, 2015

• Minnesota regulators approve reduced rates for off-peak EV charging

  May 26, 2015

• CPUC approves contentious new 500 MW gas plant for SDG&E

  May 26, 2015

• How new transmission is unlocking wind power's potential in Michigan's Thumb

  May 26, 2015

• NC Senate finance chair pushes RPS freeze out of committee over bipartisan objections

  May 22, 2015

• Water near Duke Energy coal ash ponds still unsafe for residents

  May 22, 2015

• Minnesota co-op Stearns Electric adds community shared solar option

  May 21, 2015

• Alaskan island gets to nearly 100% renewables with wind, storage additions

  May 21, 2015

• SNL: Wind rush continues with 2,166 MW of new capacity announced in Q1 2015

  May 20, 2015

• Duke will shutter Asheville coal plant, replace it with 650 MW of natural gas

  May 20, 2015

• What a 50% renewables mandate means for California

  May 19, 2015

• Invenergy bringing over 60 MW of storage online for PJM frequency regulation

  May 19, 2015

• Oklahoma legislators, wind industry reach compromise on tax breaks

  May 19, 2015

• Wright-Hennepin: A case study in utility transformation

  May 18, 2015

• New Mexico regulators reject PNM's rate increase, solar fee proposal

  May 18, 2015

• Utilities can rate base EV charging stations under new Washington law

  May 18, 2015

• NEC Energy Solutions plans 60MW of storage for PJM market

  May 15, 2015

• Duke pleads guilty to nine coal ash charges stemming from Dan River spill

  May 15, 2015

• Messing with Texas: Can the state block the EPA's Clean Power Plan?

  May 15, 2015

• Utah high schoolers petition PSC to block Rocky Mountain Power solar fees

  May 14, 2015

• Maryland Gov. Hogan signs community shared solar bills into law

  May 14, 2015

• Georgia Gov. Deal signs solar third party ownership bill into law

  May 13, 2015

• Why DOE says hydropower is poised for a comeback

  May 13, 2015

• MISO, SPP settling spats, working together on 4 new transmission projects

  May 13, 2015

• How to get to a solar-based future, according to MIT

  May 12, 2015

• Lawsuit alleges Duke flouted coal ash regulations before Dan River spill

  May 12, 2015

• Minnesota solar company teeters as lawmakers debate pulling incentives

  May 12, 2015

• Report: Iowa wind can help nearby states meet EPA emissions standards

  May 11, 2015

• CenterPoint files to build $300M transmission line to serve Houston

  May 11, 2015

• Maui will study impacts of potential split from HECO

  May 8, 2015

• How will the EPA's Clean Power Plan affect the economy?

  May 8, 2015

• Minnesota Power affiliate Allete Clean Energy adds 7th wind farm in 15 months

  May 8, 2015

• How utilities and policymakers can maintain and boost renewable energy's value

  May 7, 2015

• Mass. grapples with policy options as it hits solar net metering cap

  May 7, 2015

• MIT: Solar should ditch net metering, fight for federal tax incentives

  May 7, 2015

• Report: For CPP compliance in Minnesota, renewables can beat gas on price

  May 6, 2015

• Under pressure from Koch-funded groups, Kansas axes renewables mandate

  May 6, 2015

• California utilities ready plans for community solar programs

  May 5, 2015

• PNM strikes deal to keep coal plant operating through 2022

  May 5, 2015

• How utilities can leverage their grids to integrate solar faster and cheaper

  May 5, 2015

• 3 serious failures in transmission planning and how to fix them

  May 4, 2015

• Report: Wind rush continues with 1,200 MW capacity installed in Q1 2015

  May 4, 2015

• Florida legislature sends 'weakened' PSC reform bill to governor

  May 1, 2015

• Xcel subsidiary Northern States Power tests community solar in Wisconsin

  May 1, 2015

• Why community shared solar is ready to be the 'great equalizer'

  April 30, 2015

• Hawaii lawmakers agree on 100% renewables by 2045 mandate

  April 29, 2015

• Xcel Energy to limit size of community solar, slashing project pipeline by 80%

  April 29, 2015

• Report: 5 drivers of North Carolina's solar boom

  April 29, 2015

• AES plans ambitious 1,000 MW expansion in battery storage

  April 28, 2015

• First US offshore wind project begins construction

  April 28, 2015

• Utility buy-in fuels a boom in Colorado community solar

  April 28, 2015

• Wisconsin Power & Light proposes $750M hybrid gas-solar plant

  April 28, 2015

• Why NERC thinks the EPA Clean Power Plan could threaten grid reliability

  April 28, 2015

• Colorado lawmakers take up delayed bill to save utility consumer advocate

  April 27, 2015

• Wisconsin PSC approves ATC-Xcel transmission to bring wind power to MISO

  April 27, 2015

• Florida House unanimously passes PSC reform bill

  April 24, 2015

• Nebraska Senate advances renewable tax credit bill

  April 24, 2015

• NC lawmakers extend tax credit for 'in construction' renewables one year

  April 23, 2015

• CPUC rate reform proposal: Two tiers, TOU rates, possible fixed charges

  April 23, 2015

• Is We Energies behind the push to defund Wisconsin's consumer advocate?

  April 23, 2015

• 'Mission accomplished?' Inside the battle over Texas renewable energy incentives

  April 22, 2015

• NERC: EPA should ease Clean Power Plan timeline to ensure reliability

  April 22, 2015

• SolarCity plans to build 300 MW of commercial solar with $1.1B fund

  April 22, 2015

• Arizona co-op asks regulators for exemption from net metering rules

  April 21, 2015

• Consumer advocates demand renegotiation of SONGS closure deal

  April 21, 2015

• Exelon, ComEd face Illinois clean energy coalition in 3-bill showdown

  April 20, 2015

• Hawaii PUC gives HECO, solar advocates until June 30 to resolve net metering dispute

  April 20, 2015

• New Mexico AG joins solar lobby in opposition to PNM grid fees

  April 20, 2015

• Wisconsin lawmakers vote to terminate funding to utility customer advocate

  April 17, 2015

• New Hampshire lawmakers nix utility solar ownership bill, approve decoupling study

  April 17, 2015

• Will big corporations snatch the wind opportunity away from utilities?

  April 16, 2015

• CPUC head: California grid can soon handle 100% renewables

  April 16, 2015

• California winter heat, drought drive significant wind, hydro shortfalls

  April 16, 2015

• New polls: Americans love solar more than any other type of energy

  April 15, 2015

• Clean Line proposes Grain Belt Express route for Illinois regulators

  April 15, 2015

• D.C. Circuit Court will hear Clean Power Plan challenge on Thursday

  April 15, 2015

• Colorado's biggest coal users turn toward low-priced renewables

  April 14, 2015

• Utilities, solar advocates at odds over Missouri net metering bill

  April 14, 2015

• California PUC fines PG&E record $1.6B for 2010 San Bruno pipeline blast

  April 13, 2015

• FERC cuts ITC Midwest's requested tariff adder in half

  April 13, 2015

• SolarCity partners with Google's Nest to integrate smart thermostats with rooftop solar

  April 13, 2015

• HECO partners with the Navy for 50MW solar array at Pearl Harbor

  April 10, 2015

• SunEdison signs 3 PPAs with Pacificorp for 262 MW of Utah solar

  April 10, 2015

• $1B, 750 MW hybrid natural gas-solar facility to be built in New Mexico

  April 9, 2015

• How utilities can use solar to build new business models

  April 9, 2015

• Montana will delay action on net metering until a study of its impacts is complete

  April 9, 2015

• NextEra adds $640M, 400MW to its Colorado wind investments

  April 8, 2015

• Developer scraps Maryland wind project due to local political opposition

  April 8, 2015

• Florida utility battles pit solar advocates against natural gas expansion

  April 8, 2015

• Northern long-eared bat designated as threatened, requiring power sector mitigations

  April 8, 2015

• PPL, Peco join list of utilities seeking big fixed fee hikes

  April 7, 2015

• Why utilities could soon face massive load defection, and how they can prevent it

  April 7, 2015

• Midwest regulators to FERC: Clean Power Plan is too much, too soon

  April 6, 2015

• As N.C. regulators finalize plan, Duke could begin cleaning coal ash this summer

