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U.S. financial markets will be closed tomorrow in observance of the Good Friday holiday, so Utility Dive will take a break from publishing. We will be back in your inbox on Monday, March 28 with fresh news and insights. Thanks, as always, for choosing us to keep you up to date on the power sector.
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 Gavin Bade
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Top news Feature Story On paper, the case is about a natural gas plant. But how the U.S. Supreme Court rules a contract between Maryland and a power developer could have broader consequences on interstate markets and renewable energy development.
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The District of Columbia Public Service Commission voted 2-1 today to approve the Exelon-Pepco merger. Approval from D.C. regulators was the final hurdle for the merger, which will now make Exelon the largest electric utility in the U.S.
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The $12 billion deal, announced last year, would combine 11 regulated electric and natural gas distribution companies providing service to approximately 9 million customers.
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Feature Story The changes will improve real-time price formation when the New York ISO turns to demand response, potentially saving consumers more than $45 million every year.
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The Canadian company is working with JP Morgan to search out buyers for more than $7 billion in assets to help finance its acquisition of Columbia Pipeline Group.
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The U.S. Energy Administration expects this trend of wind, solar and natural gas making up the dominant amount of the new electrical generation to conintue into 2016.
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State regulators approved the wide rollout last week, a program expected to bring unprecedented data granularity to customers, along with more than $1 billion in savings.
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The financial benefits of electric utilities diversifying into gas companies has brought extra risk associated with higher levels of debt, said Moody's Investor Services.
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Feature Story In Hawaii, getting consensus around a 100% renewable energy mandate was the easy part. The hard part comes next. |
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