Top news Feature Story Threats to reliability could cause federal regulators to change plant compensation, the acting FERC chair told House lawmakers in a hearing that also touched on climate change and renewables integration. |
The agency granted a polluter petition to reconsider the rule, a move environmentalists call "a ploy to scrap the protections entirely." |
Utilities say the five-year freeze protects customers from Clean Power Plan compliance, but consumer advocates argue it allows power companies overcharge ratepayers without regulatory review. |
The rule limiting heavy metal discharges from coal plants into lakes and rivers had been set to go into effect in 2018, but will now be delayed two years. |
Public comments are due by the end of October, and the agency will present the study's findings to Congress. |
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection wants to reevaluate the pipeline, and citizen groups are suing to block the use of eminent domain for a project they consider unnecessary. |
Little will become the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental and External Affairs at the Energy Department in October. |
More than 50 projects at 12 national labs will receive funding to help them bridge the gap to commercial use. |
Feature Story "Someone's going to eat our lunch. They're lining up to do it," CEO Brian Bentz told Utility Dive. Here's how the Canadian utility is moving aggressively into DERs. |
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