  April 6, 2015

• DOE: Wind could provide 35% U.S. electricity by midcentury

  April 2, 2015

• World solar PV grew 26% in 2014, now more than 1% of electricity globally

  April 2, 2015

• Why it can take so long to get rooftop solar connected to the grid

  April 2, 2015

• Three trends that get the grid to 70% renewables by mid-century

  April 1, 2015

• Solar runs up against net metering cap in Massachusetts

  April 1, 2015

• Another Southern Co. subsidiary buys into Oklahoma wind

  April 1, 2015

• Settlement money from Duke Edwardsport case funds storage research

  March 31, 2015

• Ohio regulators ask lawmakers not to hamper Clean Power Plan implementation

  March 31, 2015

• Inside the new approach to finding the true value of solar

  March 31, 2015

• HECO clears PV interconnection queues in Maui, Hawaii Islands

  March 30, 2015

• Wisconsin regulators approve Xcel-ATC line to deliver wind to MISO

  March 30, 2015

• Hawaii agency questions details of $4.3B NextEra-HECO deal

  March 27, 2015

• CPUC Head: PG&E used pipeline safety money for exec raises before San Bruno explosion

  March 27, 2015

• New Hampshire bill would remove barriers for utility-owned rooftop solar

  March 26, 2015

• Feds greenlight first utility-owned U.S. offshore wind project

  March 26, 2015

• What the solar market looks like now, and where it's headed

  March 26, 2015

• Radioactive politics: Inside the renewed push to site nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain

  March 25, 2015

• Hawaii lawmakers consider bills to check NextEra-HECO merger

  March 25, 2015

• California becomes first state to generate 5% of electricity from utility-scale solar

  March 25, 2015

• Environmental groups sue Dominion Virginia for coal ash leaks

  March 24, 2015

• New Jersey makes first awards in energy storage program to boost grid resiliency

  March 24, 2015

• North Carolina: The next big utility-solar showdown?

  March 24, 2015

• Lawmaker calls on CA regulators to reopen San Onfre closure cost settlement

  March 23, 2015

• South Carolina utilities and solar advocates finalize net metering at full retail value

  March 23, 2015

• PG&E proposes rebates for customers who buy electric cars

  March 20, 2015

• SCE wants to upgrade substation to offset SONGS closure

  March 20, 2015

• California ballot initiative would create statewide public utility district

  March 19, 2015

• Senate hearing confronts the costs and benefits of distributed generation

  March 19, 2015

• Is solar worth $0.33 per kWh? Inside Maine's valuation debate

  March 19, 2015

• North Carolina bill would legalize third party financing, solar leasing

  March 18, 2015

• Major Florida utility reforms fail in committee, smaller ones pass

  March 18, 2015

• Are rooftop solar installers fleecing customers? The industry responds

  March 18, 2015

• West Virginia bill to study, cap net metering signed into law

  March 17, 2015

• CPUC head proposes tougher penalties for PG&E's San Bruno pipeline explosion

  March 17, 2015

• PG&E reports Diablo Canyon safe against once-in-10,000 year earthquake

  March 16, 2015

• Xcel's Southwestern Public Service buys 140 MW of New Mexico solar

  March 16, 2015

• How wind can become America's biggest single energy source by mid-century

  March 16, 2015

• DOE study: Wind to reach 35% of U.S. power supply by 2050

  March 12, 2015

• Colorado bill calls for 'alternative utility revenue models'

  March 12, 2015

• Why SRP's controversial demand charge unlocks a huge opportunity for solar-plus-storage

  March 12, 2015

• Vermont House passes 75% by 2032 renewable energy mandate

  March 11, 2015

• ISO New England warns of threat to grid reliability over gas supply shortage

  March 11, 2015

• TVA's plan for future: Less coal, more gas and efficiency

  March 10, 2015

• Solar made up 32% of all new U.S. generating capacity in 2014

  March 10, 2015

• Where is the U.S. energy storage market going?

  March 10, 2015

• Minnesota regulators rule Xcel cannot profit on nuclear plant upgrade cost overruns

  March 9, 2015

• PG&E faces questions over Diablo Canyon nuclear plant earthquake safety

  March 9, 2015

• Xcel asks regulators to change community solar rules in Minnesota

  March 9, 2015

• What SunEdison's big buy into battery storage could offer utilities

  March 9, 2015

• SunEdison acquires leading battery storage provider Solar Grid Storage

  March 6, 2015

• National solar installer group attacks AEP over 'shady tactics'

  March 6, 2015

• Drawing controversy, solar net metering study finds $2M cost shift in Louisiana

  March 6, 2015

• SolarCity moves into New Mexico, its 16th state

  March 5, 2015

• CA bill would let non-utilities sell electricity to commercial, industrial customers

  March 5, 2015

• Inside California's plans to jump-start community solar development

  March 5, 2015

• What's behind solar price variability, and why utilities get the best deals

  March 5, 2015

• SolarCity sues Salt River Project over increased charges for solar customers

  March 4, 2015

• Emails reveal CPUC's Florio had questionable relations with SoCal Edison officials

  March 4, 2015

• Gov. Walker's Wisconsin budget discontinues support for biofuels research

  March 3, 2015

• The new roadmap for the revival of offshore wind

  March 3, 2015

• Cape Wind president endorses coalition pushing new offshore wind policy

  March 2, 2015

• Study: Net metering is a net positive for Missouri

  March 2, 2015

• Peevey influence tied to controversial Pio Pico gas plant about to go online

  March 2, 2015

• Bills to end retail rate net metering fail in West Virginia, Indiana

  Feb. 27, 2015

• HECO accused of slowing solar interconnects to max out NextEra merger value

  Feb. 27, 2015

• Why utilities and solar advocates can't agree on what solar costs

  Feb. 26, 2015

• U.S. utility-scale solar boom led by California and North Carolina

  Feb. 26, 2015

• Kansas lawmakers again push to end state's renewable energy mandate

  Feb. 26, 2015

• Atoms for electricity: Inside Exelon's push to save its Illinois nuclear fleet

  Feb. 26, 2015

• Green Tea Coalition opposes solar bill in Florida Senate

  Feb. 25, 2015

• ComEd used $60M in ratepayer money for charity, "politically influential" donations

  Feb. 25, 2015

• What electric reliability is actually worth and what it means for utilities

  Feb. 25, 2015

• Secret PG&E "self-investigation" finds obstructions on 20% of its gas pipelines

  Feb. 24, 2015

• Greens: Duke's maligned coal ash handling is typical for industry

  Feb. 24, 2015

• Facing protests, SRP proposes changes to rate hikes for solar customers

  Feb. 23, 2015

• Solar advocates respond to critical tax study, ready for a "bare knuckle brawl" on ITC

  Feb. 23, 2015

• How renewables are changing the way we operate the grid

  Feb. 23, 2015

• Texas wind generation is up 71% in 5 years

  Feb. 20, 2015

• Controversial Indiana solar bill moves quickly through critical committee

  Feb. 20, 2015

• Why the future of electric vehicles depends on utilities, and vice versa

  Feb. 20, 2015

• "The next shale": How solar is poised to transform America's energy markets

  Feb. 19, 2015

• How the West's new Energy Imbalance Market is building a smarter energy system

  Feb. 19, 2015

• Hawaii group explores forming co-op, intervenes in NextEra-HECO docket

  Feb. 18, 2015

• SDG&E lands $5M grant to expand all-renewables microgrid

  Feb. 18, 2015

• New Mexico bill would end unregulated rate increases for fuel costs

  Feb. 18, 2015

• Storage startup Alevo announces 200 MW project in unnamed wholesale market

  Feb. 18, 2015

• ISO New England picks Eversource-National Grid for new Boston-New Hampshire lines

  Feb. 13, 2015

• TVA to sign major solar deal with NextEra for 80 MW

  Feb. 13, 2015

• How Basin Electric is handling explosive new load growth in North Dakota

  Feb. 13, 2015

• NextEra accuses Eversource of underbidding for transmission project

  Feb. 12, 2015

• Southern Co. subsidiary Gulf Power buys 180 MW of Oklahoma wind

  Feb. 12, 2015

• Inside the PG&E proposal to build 25,000 EV charging stations

  Feb. 12, 2015

• Why Dept of Energy is going big on community shared solar

  Feb. 12, 2015

• Battle brewing in South Carolina over utility's solar proposals

  Feb. 11, 2015

• Ameren offers support for EPA regs in exchange for revisions

  Feb. 11, 2015

• World's largest PV solar plant goes online in California

  Feb. 10, 2015

• Hundreds protest Salt River Project's proposed $50 per month solar charge in Arizona

  Feb. 10, 2015

• Duke buys controlling interest in commercial developer REC Solar

  Feb. 10, 2015

• Wood Mackenzie: Solar could be "the next shale"

  Feb. 10, 2015

• Inside the deal: Why Duke Energy is buying one of the largest U.S. commercial solar developers

  Feb. 10, 2015

• First Solar moves into community solar market

  Feb. 9, 2015

• Wisc. Gov. budget includes funding for wind energy health studies

  Feb. 9, 2015

• Greens, Exelon in dueling proposals for new Illinois renewables mandate

  Feb. 6, 2015

• Principal Solar moves forward on big NC solar array

  Feb. 6, 2015

• Why community solar is exploding in Minnesota

  Feb. 5, 2015

• Missouri Co-op to build state's first community solar array

  Feb. 4, 2015

• Should Duke or consumers pay escalating Edwardsport costs?

