Top news CEO Thomas Farrell told lawmakers if they alter the Base Load Review Act for existing projects, the defunct V.C. Summer nuclear project would be "SCANA’s management issue, not ours." |
PJM staff will ask their board next month to approve a two-stage capacity market plan and send it to federal regulators, excluding consideration of an alternative proposal pushed by its independent market monitor. |
Feature Story To meet customer demand for distributed energy resources, utilities need to know what their systems can handle. |
Utility-integrated systems will prepare utilities to accommodate the coming wave of distributed solar generation, electric vehicles and other energy resources and both the energy storage industry and its utility customers have important roles to play in realizing this potential. |
The former chairman's comments may disappoint coal and nuclear backers, who want quick pricing changes in wholesale power markets following FERC's decision to reject a DOE subsidy proposal. |
Spectre and Meltdown are the latest cyber vulnerabilities to make headlines. But it's unclear how utilities are tackling this latest threat as efforts to ramp up cybersecurity continue. |
Feature Story Preliminary results from the company's all-source RFP have been hailed as "really impressive." But a lack of details makes cost comparisons with current benchmarks challenging. |
The rules are interim, however, and delineate how to evaluate energy storage resources providing multiple services to wholesale markets, distribution grid and other venues. |
The company sought 20-year contracts for four storage facilities on Idaho Power's system, but state regulators said the projects qualify for the new shorter PURPA contract terms since the primary energy source is solar. |
Coal-fired generating capacity only makes up 37% of the state's nameplate capacity — down from 55% in 2015. |
Feature Story More than half of all coal plants are, or will soon be, shuttered. Collaboration and compromise by some are beginning to reveal ways to reclaim the sites for new purposes. |
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