Top news Despite previous opposition in the House, tax credits for nuclear energy, carbon capture and a variety of gas and renewable technologies are in the bill approved early Friday.
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For the two-year process, regulators will evaluate the appropriate greenhouse gas emission planning targets for the electric sector the first year and consider proposals to meet those targets the following year.
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Feature Story Sooner or later, retail rate net metering must go, stakeholders agree. But solar advocates say later, while utilities say sooner, and therein hangs the tale.
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The grid operator, however, still plans to send the 2-part capacity auction proposal to FERC for approval.
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The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources is trying to determine if Northern Pass is still feasible following a rejection of the project in New Hampshire.
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The utility said the malware has been removed and was never a threat to the company's energy operations.
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Coal and nuclear interests are instead looking to FERC's resilience proceeding and pricing reforms at regional grid operators to save their ailing plants.
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If lawmakers halt SCE&G from billing customers for the failed VC Summer nuclear development, it could scuttle the merger with Dominion.
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The utility has proposed demand response programs aimed at harnessing electric vehicles, appliances and storage, while the new solar programs aim to compensate rooftop solar users.
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Feature Story But officials at the utility say the state is already considering legislation to dramatically boost efficiency efforts. |
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