  Feb. 4, 2015

• Kemper IGCC plant costs escalate by another $45M

  Feb. 4, 2015

• Coal, gas, utility groups back lawsuit against Minnesota coal power import law

  Feb. 4, 2015

• Why utility execs say storage is the top emerging energy technology

  Feb. 4, 2015

• Oregon lawmakers file bill to ban coal power, limit natural gas expansion

  Feb. 3, 2015

• New PG&E program offers customers 100% solar option

  Feb. 3, 2015

• How utilities are transforming their fuel mixes

  Feb. 2, 2015

• Deepwater wind development sites yield modest sums in auction

  Feb. 2, 2015

• Alaska's Fire Island wind project put on hold for lack of buyers

  Feb. 2, 2015

• New Florida bill would block utilities from passing on gas exploration costs

  Jan. 30, 2015

• U.S. wind finished 2014 with big numbers, quadrupling its 2013 build

  Jan. 30, 2015

• NV Energy accelerates solar development to beat tax credit deadline

  Jan. 28, 2015

• Michigan wind boom sparks controversy, calls for moratorium

  Jan. 28, 2015

• How utilities can get in on the solar job bonanza

  Jan. 28, 2015

• NextEra more than doubles Q4 net income

  Jan. 27, 2015

• San Francisco mayor calls for community choice aggregation program

  Jan. 27, 2015

• Washington utility adopts novel modular energy storage design

  Jan. 26, 2015

• ERCOT: Wind topped 10% of Texas generation for first time in 2014

  Jan. 26, 2015

• Hawaiian Electric's plan to end solar net metering, explained

  Jan. 26, 2015

• Forecasts: Coal will be less than a third of U.S. generation by 2030

  Jan. 23, 2015

• Study: 40% RPS for Minnesota would add $6.2B in investment

  Jan. 23, 2015

• Inside the coming showdown over rooftop solar in Indiana

  Jan. 23, 2015

• Florida legislators bring bills to boost solar, limit utilities' billing power

  Jan. 22, 2015

• APS drafted anti-solar leasing letter signed by Ariz. legislators

  Jan. 22, 2015

• Why utilities across the nation are embracing community solar

  Jan. 22, 2015

• How the Just Energy-CPF partnership is changing the rooftop solar game

  Jan. 22, 2015

• Nebraska senators propose state wind tax credit to replace federal PTC

  Jan. 21, 2015

• Bipartisan coalition pushes to expand net metering in Montana

  Jan. 21, 2015

• New proposed net metering reforms could boost Missouri's solar industry

  Jan. 20, 2015

• Solar advocates set to challenge Wisc. regulators on net metering math

  Jan. 20, 2015

• CPUC plan for community solar stirs controversy with renewables advocates

  Jan. 15, 2015

• Desert Sunlight 550 MW solar PV project goes online

  Jan. 15, 2015

• How new turbine technology will open up the Southeast to wind development

  Jan. 15, 2015

• Rooftop solar is now cheaper than the grid in 42 American cities

  Jan. 14, 2015

• Tennessee clears transmission line to deliver Oklahoma wind to Southeast

  Jan. 14, 2015

• FERC approves Great Northern transmission line to link Manitoba hydro and Minnesota wind

  Jan. 14, 2015

• EIA forecast: Lower natural gas prices, increased renewables in 2015

  Jan. 14, 2015

• PJM: Renewables, efficiency can keep coal plants operating under EPA rules

  Jan. 14, 2015

• Xcel solar project meets resistance in Minnesota

  Jan. 13, 2015

• CPUC email scandal widens to involve SCE, SONGS closure

  Jan. 13, 2015

• Wind generation hits records, mitigates price spikes during cold snap

  Jan. 13, 2015

• BLM releases draft plan for Boardman-to-Hemingway transmission project

  Jan. 12, 2015

• Florida lawmakers move to prevent collusion between utilities, regulators

  Jan. 12, 2015

• Can California really get to 50% renewables in 15 years?

  Jan. 9, 2015

• EEI: Utilities spent a record $37B on new T&D in 2013

  Jan. 8, 2015

• IHS: Global solar PV to reach 53 GW in 2015, Calif. to become global leader

  Jan. 8, 2015

• The new guide to the nation's best solar policies — and how to emulate them

  Jan. 8, 2015

• Cape Wind hit with new setback as two utilities back out of PPAs

  Jan. 7, 2015

• Virginia Supreme Court pushed to review Dominion transmission plan

  Jan. 7, 2015

• Where the energy storage expansion will happen first and why

  Jan. 7, 2015

• Arizona's utility-owned solar programs: The new business models utilities are looking for?

  Jan. 7, 2015

• Missouri utilities propose new fixed charges to cover infrastructure costs

  Jan. 6, 2015

• Exelon needs to nearly double power prices to keep Ginna nuclear plant open

  Jan. 6, 2015

• Activists push for new RTO as Southeast utility reserve margins called into question

  Jan. 6, 2015

• Future of coal at stake as New Mexico regulators consider PNM plan

  Jan. 5, 2015

• Southwest Power Pool plans new gas plants, transmission to meet EPA rules

  Jan. 5, 2015

• Study: Spending on outage managment systems to reach $1.3B in 2023

  Jan. 2, 2015

• North Carolina regulators reject proposals to change utility-scale solar regulations

  Jan. 2, 2015

• Global utility-scale PV sets new build record for 5th year running

  Jan. 1, 2015

• Vivint Solar plans 20 new offices in big national market epansion

  Dec. 30, 2014

• Poll finds support for EPA low ahead of standoff with Congress

  Dec. 29, 2014

• EPA's long-awaited coal ash rule pleases nobody

  Dec. 28, 2014

• D.C. Circuit Court overturns EPA ozone standard extensions

  Dec. 27, 2014

• New PG&E emails show more unethical dealings with California regulators

  Dec. 23, 2014

• Nebraska utility will get nearly half its energy from renewables by 2016

  Dec. 22, 2014

• Kentucky regulators approve state's first utility-scale solar project

  Dec. 22, 2014

• SolarCity brings in head Obama campaigner, preps major customer acquisition drive

  Dec. 21, 2014

• Florida PSC: Utilities may charge customers for natural gas drilling

  Dec. 19, 2014

• DC residents organize against the $6.8B Exelon-Pepco merger

  Dec. 19, 2014

• Study: Utilities increased energy efficiency investments 30% since 2010

  Dec. 18, 2014

• Study: Minnesota could get over half its power from renewables by 2030

  Dec. 18, 2014

• 2015 looks grim for wind energy. How will the industry adapt?

  Dec. 18, 2014

• CA clean energy loan program grew 10 times bigger in 2014

  Dec. 17, 2014

• U.S. imposes tariffs on Chinese and Taiwanese solar panels

  Dec. 17, 2014

• Austin, Texas, commits to 950 MW of solar by 2025

  Dec. 17, 2014

• SunPower drops $20M into Tendril to connect solar, energy management

  Dec. 17, 2014

• Solar in 2014: It was a very good year

  Dec. 16, 2014

• National Grid to triple its solar in Massachusetts

  Dec. 15, 2014

• New Mexico utility floats monthly solar fees in rate case

  Dec. 15, 2014

• How utilities can plan for the future of transmission and distributed generation

  Dec. 14, 2014

• Showdown at the PSC: Inside the battles for Florida's energy future

  Dec. 14, 2014

• New W.Va. GOP majority will attempt repeal of alternative fuels mandate

  Dec. 14, 2014

• PG&E CEO: A price on carbon can be good for utilities

  Dec. 14, 2014

• NREL partners with GE, EPRI on microgrid deployment project

  Dec. 11, 2014

• SolarCity partners with BofA for $400M solar financing program

  Dec. 11, 2014

• How power companies can get to Utility 2.0 and beyond

  Dec. 11, 2014

• EIA: Rise in coal use in 2014 foreshadows a coming decline

  Dec. 10, 2014

• First Solar buys into CEC, the leading U.S. community solar developer

  Dec. 10, 2014

• U.S. solar grew 1.3 GW in Q3 to 16.1 GW

  Dec. 9, 2014

• Regulators approve Duke proposal to invest $500M in solar

  Dec. 9, 2014

• How virtual net metering will save low income Massachusetts residents $60 million

  Dec. 9, 2014

• HECO inks contracts for its biggest solar buy ever

  Dec. 8, 2014

• After contentious decisions, Florida lawmakers file bill to reform PSC

  Dec. 8, 2014

• How ITC Holdings plans to connect PJM demand with Ontario's rich renewables

  Dec. 8, 2014

• Can North Carolina utilities unlock the state's solar potential?

