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Residential DERs could compensate for rise in peak energy demand by 2035: Deloitte
Most utilities, however, will need to increase coordination with residential customers to maximize the potential of distributed energy resources, according to Deloitte.
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Column
FERC in Focus: Has the agency been ‘captured’ by the sectors it regulates?
FERC Commissioner Mark Christie thinks so. Other FERC experts don't go that far, but they see the commission giving a strong deference to utility companies.
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NextEra Energy Resources, Entergy strike 4.5 GW solar and storage development deal
The five-year agreement will allow Entergy to access NextEra Energy’s supply chain and its development expertise to expand Entergy’s renewable energy portfolio.
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TerraPower begins construction at 345-MW advanced reactor site in Wyoming
The company expects to begin building non-nuclear electricity generation infrastructure in 2025, TerraPower chairman Bill Gates said Monday.
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Maryland PSC rejects Exelon utility’s $213.6M multiyear rate plan
Instead, Pepco will be able to increase its rates by $44.6 million for a year while the state agency assesses the benefits of multi-year rate plans.
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$7.85B Mountain Valley Pipeline construction complete
Gas will soon flow on the much-delayed project, which received a green light from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday.
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Utility Latest
As NVIDIA, IBM and others apply AI to boost utilities, regulatory and data privacy obstacles abound
The “move fast and break things” business model of the technology sector is meeting the regulated spending and reliability imperatives of the utility sector.
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NV Energy proposes 400 MW gas peakers, more than 1 GW each of solar, storage in 2024 IRP
The cost of the Greenlink Nevada transmission project has risen 70%, to $4.2 billion, due to inflation, supply chain constraints and labor costs, the utility said.
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DTE Energy to deploy 220 MW of battery storage at former coal plant
The announcement follows an RFP for 120 MW of energy storage and tracks DTE’s longer-term push to more than double energy storage capacity by 2042.
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US summer electric bills expected to rise 8% in 2024 amid drop in low-income aid: report
The average U.S. electric bill this summer is projected to set a 10-year record, finds a June 3 report from the National Energy Assistance Directors Association and Center for Energy Poverty and Climate.
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Congressional Dems urge SEC to stay committed to climate disclosure rule
A group of 38 lawmakers asked the agency to “vigorously defend” its now-stayed final rule in court and enforce previous climate-related guidance in the interim.
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Opinion
Transmission planning’s next frontier: A rebuttable presumption for modern grid technologies
Regulators should apply the principle of ‘rebuttable presumption’ — accepting a given fact as true until it is disproved — by ensuring that alternative transmission technologies are prioritized in evaluating system needs.
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Proposed tax on gas-powered large buildings will go to voters in Berkeley, California
A 2023 court decision that struck down Berkeley’s first-in-the-nation ban on gas hookups in new construction is part of what led to the ballot measure, an organizer said.
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Nuclear Innovation Alliance offers road map to catalyze advanced nuclear development
Project sponsors and the federal government can do more to share project risk and cover budget overruns for early projects, the group found.
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$45M available for energy efficiency retrofits: DOE
Washington, D.C., and five states are receiving funds for revolving loan programs that can be tapped for energy audits, upgrades and retrofits, the U.S. Department of Energy said.
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BOEM, Maryland seek to bolster offshore wind development with MOU
The state will need more space for offshore wind development to meet its long-range decarbonizaton goals, according to an industry group spokesperson.
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Opinion
Forward-thinking investments and increased power grid flexibility can prevent wildfires
A methodology being developed by Lawrence Berkekey National Lab and others assesses different wildfire mitigation approaches to determine the optimal portfolio of investments to protect power grids.
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ITC allows solar tariff petition from First Solar, 6 others to advance with positive injury determination
The decision comes after a two-year moratorium on Southeast Asian solar import duties expired June 6.
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Utility Latest
Drive for energy permitting reform fuels tensions between climate, environmental justice advocates
A simplified permitting process would speed the deployment of clean energy, but some EJ advocates are concerned about unintended consequences.
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As major energy projects face 20% cost overruns, Bain consultants outline potential fixes
One U.S. electric utility cut the construction costs of a multiyear solar program by 15% by changing its operating model, according to a report from Bain.
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DOE announces $180M, new strategy to accelerate path to commercial-based fusion energy
The U.S. Department of Energy also announced awards totaling $46 million to eight companies to speed development of private-sector fusion pilots.
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Grid operators fail to effectively use interregional ties, increasing costs, hurting reliability: NREL
National Renewable Energy Laboratory researchers offer a range of options for improving existing interregional operations, including developing a national interregional transmission planning process.
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DOE releases zero-emissions building definition, part 1
The definition will bring clarity to support decarbonization efforts and enable clean energy technologies that can make U.S. buildings more comfortable, said U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.
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White House wants to harmonize the breadth of cybersecurity regulations
National Cyber Director Harry Coker Jr. detailed White House strategy to streamline the administrative burden and cost of cyber compliance.
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AI, data center electricity demand could drive advanced nuclear investment: NERC head Jim Robb
But co-location agreements between existing nuclear facilities and data centers should be scrutinized for potential impacts on other customers, said Tony Clark, a former FERC commissioner.
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