Top news The acting FERC chair would have told a cancelled House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing that his commission is evaluating "compensation for providing [reliability] services," Axios reports. |
Feature Story Greater operational flexibility, customer savings, frequency response and black start capability were among the advantages cited by utilities in pursuing storage absent any legal requirement. |
Federal officials say storm recovery and power restoration will involve the "largest ever mobilization of line restoration workers in this country." |
For decades, customers regarded electricity as a commodity, and electric utilities as its regional monopoly providers. Fast forward to today, and the landscape is undergoing a tectonic shift. |
With only days left in the state's legislative session, lawmakers are pushing bills that would create a planning process for a full ISO across the western United States. |
The state Department of Environmental Protection said the decision will allow the agency to "re-evaluate the complete application." |
The utility this month proposed a slate of new energy programs and rates that will help customers conserve energy and control their usage. |
Williams Partners, the pipeline's primary sponsor, will use Emission Reduction Credits to comply with the offset requirements of state law. |
State regulators already extended a settlement deadline in August after its staff and the utility failed to reach a settlement over Kemper costs. |
The goals were set last year under the Future Energy Jobs Act, but the Illinois Commerce Commission will allow the utility to make changes to its savings plan. |
Feature Story Solar and storage can meet power needs cheaper than outdated capacity analyses suggest, clean energy advocates will tell regulators this week. |
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