  Dec. 7, 2014

• Survey: Calif. advanced energy economy approaching half a million jobs

  Dec. 5, 2014

• SunPower CEO: Low oil prices won't stop solar

  Dec. 5, 2014

• House responds to Obama veto threat with one-year wind PTC extension

  Dec. 4, 2014

• Maryland PSC approves higher fees for smart grid opt-outs

  Dec. 4, 2014

• Study: Many utility customers would turn to Google or SolarCity for better services

  Dec. 3, 2014

• Ariz. muni SRP proposes higher fixed charges for solar customers

  Dec. 3, 2014

• Utility-scale solar generation grew 100% in 2014

  Dec. 2, 2014

• Glatfelter nears permit to replace coal with natural gas

  Dec. 2, 2014

• Comments are in on the EPA's Clean Power Plan

  Dec. 2, 2014

• Study: Rural communities embrace wind power development

  Dec. 2, 2014

• Indiana munis battle with co-ops, IOUs over turf

  Dec. 2, 2014

• Regional approach can make complying with EPA rules 30% cheaper

  Nov. 30, 2014

• Georgia Power nuclear expansion delayed another year

  Nov. 30, 2014

• Midwest renewables take a big step closer to eastern markets

  Nov. 27, 2014

• Interior to auction largest-ever plot for offshore wind

  Nov. 25, 2014

• Wind power saved Southwest Power Pool ratepayers $1.2B in 2013

  Nov. 24, 2014

• Solar and wind beat the price of coal and gas in many markets

  Nov. 24, 2014

• A whole new kind of renewables business: Inside the SunEdison-First Wind deal

  Nov. 23, 2014

• New glue-on solar panels could cut installation costs and time signifiantly

  Nov. 22, 2014

• Report: North Carolina grew solar 127% from 2010 to 2013

  Nov. 22, 2014

• Obama adviser: Utilities 'proactively engaged' on Clean Power Plan

  Nov. 20, 2014

• How the U.S. will get a third of its energy from wind by midcentury

  Nov. 20, 2014

• How solar owners can be 'good citizens of the grid'

  Nov. 19, 2014

• NRG Home Solar set for a big push into California markets

  Nov. 18, 2014

• NRC Chair: Agency will require significant refocusing in coming years

  Nov. 18, 2014

• Is South Carolina solar about to explode?

  Nov. 18, 2014

• Study: Solar PV plus storage will grow tenfold by 2018

  Nov. 17, 2014

• Feds approve first offshore wind transmission line

  Nov. 17, 2014

• SunPower announces plans to triple manufacturing capacity

  Nov. 17, 2014

• Indiana utility offers free EV charging

  Nov. 17, 2014

• AEP, Southern Co: U.S.-China climate accord could cause blackouts

  Nov. 14, 2014

• DOE energy loan program turns profitable, goes $30 million in the black

  Nov. 14, 2014

• Big storage procurements leave more questions than answers

  Nov. 13, 2014

• How America ranks first in wind energy—even with less capacity than China

  Nov. 13, 2014

• U.S.-China climate deal shows growing confidence in renewables

  Nov. 12, 2014

• Vivint Solar CEO says GOP majority will be beneficial

  Nov. 12, 2014

• How the new Congress will handle energy issues

  Nov. 12, 2014

• ISO-NE: Gas pipeline capacity top concern for next decade

  Nov. 11, 2014

• TVA to add 130 MW of renewables in 2015

  Nov. 11, 2014

• AZ regulator study: Smart meters are safe

  Nov. 10, 2014

• FERC Chair LaFleur says agency can help implement EPA's Clean Power Plan

  Nov. 10, 2014

• What is solar PV actually worth to utilities?

  Nov. 9, 2014

• Hawaiian Electric profits drop slightly on renewables and grid expenses

  Nov. 7, 2014

• Northeast Utilities earnings up 12% on increased transmission services

  Nov. 7, 2014

• Lame Duck Preview: Will Congress extend tax credits for wind?

  Nov. 7, 2014

• Ameren's Q3 numbers drop on nuclear plant maintenance

  Nov. 6, 2014

• AES earnings down despite increased generation profits

  Nov. 6, 2014

• This is what a well-functioning renewable rebate program looks like

  Nov. 6, 2014

• While some talk of new business models, Iowa's coops invent them

  Nov. 6, 2014

• Duke Energy Q3 earnings slip on milder weather, reduced power sales

  Nov. 6, 2014

• NRG Q3 profit grows 41%, but full year forecast lowered

  Nov. 6, 2014

• Entergy Q3 income drops almost 4% on nuclear expansion plan losses

  Nov. 4, 2014

• FirstEnergy earnings drop, forecasts remain unchanged

  Nov. 4, 2014

• The fight over solar moves from net metering to rate design

  Nov. 3, 2014

• DTE Energy says EPA rules will impose 'sweeping changes'

  Nov. 3, 2014

• Oklahoma Gas & Electric considers new charge for distributed generation

  Nov. 3, 2014

• NextEra Energy sees 5.9% revenue growth, but earnings fall

  Nov. 3, 2014

• Dominion profit drops 7% on nuclear, offshore wind spend

  Nov. 1, 2014

• One grid to rule them all: Is a national transmission system coming to America?

  Oct. 31, 2014

• Xcel earnings, revenue on track for planned growth

  Oct. 30, 2014

• PSEG third quarter profits up 14%

  Oct. 30, 2014

• Edison International ups 3Q earnings on SoCal Edision growth

  Oct. 29, 2014

• EPA revamps High Priority Violator policy, ends 'watch list'

  Oct. 29, 2014

• Appalachian Power proposes $6.3 million energy efficiency program

  Oct. 28, 2014

• PG&E profits up nearly 500% on CPUC-approved rate increase

  Oct. 28, 2014

• How utilities can integrate solar into their distribution plans

  Oct. 28, 2014

• Xcel plans 187 MW of new solar

  Oct. 27, 2014

• D.C. Circuit Court rules EPA may implement multi-state pollution rules

  Oct. 27, 2014

• Utility CEOs to Congress: No new tax credits for wind energy

  Oct. 24, 2014

• Illinois regulators approve $251M Grand Prairie Gateway transmission line

  Oct. 24, 2014

• Solar Power International 2014: 'The best energy we have had for years'

  Oct. 23, 2014

• The 'epic fail' on solar's doorstep—and how the grid can help

  Oct. 22, 2014

• Solar's tax credit fight could lead to 'Tomorrow Power & Light' or 'World War III'

  Oct. 21, 2014

• San Francisco proposal would put solar on nearly every new roof

  Oct. 17, 2014

• Austin Energy pushes back on City Council's solar mandate

  Oct. 17, 2014

• Xcel to convert its Black Dog coal plant to natural gas

  Oct. 16, 2014

• Yahoo buys into Kansas wind farm

  Oct. 16, 2014

• The future of U.S. offshore wind: 2015 'is the year it happens'

  Oct. 16, 2014

• How utilities can mitigate grid impacts of high solar penetrations

  Oct. 16, 2014

• How utilities can streamline rooftop solar interconnection and cut costs

  Oct. 16, 2014

• Energy trade groups weigh in on DOE infrastructure review

  Oct. 15, 2014

• MidAmerican plans to add 162 MW of wind energy in Iowa

  Oct. 15, 2014

• Grid of the future: How transmission and new technologies can work together

  Oct. 15, 2014

• 'Brouhaha' on Long Island over proposed sPower solar project

  Oct. 14, 2014

• PJM, Sierra Club tussle over gas conversion at NJ power plant

  Oct. 14, 2014

• Idaho Power's vital Boardman-to-Hemingway transmission line wrestles with permitting

  Oct. 14, 2014

• Three solar module technologies emerge as market leaders

  Oct. 13, 2014

• SoCal Edison seeks 63 MW of distributed solar

  Oct. 13, 2014

• How California is incentivizing solar to solve the Duck Curve

  Oct. 13, 2014

• Fresno green lights Recurrent Energy's 400 MW solar project

  Oct. 10, 2014

• SPP: EPA timeline for emissions cuts too short

  Oct. 10, 2014

• Is SunZia ready to deliver New Mexico wind to Phoenix and Los Angeles?

