Top news Feature Story Duke Energy and solar advocates worked for months on reforms to PURPA, third-party ownership and net metering. A last-minute hold on new wind projects could unravel the whole bill. |
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality will hold five public hearings in August on the controversial gas pipelines. |
A previous grid modernization plan was rejected in December for being too costly. |
A DHS and FBI joint report last week said nuclear reactors were among the targets of a hacking campaign that dated back to May. |
Feature Story Building on Arizona's cheap solar-plus-storage PPA could present a new way to mitigate the duck curve, but the utility that signed it is skeptical. |
Houston-based EmberClear wants to build a 1.1 GW combined-cycle plant near Springfield, IL, but opponents say it will threaten an existing coal plant. |
The retail power supplier boasts a diverse energy portfolio, including wind, solar and gas, as well as 550 MW of demand response capacity in Texas. |
The average cost to install utility-scale solar systems and wind turbines also fell 21% and 12% respectively between 2013 and 2015. |
The court also reiterated that the state's Public Service Commission has regulatory jurisdiction over energy service companies. |
Feature Story Carbon capture technology works, but new plants are unlikely while gas prices are low and carbon remains unregulated. |
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