https://www.utilitydive.com/news/rggi-virginia-petition-court-carbon-youngkin-environment/691498/
The groups say the executive branch’s withdrawal from a legislatively established commitment is unlawful.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/inflation-reduction-act-clean-energy-boa-bank-of-america/631608/
Without additional transmission capacity, the law could incentivize inefficient development of renewables and result in higher price volatility.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-approves-miso-spp-fast-track-interconnection-reviews/753765/
Gas-fired power plants will likely make up most of the projects selected for the expedited reviews, according to ClearView Energy Partners.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/fervo-geothermal-deal-california-edison-energy/720128/
SCE will buy power from the 400-MW Cape Station project that Fervo is building in Utah, with the initial 70-MW phase of the project expected to be...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pjm-data-center-interconnection-market-monitor-ferc-complaint/806527/?utm_campaign=heatmap_am&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8fCt7BrIyIfwXaHuhVo2vN6RmZqJcN277DnU0Lfa4qr_mYymLQXgAzUPlHOgcXZe6-1wpaKGDChfvyFOKk1_Z6M2X099DTUfSaRnOHVEMjETxvn18&_hsmi=392368153&utm_content=392368153&utm_source=hs_email
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/phillips-ferc-chair-clements-second-term-quorum/707208/
Clements’ announcement that she will not serve another term at FERC opens up the possibility that the agency will lose its quorum, delaying commission votes,...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/experts-raise-concerns-about-cybersecurity-and-energy-storage-batteries-hackers/744170/
Energy storage and other new distributed energy resources could be particularly vulnerable to cyberattack, according to a panel hosted by the Clean Energy...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pjm-shovel-ready-interconnection-plan-draws-mixed-reviews-at-ferc/736890/
State utility regulators and power plant owners told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission they support PJM’s Reliability Resource Initiative, but...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/inflation-reduction-act-return-trillion-taxpayer-investment/736212/
The Inflation Reduction Act could generate $2.7 trillion in U.S. economic benefits from 2025 to 2035, says a report commissioned by the American Clean Power...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-pjm-utilities-proposal-profit-roe-network-transmission-upgrades-ppl/610424/
The plan by PPL Corp., Exelon and other utilities is part of a broader utility effort to be allowed to invest in more types of transmission projects.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-pjm-capacity-auction-ratepayer-advocates-complaint/745358/
Separately, Manu Asthana, PJM Interconnection president and CEO, plans to step down from his job at the end of this year, the grid operator said Monday.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/the-era-of-free-excess-renewable-energy-is-over/804471/
With rising energy demand, wasting power will soon be an unaffordable luxury. High-efficiency long-duration energy storage is key to achieving both our climate...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/solar-project-delays-decreased-energy-information-developers/805540/
In the third quarter, “solar projects representing about 20% of planned capacity reported a delay, a decrease from 25% in the same period in 2024,” said...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/doj-ferc-vistra-energy-harbor-market-power/691596/
Vistra could withhold power from a gas-fired power plant in Ohio to increase prices for nuclear plants that would be bought in the roughly $6.3 billion deal,...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nextera-google-nuclear-earnings/804308/
The company’s deal with Google to reopen the 615-MW Duane Arnold nuclear plant, which stopped operating in 2020, is still subject to regulatory approval.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/utility-identity-fraud-is-a-bigger-problem-than-people-think/803159/
Stolen and synthetic identities are flowing through utility systems not just for free electricity or gas, but to fuel broader schemes that ripple across the...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/epa-coal-ash-landfill-monitoring-cleanup-deadlines/811798/
The Environmental Protection Agency’s action is part of a broad push by the Trump administration to support fossil-fueled power plants.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/lawsuits-target-epa-rollback-of-coal-plant-water-pollution-standards/810370/
The plants need flexibility to meet rising electricity demand, the EPA says. Environmental groups argue that undermines Clean Water Act protections for rivers...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/california-gulf-mexico-frontiers-offshore-wind-rwe/721444/
“What I'm excited about right now is what I see as those signs of maturation, and that momentum building in the offshore wind sector here,” said...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-miso-spp-fast-track-interconnection-appeals/805878/
The groups contend the Midcontinent Independent System Operator and Southwest Power Pool’s processes give undue advantage to fast-tracked projects and will...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/middle-river-power-retire-elgin-power-plant-pjm-interconnection/726824/
The company withdrew plans to shutter its gas-fired Elgin power plant in Illinois after capacity prices jumped to $270/MW-day in PJM's part of the...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/state-utility-oms-doe-emergency-campbell-michigan-power-plant/751701/
The department’s invocation of emergency powers to interfere with state and regional utility planning is unprecedented, according to the challenge.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/abb-launches-bess-as-a-service-battery-storage/749004/
ABB said BESS-as-a-service is “technology agnostic” and will support companies focusing on operational expenditures instead of capital expenditures.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/trendline/ai-in-the-power-sector/577/
Utility industry news and analysis for energy professionals.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/white-house-ferc-lacerte/753339/
David LaCerte works at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. He served during Trump’s first term and helped on Project 2025, the conservative road map to...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/states-power-supply-pjm-capacity-auction-firstenergy-data-center/731588/
Capacity concerns come amid a surge in data center development, with FirstEnergy receiving more than 60 service inquiries larger than 500 MW this year.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/a-hydrogen-do-over-for-california/804266/
Getting hydrogen to work as an energy resource will require broadening the type of hydrogen we can live with, writes Melanie Davidson, former head of clean...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/fercs-carbon-pricing-dialogue-may-be-worth-the-price-of-admission/585804/
A productive dialogue may heal other wounds by taking steps toward aligning state and FERC policies with their mutual interests, the authors write.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/data-centers-pjm-capacity-auction/808951/
Data center forecasts — beyond existing data centers — made up 45% of the $47.2 billion in capacity costs in PJM’s last three capacity auctions, according to a...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/california-plan-offshore-wind-goal-floating/720075/
The strategic plan, released Tuesday, emphasizes the need for a streamlined permitting process, a buildout of port infrastructure and strategies for reducing...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-environmental-justice-phillips-bolston-lng-pipeline/700996/
“We continue to work, but there's more work to be done,” Willie Phillips, FERC acting chairman, said. Environmental justice advocates agree.
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/moodys-orsted-offshore-wind-financial-negative-outlook/692822/
Ørsted, the company behind half of the offshore wind farms under construction in the U.S., is willing to walk away from them if financial conditions...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/maryland-empower-efficiency-program-low-income-goals-opc/803483/
Most utilities in the state are on track to meet emissions goals associated with the efficiency program. The Maryland Department of Housing and Community...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/heat-pump-adoption-expected-to-grow-despite-federal-shift/757768/
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act accelerates a move toward affordability, ease of installation and retrofit readiness, according to one manufacturer.
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https://www.UtilityDive.com/news/utilities-that-actively-manage-ev-charging-can-expand-hosting-capacity-red/810148/
By optimizing electric vehicle charging around peak times, utilities can delay costly distribution grid upgrades while cutting per-vehicle charging costs by...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/caiso-interconnection-reform-ferc-pge-sce-puc-clearway/725077/
However, renewable energy developers and trade groups urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject provisions they say would favor utility-backed...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-zeldin-epa-power-plant-carbon-ash-remand-stay/732616/
The Trump administration will likely roll back EPA regulations affecting fossil-fuel power plants, including a carbon emissions rule, according to Michelle...
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https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-spp-winter-resource-adequacy-southwest-power-pool/701255/
“Without an expected availability requirement for the winter season, there is a risk that capacity calculations could be inflated, giving a false impression...
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