  Oct. 9, 2014

• Report: NRC missed chance to spot problems at San Onofre nuclear plant

  Oct. 9, 2014

• GE exec: Grid-scale storage can't compete with cheap natural gas

  Oct. 9, 2014

• Judge throws out Nebraska challenge to EPA emissions rules

  Oct. 8, 2014

• New Jersey bill proposes tripling the net metering cap to 7.5%

  Oct. 8, 2014

• Supreme Court will not hear challenge to EPA ozone rules

  Oct. 7, 2014

• Study: EPA GHG rules will save 3,500 lives each year

  Oct. 7, 2014

• How to build high voltage transmission in America

  Oct. 6, 2014

• AEP asks Ohio PUC to guarantee income for 4 coal plants

  Oct. 6, 2014

• California drought cuts hydropower generation in half

  Oct. 6, 2014

• PSEG looking for M&A partner, may spin off merchant business

  Oct. 3, 2014

• Cost overruns for South Carolina's V.C. Summer nuclear plant hit $1B

  Oct. 3, 2014

• Massachusetts Attorney General calls for rate increase reforms

  Oct. 3, 2014

• What net metering will do to the utility business

  Oct. 3, 2014

• HECO and Hawaii lawmakers plan push for community solar gardens

  Oct. 2, 2014

• Ameren Missouri plans to replace coal plants with gas and renewables

  Oct. 2, 2014

• NRG acquires Pure Energies to grow customer acquisition for solar

  Oct. 2, 2014

• Vivint Solar IPO offer: $16 per share, market cap of $1.5 B

  Oct. 1, 2014

• DOE issues final approval on Quebec-to-Queens transmission line

  Oct. 1, 2014

• California utility-scale solar hits record high of 4,903 megawatts

  Oct. 1, 2014

• Exelon to add 2,000 megawatts of natural gas generation

  Sept. 30, 2014

• Duke Florida under increasing pressure from lawmakers in crucial week

  Sept. 30, 2014

• APS, ratepayer advocate strike major deal on alternative procurement

  Sept. 30, 2014

• Texas PUC says CenterPoint must share Houston Import Project

  Sept. 29, 2014

• Virginia governor offering all-of-the-above energy plan

  Sept. 29, 2014

• EPA head says carbon regulations could change after comment period

  Sept. 29, 2014

• Solar installers flee Hawaii as interconnection queue backs up

  Sept. 29, 2014

• Maine's next governor gets opportunity to reshape state regulatory commission

  Sept. 26, 2014

• Bidders pull out of Cleco acquisition

  Sept. 26, 2014

• Under pressure, Black Hills Power retracts proposed distributed generation surcharge

  Sept. 25, 2014

• IRS to investigate Value of Solar tariffs

  Sept. 25, 2014

• DOE report: 2.5% solar will cut utility earnings by about 4%

  Sept. 25, 2014

• SolarCity breaks ground on biggest U.S. solar module plant

  Sept. 24, 2014

• SoCal Edison unveils largest battery storage system in U.S.

  Sept. 24, 2014

• New California law will speed up rooftop solar installations, cut soft costs

  Sept. 24, 2014

• We Energies wants to double coal storage at Oak Tree plant

  Sept. 23, 2014

• Duke Energy, partners propose groundbreaking $8B wind-storage-transmission project

  Sept. 23, 2014

• California Governor signs 11 bills to cut emissions

  Sept. 23, 2014

• Siemens to buy Dresser-Rand for $7.6B

  Sept. 22, 2014

• Dynegy's plans to move from MISO to PJM may cost ratepayers

  Sept. 22, 2014

• Final settlement reached on shutdown of San Onofre nuclear plant

  Sept. 22, 2014

• Report: 40-60% of U.S. schools could profit if they go solar

  Sept. 22, 2014

• King Fire threatens California's hydro infrastructure

  Sept. 19, 2014

• Generators, renewable developers at odds over Texas transmission cost allocations

  Sept. 19, 2014

• Ohio solar market struggling in wake of renewables mandate freeze

  Sept. 18, 2014

• Ohio regulators approve sale of DP&L's East Bend coal plant stake

  Sept. 18, 2014

• SolarCity's new east-west solar configuration to boost production by 20-50%

  Sept. 18, 2014

• American Electric Power: EPA's emissions plan 'won't work'

  Sept. 17, 2014

• EPA extends open comment period for emissions plan

  Sept. 17, 2014

• Consumers Energy settles EPA lawsuit for $2.1B

  Sept. 17, 2014

• FTC asked to investigate Green Mountain Power's renewable energy credits

  Sept. 17, 2014

• Federal agencies approve Basin Electric's transmission plan in North Dakota

  Sept. 17, 2014

• Dominion to acquire 42 MW of new solar in California

  Sept. 17, 2014

• Can Warren Buffett's Pacificorp bring the Northwest's renewable riches to market?

  Sept. 15, 2014

• Appeals court upholds decision to overturn New Jersey subsidies for power plants

  Sept. 15, 2014

• Indiana city plans to build $800M natural gas plant

  Sept. 15, 2014

• Florida utility: EPA emissions plan is 'most disruptive energy policy proposal in modern times'

  Sept. 15, 2014

• Xcel Energy seeks 200 MW of Texas solar

  Sept. 15, 2014

• APS adds to flurry of Southwest coal plant closures, gas conversions

  Sept. 12, 2014

• Missouri Supreme Court to hear case against utility's exemption to solar mandate

  Sept. 12, 2014

• FBI: Attack on PG&E substation was not terrorism

  Sept. 11, 2014

• Governors to Obama: EPA emissions plan is illegal

  Sept. 11, 2014

• University of California makes biggest solar buy in U.S. education

  Sept. 11, 2014

• How new transmission will bring Wyoming wind to California

  Sept. 10, 2014

• Google invests $145M in SunEdison solar plant

  Sept. 10, 2014

• Utilities ask North Carolina regulators for new delay of waste-to-energy mandate

  Sept. 10, 2014

• Texas energy use up 0.8%, but peak demand is down

  Sept. 10, 2014

• NV Energy, others plan 480 MW of new utility-scale solar in Nevada

  Sept. 9, 2014

• SDG&E seeks new local capacity, renewables and storage

  Sept. 9, 2014

• NC Attorney General challenges Duke Energy rate hikes in state Supreme Court

  Sept. 9, 2014

• Xcel files to renegotiate solar contracts as prices drop to $0.085/kWh—or less

  Sept. 8, 2014

• Hawaii utilities call for rogue solar systems to disconnect from grid

  Sept. 8, 2014

• California regulators reject $4.7B San Onofre settlement

  Sept. 8, 2014

• What doesn't stay in Vegas: Hillary Clinton's energy policy, NV Energy's solar leasing plan, and more

  Sept. 8, 2014

• PPL sells hydro plants to NorthWestern Energy for $880M

  Sept. 5, 2014

• Austin, Texas, mandates 800 MW of solar by 2020

  Sept. 5, 2014

• Hawaii utilities, solar installers feud over lengthy interconnection delays

  Sept. 5, 2014

• Duke Energy to build 110 MW of South Texas wind

  Sept. 4, 2014

• Dynegy plans to jump from MISO to PJM

  Sept. 4, 2014

• PNM to ask for rate increase to pay for falling revenues

  Sept. 4, 2014

• $1B Texas transmission line on track to deliver Duke Energy's wind

  Sept. 3, 2014

• MyMeter takes behavioral efficiency to commercial space

  Sept. 3, 2014

• Advocates: Exelon-Pepco merger bad for wind power

  Sept. 3, 2014

• Hawaii's utilities plan for 67% renewables by 2030

  Sept. 3, 2014

• Florida utilities pour millions into tight governor's race

  Sept. 3, 2014

• Big businesses seek big savings with solar investments

  Sept. 3, 2014

• Utah regulators turn down Rocky Mountain Power's bid for solar bill charge

  Sept. 3, 2014

• Court upholds FERC order setting construction rules for transmission infrastructure

  Sept. 2, 2014

• What happened to that national high voltage transmission system?

