Top news SCANA disputes a state audit that found only a 35% chance it will file for bankruptcy if it can't charge customers for the VC Summer nuclear project. Dominion says the proposed merger is off, if cost recovery is denied. |
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing to assess the performance of the bulk grid system during January. |
Feature Story Hurdles remain in integrating the technology in the state and into the wider ISO New England. |
However, the draft report also found that retiring the nuclear plant could cost ratepayers as much as $5.5 billion to replace its zero emission generation with renewable resources. |
The rules will help to analyze the impact of system events on the reliability of the bulk electric system, and determine the responsibilities of entities that support system restoration from blackstart resources. |
Simultaneously, the agency has asked the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to reject a proposed stay of construction. Regulators told the court that granting the stay would break precedent with how courts have dealt with pipeline cases in the past. |
A new report shows battery storage, smart grid and efficiency companies attracted $1.03 billion in the first half of last year, compared with $807 million the year before. Much of the increase, however, came from one large infusion of cash into a storage company. |
Feature Story Projected additions to U.S. offshore wind capacity are expected to drive the emergence of the domestic support system the sector needs to drive prices closer to other generation options. |
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