Note from the editor At times in 2017, it feels like the electric power sector is coming apart at the seams.
The Trump administration has spent the year focused on legacy power resources — rolling back power plant regulations, pushing fossil fuel production and cost supports for baseload generation. At the same time, a number of cities, states and corporations redoubled their transition to a new energy economy — strengthening clean energy standards, pushing grid modernization and integrating ever-greater amounts of wind, solar and storage technologies.
Utilities have found themselves caught in the middle — so how are they coping in these changing and uncertain times? That's what we want to hear from you. Today, Utility Dive is pleased to open our fifth State of the Electric Utility Survey, our annual research report that captures the trends, technologies and troubles shaping the sector.
We need your help. Each year, we turn to you — our readers — to tell us the most pressing challenges and exciting opportunities that you and your utility are facing. Ten minutes of your time today can provide you with a year’s worth of powerful insights. The easiest way to see the results is to take the survey. All respondents will receive a free copy of the survey report directly to their inbox.
You can take the survey here and download a free copy of last year’s report here. Our latest report will be released in early 2018 after results are analyzed.
Thanks, as always, for doing your part to advance the sector,
 Gavin Bade
Editor, Utility Dive
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Top news Whitefish Energy's now-cancelled contract is under more scrutiny, with the New York Times reporting it charged PREPA about $319 an hour for linemen work — "far above the norm."
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Feature Story This week, more than 5,000 people will participate in a simulated attack on the North American grid in an effort to prepare for what some see as an inevitability.
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Lawmakers in the state House of Representatives filed a suite of bills, including one that would authorize SCANA, one of the V.C. Summer owners, to give ratepayers a refund.
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California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has been investigating whether fallen power lines owned by Pacific Gas & Electric could have sparked deadly wildfires last month.
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A 100 MW, $100 million solar farm near Fort Stockton, Texas, is now on "indefinite hold" according to McCarthy Building Cos.
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A surprise turn in ballot counting will allow the city to spend $16.5 million over the next three years on Boulder's quest to take control of its energy supply.
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The battery storage system will help integrate wind power in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
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"There is nothing Washington can do to stop us," former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said of the efforts.
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Feature Story After Hawaii regulators approved two new solar tariffs last month, solar customers in the state must now decide whether to buy, lease or pass on battery storage. |
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