  Sept. 2, 2014

• Southern Company financials, increasing load get investor attention

  Sept. 2, 2014

• Cape Wind opponents heading back to appeals court -- again

  Sept. 2, 2014

• Vivint, second-largest U.S. solar leasing company, files for $200 million IPO

  Aug. 29, 2014

• Austin utility pushes back on renewables requirements

  Aug. 29, 2014

• Nevada PUC approves EIM for NV Energy, foresees millions in benefits

  Aug. 29, 2014

• Minnesota Power, National Guard partner to build largest solar farm in state

  Aug. 27, 2014

• HECO aims to triple rooftop solar, get to 65% renewables by 2030

  Aug. 27, 2014

• Xcel takes Boulder municipalization fight to FERC

  Aug. 27, 2014

• A utility in the making: The municipalization of Boulder, Colorado

  Aug. 27, 2014

• California set to impose statewide solar permitting and interconnection standards

  Aug. 26, 2014

• EIA: Investment in U.S. transmission grew five-fold from 1997 to 2012

  Aug. 26, 2014

• Ex-NRC inspector: California's Diablo Canyon nuclear plant needs to be shut down

  Aug. 26, 2014

• How Sacramento's public utility is getting in the residential solar business

  Aug. 25, 2014

• TVA picks new $975M natural gas plant over coal plant retrofit

  Aug. 25, 2014

• Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Energy wants to get rid of net metering

  Aug. 25, 2014

• Calpine to buy Exelon's Fore River gas-oil plant in New England

  Aug. 25, 2014

• The state of the U.S. wind industry (and what it means for utilities)

  Aug. 25, 2014

• Hawaiian Electric inks deal with Canada's biggest utility to liquefy natural gas

  Aug. 23, 2014

• SCE&G plans multi-megawatt solar array for its headquarters

  Aug. 23, 2014

• FERC studying electricity market reforms

  Aug. 23, 2014

• Duke Energy to face Florida regulators in build or buy debate

  Aug. 21, 2014

• Kansas regulators ask FERC to cut Westar's 'unreasonable' transmission rates

  Aug. 21, 2014

• Oglethorpe CEO: New natural gas pipelines needed for EPA compliance

  Aug. 21, 2014

• Wisconsin utilities propose fundamental changes to how distributed generation is priced

  Aug. 20, 2014

• Missouri utilities say Kansas wind is key to EPA compliance

  Aug. 20, 2014

• Investigation reveals Nuclear Regulatory Commission hacked three times

  Aug. 20, 2014

• Ameren Missouri: EPA compliance will require 1,200 MW of natural gas

  Aug. 19, 2014

• Luminant CEO: EPA emissions rule could have 'drastic' impact on Texas

  Aug. 19, 2014

• Solar industry faces looming module supply shortage, possible price spikes

  Aug. 19, 2014

• IPL to convert last Harding Street coal unit to gas

  Aug. 18, 2014

• Boulder to spend 'significantly more' as municipalization kicks into high gear

  Aug. 18, 2014

• PJM sees highest power prices since 2008

  Aug. 18, 2014

• Green Mountain Power breaks ground on solar-plus-storage microgrid

  Aug. 17, 2014

• FERC chair says it's premature for agency to step in on EPA emissions rule

  Aug. 17, 2014

• Where in the U.S. is natural gas-fired generation going to grow?

  Aug. 17, 2014

• Jon Wellinghoff: Utilities should not operate the distribution grid

  Aug. 15, 2014

• Emerson wants to sell transmission business for $1B or more

  Aug. 14, 2014

• With utilities fearing outages, BNSF promises to step up Midwest coal deliveries

  Aug. 14, 2014

• NRG buys Goal Zero to sell portable solar-plus-storage

  Aug. 14, 2014

• Xcel asks court to reject Boulder's takeover of distribution system

  Aug. 13, 2014

• LG&E/KU pull plans for new natural gas plant

  Aug. 13, 2014

• SCANA's 1,117 MW addition to Summer Nuclear Station gets delayed another year

  Aug. 13, 2014

• Is Puerto Rico the new poster child for the utility death spiral?

  Aug. 13, 2014

• Michigan muni may build state's biggest solar project

  Aug. 12, 2014

• Previously put up for sale, NextEra takes Maine's biggest power plant off the market

  Aug. 12, 2014

• U.S. wind industry has over 14,000 MW under construction

  Aug. 12, 2014

• Nuclear industry frustrated with EPA's emission reduction rules

  Aug. 11, 2014

• Ohio utilities seek to reverse deregulation

  Aug. 11, 2014

• TVA to retire coal plant, choose new natural gas or renewables

  Aug. 11, 2014

• Has APS invented a rooftop solar business model for utilities?

  Aug. 11, 2014

• OGE breaks even in Q2 as utility eyes $1.1B in emissions costs

  Aug. 9, 2014

• SolarCity losing money but keeps growing fast

  Aug. 9, 2014

• Minnesota regulators turn away from value-of-solar concept

  Aug. 9, 2014

• NRG to close, convert or retrofit 4 Illinois coal plants

  Aug. 7, 2014

• Avista quadruples earnings on sale of Ecova subsidiary

  Aug. 7, 2014

• El Paso Electric increases profit on decreased sales

  Aug. 7, 2014

• Michigan utilities, solar advocates find harmony on community solar

  Aug. 6, 2014

• U.S. utilities signed up for 3 GW of utility-scale solar in the last year

  Aug. 6, 2014

• Ameren earnings up 57% on nuclear refueling shift, warmer weather

  Aug. 6, 2014

• Mississippi Power to buy renewables, convert coal units

  Aug. 5, 2014

• Will fixed charges on rooftop solar drive consumers off-grid?

  Aug. 5, 2014

• FirstEnergy wants regulated utilities to subsidize unregulated power fleet

  Aug. 5, 2014

• How 4 utilities are using big data

  Aug. 5, 2014

• Ameren CEO: EPA emissions rule is 'unworkable'

  Aug. 5, 2014

• Problems with coal deliveries threaten grid reliability in Midwest

  Aug. 4, 2014

• AEP's Ohio Power takes net metering to state supreme court

  Aug. 4, 2014

• How should utilities value solar?

  Aug. 4, 2014

• Xcel creates two new transmission companies

  Aug. 4, 2014

• PPL earnings fall 43% on merger with Riverstone

  Aug. 4, 2014

• Exelon pushes Illinois lawmakers to subsidize nuclear fleet

  Aug. 4, 2014

• Dominion Resources Q2 earnings down 21% in 2014

  July 31, 2014

• PSE&G income up on Energy Strong rate recovery plan

  July 31, 2014

• PPL plans 725-mile transmission line to deliver cheaper power to East Coast

  July 31, 2014

• Exelon to buy Integrys' retail electricity subsidiary

  July 30, 2014

• FERC: EPA emissions cuts may require 'complete redesign' of electricity markets

  July 30, 2014

• Southern Company doubles earnings as sales grow by 4.7%

  July 30, 2014

• Idaho Power seeks approval for 120MW of new solar

  July 29, 2014

• Exelon invests in Bloom fuel cells

  July 29, 2014

• Arizona Public Service proposes its own rooftop solar business model

  July 29, 2014

• As solar grows, Madison utility seeks rate structure change

  July 28, 2014

• Energy Future to auction Oncor shares

  July 28, 2014

• Duke Energy to buy 700 MW of nuclear, coal for $1.2B

  July 28, 2014

• DTE Energy to retire more coal in anticipation of EPA rules

  July 28, 2014

• Kansas Governor says he wants to phase out renewables standard, then claims he doesn't

  July 28, 2014

• Report: U.S. nuclear fleet not prepared for worst-case scenarios

  July 28, 2014

• Could FERC put a price on carbon?

  July 28, 2014

• Is a minimum bill the answer to heated net metering battles?

  July 24, 2014

• New Jersey puts up $200M for microgrids, distributed energy to bolster resiliency

  July 24, 2014

• Industry asks EPA to reconsider new emissions rule

  July 24, 2014

• Despite freeze on clean energy mandates, all but one Ohio utility will keep programs in place

  July 23, 2014

• Report: Smart meter data shown to change customer behaviors

  July 23, 2014

• Why utilities can add 8.8% rooftop solar at little cost or reliability loss

  July 23, 2014

• Michigan lawmakers introduce 'Energy Freedom' bills

  July 23, 2014

• Why wind energy is a perfect fit for Tornado Alley

  July 22, 2014

• NY regulators want to shut down 2 GW Indian Point nuclear plant for summer

  July 22, 2014

• Can third-party financing work for energy efficiency?

