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FERC doesn’t act on dispute over Salt River Project’s rooftop solar rules, teeing up possible court battle
The decision stems from a petition filed by Vote Solar and several SRP customers over the Tempe, Arizona-based utility’s rooftop solar program.
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How states are tackling clean heat and what it means for utilities
Among states with greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets, several are considering and implementing clean heat standards in which heating applications are examined for potential GHG reduction.
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Sonnen CEO aims to repeat company’s Utah virtual power plant success
The company has been helped by Utah regulators and Rocky Mountain Power seeing the value in a distributed, dispatchable portfolio that could potentially scale faster than new fixed generation, Blake Richetta said.
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White House funds $6B to decarbonize US industrial sector
The Department of Energy offered grants for 33 projects in eight historically high carbon-emitting industries such as aluminum, concrete and chemicals.
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Maine on track to meet energy storage goals, report finds
With roughly 215 MW of standalone energy storage projects in the works, and more capacity coming from generation plus storage projects, the 300 MW by 2025 goal seems achievable, according to a state commission.
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To chart its transition away from gas, Massachusetts launches energy transformation office
Headed by a former National Grid executive, the office will convene a task force with representatives from utilities, municipalities, business, labor and the supply chain industry.
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Opinion
The SEC makes the call: Climate risk equals financial risk
When the SEC’s climate disclosure rule is paired with other climate reporting directives, the shift within the financial landscape will be monumental.
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ISO/RTO Council urges FERC to nix NERC’s proposed cold weather reliability standard
The proposal includes “glaring exceptions” and “vague requirements,” threatening grid reliability, major grid operators told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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Senators press FERC nominees on climate, natural gas, transmission cost allocation
Republicans on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee focused on the issue of fuel neutrality and whether the nominees would uphold it.
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US energy storage capacity rises 4.2 GW in Q4 2023, full-year additions up 90% over 2022
Grid-scale battery installations drove the increase, with California and Texas accounting for 77% of total Q4 additions.
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Opinion
Grid technology could save billions but for a policy vacuum
Separate studies by Quanta Technologies and the Brattle Group found that using grid-enhancing technologies in generator interconnection could reduce wholesale energy costs nationwide by over $5 billion per year.
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FERC affirms generator interconnection rule, but ‘it’s not a silver bullet,’ Christie says
Renewables and storage make up the majority of interconnection queue projects, but they are “not one-for-one replacements” for retiring dispatchable power plants, Commissioner Mark Christie warned.
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SEC to face all climate rule challenges in US 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
The agency had nine legal challenges to its rule requiring public companies to disclose certain climate risks consolidated into one venue.
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Treasury issues clarifying guidance on the IRA’s energy community bonus credit
The guidance expands the definition of an energy community and the nameplate capacity attribution rule for offshore wind projects.
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ICC’s decision on 2024 energy conservation code draws criticism, debate
The International Code Council, after receiving nine appeals, has voted to move provisions aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions from the main code to appendices.
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Potential benefits of Atlantic offshore wind transmission network are more than double the costs: DOE
Building a “backbone” transmission line to connect offshore wind farms on the Atlantic coast would cost $116 billion but could also yield billions in annual savings, according to the DOE.
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Opinion
Nuclear boosterism has gotten reckless
Today's misguided focus on nuclear power is diverting us from renewables, storage and efficiency, hobbling us in our race against climate chaos.
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Granholm tells Congress ‘adjustments have been made’ to distribution transformer proposal
The U.S. Department of Energy’s plan to improve the efficiency of distribution transformers could exacerbate shortages of the critical devices, threatening electrification efforts, lawmakers said Wednesday.
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Microsoft, Google, Nucor partner on initiative to spur emerging 24/7 clean power technologies
The Advanced Clean Electricity initiative aims for widespread commercial deployment of advanced nuclear, next-generation geothermal and long-duration storage by the early 2030s.
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Constellation Energy’s $900M green bond is first in US directed at nuclear power, company says
The bond could also be used for “clean hydrogen, energy storage systems, wind repowering and carbon-free energy solutions for Constellation’s commercial customers,” the company said.
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BOEM proposes 2nd offshore wind auction in Gulf of Mexico
The proposed sale would include two lease areas offshore of Texas that went unsold in the first Gulf of Mexico auction last August.
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Opinion
Unlocking the power of green hydrogen requires a workable tax credit
The Treasury Department’s draft rules for the 45V clean hydrogen tax credit will slow things to a crawl, doing the opposite of what the Inflation Reduction Act intended, which was to encourage domestic hydrogen production.
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National Grid announces $4B plan to upgrade upstate New York power grid
The money will go toward 70 projects, which will include building substations and rebuilding more than 1,000 miles of transmission lines connecting towns near Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse.
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Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee sue SEC to block climate rule, building on Republican-led backlash
The trio of states, led by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, has asked a federal court to review the rule and stop the agency from “overstepping its authority.”
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EPA softens vehicle emissions standards, giving carmakers more time to ramp up EV sales
“Moderating the pace of EV adoption ... was the right call because it prioritizes more reasonable electrification targets in the next few (very critical) years of the EV transition,” the Alliance for Automotive Innovation’s CEO said.
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Next-gen geothermal could provide 10% of additional clean, firm power US needs to decarbonize: DOE
Advanced geothermal resources are on pace to meet the Department of Energy’s $45/MWh by 2035 target, according to a new “Pathways to Commercial Liftoff” report.