Green Mountain Power’s Long-Term Plan Calls for Seamless Grid Integration of Distributed Resources

Green Mountain Power’s Long-Term Plan Calls for Seamless Grid Integration of Distributed Resources

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Green Mountain Power Corporation proposed to focus on transitioning to a highly distributed system while continuing its strategic efforts to electrify transportation, heating, and fossil fuel processes, in its 2018 integrated resource plan filed with the Vermont Public Utility Commission on March 6. The 10-year plan underscores the company’s declining electric demand as customers look to install their…

Florida Regulator Approves Smart Meter Opt-Out Provision for Tampa Electric Customers

Florida Regulator Approves Smart Meter Opt-Out Provision for Tampa Electric Customers

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The Florida Public Service Commission on March 5 accepted Tampa Electric Company’s opt-out tariff for customers who wish to retain their existing analog meter instead of a smart meter. The company anticipates about 0.2 percent of customers to opt out of the initiative, after reviewing experiences with other utilities that have implemented advanced metering programs…....

Ameren Missouri to Acquire 157-Megawatt Wind Farm, Bringing Wind Investment to $1 Billion

Ameren Missouri to Acquire 157-Megawatt Wind Farm, Bringing Wind Investment to $1 Billion

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The Missouri Public Service Commission approved an agreement allowing Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corporation, to own and operate a 157-megawatt wind generation project to be built in Atchison County, according to a March 6 press release. The proposed Brickyard Hills Wind Facility, to be developed by EDF Renewables North America, is expected to come…...

Maine Regulator Picks 100-Megawatt Three Rivers Solar Project for Long-Term Contract

Maine Regulator Picks 100-Megawatt Three Rivers Solar Project for Long-Term Contract

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The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Feb. 26 approved terms for a 10-year contract for Three Rivers Solar Power LLC’s project, the winning proposal among seven bids submitted in response to the agency’s solicitation last July. The commission also directed its staff and Emera Inc. subsidiary Emera Maine to finalize a contract with the project…...

U.S. Energy Department to Invest $31 Million to Support Energy Sector Hydrogen Uses

U.S. Energy Department to Invest $31 Million to Support Energy Sector Hydrogen Uses

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The U.S. Energy Department on March 4 announced funding for its H2@Scale Initiative, which is focused on wide-scale hydrogen production and utilization across multiple energy sectors to support resilience in power generation and transmission. The agency identified affordability, reliability, and performance of emerging hydrogen and fuel cell technologies as the main challenges to the concept. The…

Minnesota Governor Unveils Plan to Achieve 100 Percent Carbon-Free Electricity by 2050

Minnesota Governor Unveils Plan to Achieve 100 Percent Carbon-Free Electricity by 2050

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Democratic Governor Tim Walz announced a proposal that would require the state’s utilities to source all of their electricity from carbon-free resources by 2050, allowing them to set their own pace to meet the goal, according to a March 4 press release from the Minnesota Department of Commerce. Under the plan, titled “One Minnesota Path…

The Nation's Wind Power Capital Is Getting Flooded With Solar

EnerKnol’s Visual Primer – The Nation’s Wind Power Capital Is Getting Flooded With Solar

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Obstacles that have long thwarted the rapid growth of solar that sunny Texas has always promised -- the deregulated market and a dearth of renewable incentives -- are posing less of a hindrance in the face of cheap power purchase contracts. Texas, which leads the nation in wind-powered generation, accounting for more than a quarter of the U.S. total, is rapidly emerging as a solar power house. Falling costs, retirements of fossil-fueled generation, and demand growth have been instrumental in driving solar growth in the region.

California-Quebec Carbon Auction Sells Out, Reflects Steady Demand Amid PG&E Uncertainty

California-Quebec Carbon Auction Sells Out, Reflects Steady Demand Amid PG&E Uncertainty

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The eighteenth quarterly carbon auction held by California and Quebec sold all 80,847,404 carbon permits offered for current emissions at $15.73, above the floor price of $15.62, according to the results released on Feb. 27 by the California Air Resources Board. The auction sold about 66 percent of the permits offered for 2022 emissions at…...

States With Renewable Targets Made Up Over 60 Percent of U.S. Retail Sales in 2018

States With Renewable Targets Made Up Over 60 Percent of U.S. Retail Sales in 2018: EIA

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States with legally binding renewable energy mandates represented 63 percent of electricity retail sales in the nation, according to a Feb. 27 article from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, highlighting the potential impact that more ambitious green energy goals can have on the U.S. energy mix. State renewable portfolio standards, which require utilities and suppliers…

FERC Approves Reforms to Enhance Battery Storage Participation in New England Wholesale Power Markets

FERC Approves Reforms to Enhance Battery Storage Participation in New England Wholesale Power Markets

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Feb. 25 accepted ISO New England Inc.’s market rules to enable advanced storage technologies to be dispatched and priced in the real-time energy market in a manner that more fully recognizes their ability to transition rapidly between charging and discharging. The revisions allow batteries and emerging storage technologies to…...

Massachusetts Regulator Discusses Net Metering, SMART Program Revisions Proposed by Utilities

Massachusetts Regulator Discusses Net Metering, SMART Program Revisions Proposed by Utilities

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The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities is scheduled to discuss revisions proposed by electric distribution companies to net metering and Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target, or SMART, programs, according to a Feb. 25 order of notice. Unitil Corp, National Grid plc, and Eversource Energy have submitted revised model tariffs for net metering and the SMART program, clarifying the eligibility of facilities…

Court Approves $120 Million Aliso Canyon Gas Leak Settlement

Court Approves $120 Million Aliso Canyon Gas Leak Settlement

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Southern California Gas Company will pay $119.5 million to compensate for the methane emissions from a major gas leak at the Aliso Canyon storage facility in October 2015, according to a Feb. 25 press release from the California Air Resources Board. The settlement, approved by the Los Angeles Superior Court, will fully mitigate the 109,000 metric…