  July 22, 2014

• How to build substations for solar

  July 22, 2014

• Florida utilities want big cuts in energy efficiency requirements

  July 21, 2014

• Local control of electricity gaining momentum in California

  July 21, 2014

• MISO power prices fall on greater generation availabllity, less system congestion

  July 21, 2014

• NorthWestern Energy asks regulators for $870M to buy new hydro power

  July 19, 2014

• FERC asks NERC for improvements in physical security standards proposal

  July 19, 2014

• Oregon regulators, ratepayer advocates, environmentalists pushing PacifiCorp away from coal

  July 19, 2014

• Duke, EPRI execs offer utility solutions for 'the most sweeping changes in 120 years'

  July 18, 2014

• Utilities' newfound commitment to customer service

  July 18, 2014

• Platte River Power Authority buys more wind, nears renewable mandate

  July 18, 2014

• Investors warned against 'yieldcos' as the utility business model evolves

  July 17, 2014

• Texas regulators extend review of grid operator's power reserves

  July 17, 2014

• Boulder paying $3M per year in fight with Xcel over power franchise

  July 17, 2014

• What the E3 study of Nevada net energy metering really says

  July 16, 2014

• Report shows critical infrastructure at risk for cyber attacks

  July 15, 2014

• Court asks Puget Sound Energy to justify rate of return increase

  July 15, 2014

• Solar advocates protest proposals to limit North Carolina solar supports

  July 15, 2014

• Los Angeles proposes replacing net metering with feed-in tariff

  July 15, 2014

• Iowa High Court approves third party-ownership solar lease deals

  July 15, 2014

• US utilities are beginning to remake the nation's grid

  July 15, 2014

• Puerto Rico's dominant power supplier scrambles to meet debt

  July 14, 2014

• Xcel seeks to buy Colorado Springs' municipal electric utility

  July 14, 2014

• Connecticut IOUs fight state agencies over standard offer supply limits

  July 14, 2014

• Central Maine Power agrees to decouple rates, add 4% bill charge

  July 10, 2014

• Report: U.S. has at least 61 GW of untapped hydro

  July 10, 2014

• Virginia regulators weigh cost risks of new nuclear, natural gas

  July 10, 2014

• SolarCity, SunPower lead solar industry towards vertical integration

  July 9, 2014

• Navasota wants to build three new peaker gas plants in Texas

  July 9, 2014

• Officials: Kentucky does not need more coal closures to meet EPA emissions rule

  July 9, 2014

• Why solar advocates are suing to stop the Missouri PSC's action on Ameren and KCPL

  July 9, 2014

• Study: Net metering no cost burden to non-solar owners

  July 8, 2014

• Puerto Rico power authority, lenders get three-week stay on $800M debt

  July 8, 2014

• 4 residential solar trends to watch this year

  July 8, 2014

• Kauai Electric to build pumped storage, buy hydro power

  July 8, 2014

• Maine utilities partner on wires to deliver wind to New England

  July 8, 2014

• Calpine sells six power plants for $1.57B

  July 8, 2014

• Duke, NRG, ITC report suspected cyberattacks

  July 7, 2014

• Electricity prices up in California on drought, shift to natural gas

  July 7, 2014

• Alliant seeks $150M to retrofit coal unit

  July 7, 2014

• U.S. electric co-ops bounce back with sales growth

  July 2, 2014

• Michigan debates new renewables mandate, emissions reductions

  July 2, 2014

• Illinois governor signs off on $30M solar boost

  July 2, 2014

• More solar and wind, less coal use planned for New Mexico

  July 2, 2014

• Court affirms MO regulators' right to deny FERC-approved transmission costs

  July 2, 2014

• California agencies warn of energy crisis from drought

  July 2, 2014

• What is the future of the Texas power grid?

  July 2, 2014

• Vermont co-op proposes added fee for net metering

  July 1, 2014

• Property taxes on leased solar could ruin value proposition in Arizona

  July 1, 2014

• Hoover Dam, the drought, and a looming energy crisis

  July 1, 2014

• M&A fever hits electric utility sector

  June 30, 2014

• U.S., Canada looking anew at Columbia River's generation, energy storage values

  June 30, 2014

• California PUC initiates first flexible capacity requirement

  June 30, 2014

• Xcel, Colorado PUC dispute Boulder's municipalization moves

  June 27, 2014

• Research: Microgrid business ready to boom

  June 27, 2014

• Consumers Energy eliminates renewables bill surcharge

  June 26, 2014

• Duke Energy to supply solar power to George Washington University, American University

  June 25, 2014

• Puerto Rico seeks to cut power costs with natural gas, renewables, efficiency

  June 25, 2014

• Texas CREZ lines delivering grid benefits at $7B price tag

  June 25, 2014

• Can geothermal replace fossil fuels in the West?

  June 25, 2014

• FERC decision on new wires would save New England ratepayers $50 million-plus per year

  June 25, 2014

• Duke-Progress asks NC regulators to quadruple residential customer charge for renewables

  June 25, 2014

• California breaking solar records too fast to track

  June 25, 2014

• Wisconsin Energy to buy Integrys for $5.7B

  June 24, 2014

• GE wins Alstom bidding war over Siemens

  June 24, 2014

• Omaha power district to retire, retrofit coal units

  June 24, 2014

• Texas sets new peak wind power record

  June 23, 2014

• Did Duke Energy ignore warnings ahead of the Dan River coal ash spill?

  June 23, 2014

• Candidates suspect APS influence in election for Arizona utility regulators

  June 23, 2014

• PG&E to spend $100M to harden substations against attacks

  June 20, 2014

• EPA responds to 'doomsday' predictions about cost of emissions plan

  June 20, 2014

• Duke Energy is top utility for women

  June 20, 2014

• How Pepco and rural electric co-ops are preparing grid solutions for solar

  June 20, 2014

• AES sells part of solar portfolio to SunEdison for up to $207 million

  June 19, 2014

• EPA chief says emissions plan will boost nuclear power's economics

  June 19, 2014

• Decisions loom on aging U.S. coal plant fleet

  June 18, 2014

• San Francisco proposes competing with PG&E for electricity customers

  June 18, 2014

• SolarCity buys Silevo to become 4th U.S. vertically integrated solar giant

  June 18, 2014

• California Gov. re-authorizes funding program for distributed energy resources

  June 18, 2014

• Legislators ready strategies to gut EPA emissions rules

  June 17, 2014

• Texas utility to be coal-free by 2016

  June 17, 2014

• Is the Massachusetts utility-solar compromise a model for the industry?

  June 17, 2014

• Regulators want DTE, Consumers to develop more customer-owned solar

  June 16, 2014

• EIA: As coal power fades, natural gas' growth dependent on price, supply

  June 16, 2014

• Ohio freezes renewables, efficiency mandates until 2017

  June 16, 2014

• Arizona substation attacked with bomb

  June 15, 2014

• 62% of Americans want to cut emissions even if energy costs increase

  June 12, 2014

• Court blocks solar cutback by We Energies, Wisconsin PSC

  June 12, 2014

• OG&E power plant upgrades could raise rates 15-20%

  June 12, 2014

• EPA's McCarthy meets with utility CEOs

  June 11, 2014

• Utilities, solar industry compromise on new solar law in Massachusetts

  June 11, 2014

• The role of renewables in the new EPA emissions rule

  June 11, 2014

• Google entering utility software and hardware market, sources say

  June 11, 2014

• FirstEnergy, AEP seek regulatory relief from falling sales, rising costs

  June 10, 2014

• Duke Energy agrees to pay for Dan River clean-up, no matter the cost

  June 10, 2014

• PPL, Riverstone agree merger to form 3rd largest IPP in US

  June 10, 2014

• EIA: Power industry CO2 emissions to fluctuate depending on public policy

  June 9, 2014

• What are the possible legal challenges to the new EPA rules?

  June 9, 2014

• Planned coal plant retirements will only cut CO2 emissions by 4%

  June 9, 2014

• NH lawmakers order state regulators to consider sale of PSNH coal fleet

  June 9, 2014

• New MN rate plan would reward Xcel customers for conserving energy

  June 7, 2014

• S&P: New nuclear could help states meet new EPA emissions rules

  June 7, 2014

• Texas PUC Chair calls for end to renewables subsidies

  June 5, 2014

• NV Energy, SunPower to build 19MW of new solar

  June 5, 2014

• Hawaii regulators kick off financing programs for rooftop solar, energy efficiency

  June 5, 2014

• How advanced forecasting is making it easier to integrate solar onto the grid

  June 5, 2014

• NRG buys biggest US wind project for $870M

  June 4, 2014

• The $6B HECO takeover that never happened (but still could)

  June 4, 2014

• Industry groups react to EPA power plant rule

  June 4, 2014

• Smart inverters: The secret to integrating distributed energy onto the grid?

  June 4, 2014

• NM utility adds 40 megawatts of solar

  June 3, 2014

• Utilities react to Obama's EPA emissions regulations

  June 3, 2014

• KS agency gives environmental approval to controversial Sunflower coal plant

  June 2, 2014

• IL lawmakers pass $30M temporary fix for renewables

  June 2, 2014

• Bidders emerge as Duke Energy's Midwest fleet hits auction block

  June 2, 2014

• U.S. residential solar hits new heights with 232 MW installed in Q1

  June 1, 2014

• LG&E accused of discharging coal ash into Ohio River

  June 1, 2014

• SC lawmakers pass landmark solar bill

  June 1, 2014

• Regulators reject freeze of Idaho Power's obligation to sign solar contracts

  May 29, 2014

• Supreme Court denies OG&E lawsuit against EPA

  May 29, 2014

• Is AEP selling its unregulated generation unit?

  May 29, 2014

• SolarCity to go after customers through Groupon

  May 28, 2014

• Study: U.S. electricity producers ready for new EPA rules

  May 28, 2014

• Xcel, SunPower sign 50 MW solar deal

  May 28, 2014

• Why engineers may be the key to unlocking new utility business models

  May 28, 2014

• Abengoa: Solar towers with storage to match natural gas by 2020

  May 27, 2014

• NextEra buys 250 MW solar plant from First Solar

  May 27, 2014

• Xcel proposes wind integration tariff for use of its grid

  May 27, 2014

• Solar fills peak demand gap in California's heat wave

  May 26, 2014

• Southern Co. and Ted Turner buy 50 MW solar farm

  May 26, 2014

• Barclays downgrades entire US electric utility sector

  May 26, 2014

• FERC approves power line to bring Texas wind to the Southeast

  May 22, 2014

• NJ regulators to investigate deregulated power market suppliers

  May 22, 2014

• EIA: U.S. electricity prices to rise 4% in 2014

  May 22, 2014

• How Georgia Power became a top 10 solar utility

  May 22, 2014

• CPS Energy wants to charge solar fees

  May 21, 2014

• NextEra drops Vermont RECs, adding weight to fraud claims

  May 21, 2014

• Regulators approve Georgia Power's 250 MW wind buy

  May 21, 2014

• EPA announces fish kills rule for power plants

  May 20, 2014

• NY Attorney General calls for utilities to prepare for climate change

  May 20, 2014

• HECO plans $170M biomass/LNG power plant

  May 20, 2014

• New details emerge on Xcel-solar industry Solar*Rewards settlement

  May 19, 2014

• Ohio regulators demand audit of power producers

  May 19, 2014

• New trouble for net metering in Pennsylvania

  May 19, 2014

• Georgia Power, US Army partner on 90 MW of solar

  May 17, 2014

• German grid hits record 74% renewables

  May 17, 2014

• Obama plans 25% emissions cut with new EPA rule

  May 17, 2014

• California grid wrestles with heat, rising demand and constrained supplies

  May 15, 2014

• Court rejects attempt to eliminate CO renewable energy standard

  May 15, 2014

• Will Gov. Brownback push the controversial Sunflower coal plant through?

  May 14, 2014

• Governor backs FPL's plan to build new nuclear

  May 14, 2014

• Boulder plots power supply takeover from Xcel

  May 14, 2014

• Dominion Virginia to be first U.S. utility in offshore wind

  May 14, 2014

• Partisan rancor kills bipartisan energy efficiency bill

  May 13, 2014

• Duke Energy to shutter coal units, build $1.5B natural gas plant

  May 13, 2014

• Walmart doubles solar commitment

  May 12, 2014

• Planned NE transmission draws mixed reaction from environmentalists

  May 12, 2014

• Industry calls for EPA to back off on new plant emissions standards

  May 12, 2014

• Utilities: What are renewables' strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats?

  May 12, 2014

• SolarCity CEO: We are becoming 'one of the largest' U.S. electricity suppliers

  May 10, 2014

• Pinnacle West suffers 35% loss in Q1

  May 10, 2014

• Xcel Energy, solar advocates reach truce on 'Solar Rewards' program

  May 10, 2014

• Utilities front and center in wind industry planning

  May 8, 2014

• How 3 very different utilities are integrating renewables onto the grid

  May 8, 2014

• A user's guide to natural gas power plants

  May 6, 2014

• Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Energy agrees to buy AltaLink for $2.9B

  May 4, 2014

• Sempra Energy earnings jump on new revenues from gas, renewables

  May 4, 2014

• OG&E earnings rise on weather and transmission

  May 4, 2014

• PSEG earnings jump on new transmission, high demand

  May 1, 2014

• Solar up, but PG&E earnings drop on gas line explosion costs

  May 1, 2014

• Xcel CEO: Too early to call electric sales growth a trend

  May 1, 2014

• Dominion's earnings up as coal-to-liquids plant, new solar move ahead

  April 30, 2014

• NextEra grows renewables as earnings rise

  April 30, 2014

• Regulators push Hawaii utilities towards new business models

  April 30, 2014

• Under attack, EIA defends renewables projections

  April 29, 2014

• How Xcel Energy integrates renewables onto the grid

  April 29, 2014

• FERC decision forces solar, wind generators to pay for wires in SoCal desert

  April 29, 2014

• Energy Future Holdings files for bankruptcy

  April 29, 2014

• Top 10 utilities for solar

  April 28, 2014

• Solar donations to GA regulators' campaigns raise questions

  April 28, 2014

• Solar trouble in Hawaiian paradise

  April 28, 2014

• AEP earnings up on cold weather, transmission builds

  April 28, 2014

• DTE Energy reports big profits from record cold

  April 28, 2014

• How much wind can Texas handle?

  April 25, 2014

• New York's new energy vision to reimagine the grid

  April 25, 2014

• Exelon wants federal policy support for nuclear energy

  April 25, 2014

• AEP CEO: Coal plant closures, emissions cuts, and new transmission

  April 25, 2014

• Xcel calls for 100 MW of big solar

  April 24, 2014

• Google makes biggest renewables buy yet

  April 24, 2014

• Google invests $100M in SunPower rooftop solar fund

  April 24, 2014

• Oklahoma Governor approves DG fee, but orders regulatory scrutiny

  April 23, 2014

• EPRI: Distributed energy is coming and grid operators need to plan for It

  April 23, 2014

• Hawaii funds DG and efficiency for have-nots

  April 23, 2014

• Why Warren Buffett is backing a Western grid balancing market

  April 22, 2014

• War within solar heats up over Value of Solar Tariff

  April 22, 2014

• Competition rises in rooftop solar as major players see the prize

  April 22, 2014

• PG&E: Coming California PUC decisions may tell the future of solar

  April 22, 2014

• DOE revives loan program in search of energy storage breakthrough

  April 21, 2014

• NV Energy moves to join Western energy imbalance market

  April 21, 2014

• Can performance-based ratemaking save utilities?

  April 17, 2014

• PSEG CEO frustrated by inaction on $3.9B storm hardening plan

  April 17, 2014

• California regulators push utilities to connect solar storage to the grid

  April 17, 2014

• Appeals court upholds EPA authority to regulate power plant emissions

  April 17, 2014

• Vote nears for 'collaborative' S.C. solar bill

  April 16, 2014

• Oklahoma ends solar's win streak against utilities

  April 16, 2014

• 80% of U.S. wind power comes from 12 states

  April 15, 2014

• Apple buys hydro plant near data center

  April 15, 2014

• Can energy efficiency legislation break through Washington's gridlock?

  April 15, 2014

• Power players warn Senate subcommittee of grid threats

  April 15, 2014

• S.C. regulators approve Duke Energy natural gas plant, pass on solar

  April 14, 2014

• Ikea buys U.S. wind farm

  April 14, 2014

• Arizona regulator accuses Sunrun of 'attempts to damage investor confidence in APS'

  April 14, 2014

• Can Minnesota's Value of Solar end the net metering debate?

  April 11, 2014

• SolarCoin is Bitcoin for solar

  April 11, 2014

• Net metering battle arrives in Colorado

  April 11, 2014

• Missouri solar industry faces bust following boom

  April 11, 2014

• APS plans to boost natural gas, modernize grid

  April 10, 2014

• Oklahoma net metering bill nears vote

  April 9, 2014

• New TEP plan ups natural gas and renewables, cuts coal

  April 9, 2014