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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Mar 8, 2024

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 25

DOE recently warned of a 100x increase in blackouts by 2030 if aging power plants retire as planned. This "outlandish" claim is built on a deeply flawed analysis, says Matthias Fripp & Brendan Pierpont of Energy Innovation in this opinion piece. utilitydive.com/news/doe-grid-…

UtilityDive's tweet card. The most effective way to maintain grid reliability is to let planners plan, markets work and utilities build the resources they’ve already identified as the most affordable path forward.

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 25

FERC approves $16.4B Constellation-Calpine deal. Constellation agreed to sell four power plants in the PJM Interconnection to reduce its ability to exert market power, but not to Dominion Energy and American Electric Power. utilitydive.com/news/ferc-cons…

UtilityDive's tweet card. As part of the deal, Constellation Energy agreed to sell four power plants in the PJM Interconnection to reduce its ability to exert market power.

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 24

Microgrid ‘energy parks’ could ease strain from rising power demand, report says. Several such sites are already in the works, including the $1 billion Meitner Project in Texas, which is developing wind, solar and hydrogen resources. utilitydive.com/news/load-grow…

UtilityDive's tweet card. Several such sites are already in the works, including the $1 billion Meitner Project in Texas, which is developing wind, solar and hydrogen resources.

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 24

The Republican tax and spending law signed by President Donald Trump is a recipe for economic drag and reverse growth, says Anna Shpitsberg, principal of WattsNext Advisory, in this opinion piece. Energy industry leaders need to move fast, she says. utilitydive.com/news/energy-de…

UtilityDive's tweet card. Changes will require meticulous due diligence involving legal and finance teams. Those who can show robust tracking and tracing protocols may be among the biggest winners.

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 23

PJM, which manages the largest U.S. grid, said record-high wholesale electricity prices could lead to 1.5% to 5% bill increases for some ratepayers, depending on their state. Trump will likely use the results to justify keeping coal plants from retiring. utilitydive.com/news/pjm-inter…

UtilityDive's tweet card. The Trump administration will likely seize on the auction results to justify keeping thermal power plants, namely coal, in PJM from retiring, according to analysts with Capstone.

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 23

Nearly every night for the past two weeks, Puerto Rico’s grid operator has called on tens of thousands of batteries scattered across the island to overcome energy shortfalls and help deliver power to approximately 3 million residents — and it’s working. utilitydive.com/news/solar-sto…

UtilityDive's tweet card. What started as a modest pilot program is now the first virtual power plant of its kind in the region, advocates say.

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 18

Large-scale renewable energy is built locally. Federal policy and global capital drive momentum, but local agencies, communities and utilities hold the keys to execution, says Arun Muthukrishnan of Arevon Energy in this opinion piece. utilitydive.com/news/renewable…

UtilityDive's tweet card. After a gigawatt’s worth of development, Arun Muthukrishnan now approaches each project not just as a technical or financial challenge, but as a deeply human one.

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 25

Electric utilities will invest more than $1.1 *trillion* by 2030 to meet demand growth, according to the Edison Electric Institute. The expenditures “are higher than any other sector in the U.S. economy,” said EEI President & CEO Drew Maloney. utilitydive.com/news/electric-…

UtilityDive's tweet card. The electric utility sector’s capital expenditures “are higher than any other sector in the U.S. economy,” Edison Electric Institute President and CEO Drew Maloney said.

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 25

FERC gave PJM 60 days to propose changes to its interconnection rules. Some of them include striking language that says PJM must only make “reasonable efforts” to meet certain deadlines and studying battery storage and grid-enhancing technologies. utilitydive.com/news/ferc-pjm-…

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 25

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday granted multiple licensing and regulatory approvals necessary for the 800-MW Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan to restart operations later this year. utilitydive.com/news/nrc-appro…

UtilityDive's tweet card. The Palisades plant is now authorized to receive new fuel and formally transition licensed reactor operators to on-shift status, Holtec International said in a statement.

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 25

The Department of Energy budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration are reportedly leading national labs like the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to each consider laying off up to 1,000 employees. utilitydive.com/news/departmen…

UtilityDive's tweet card. Proposed budget cuts could lead to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory each laying off around a thousand employees.

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 25

US electricity demand to grow 2.5% annually through 2035, according to Bank of America Institute. Building electrification, data centers, industrial growth and electric vehicles are among the factors contributing to growth, according to the prediction. utilitydive.com/news/us-electr…

UtilityDive's tweet card. Bank of America Institute’s prediction includes historical annual growth of about 0.5%, with another 1% coming from building electrification, 0.5% from data centers, 0.3% from industrial growth and...

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 25

The solar industry “must evolve rapidly” toward leasing arrangements and power purchase agreements while boosting battery attachment rates and driving down installation costs, Enphase Energy CEO Badri Kothandaraman said on an earnings call. utilitydive.com/news/enphase-e…

UtilityDive's tweet card. CEO Badri Kothandaraman said the company expects “safe harbor” purchases to accelerate later in the year ahead of a sharp sales contraction in 2026.

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 25

NextEra Energy is well-positioned to shield its renewable energy projects from early tax credit phase-outs, CEO John Ketchum said on an earnings call this week. Analysts were skeptical. utilitydive.com/news/trumps-bi…

UtilityDive's tweet card. Analysts on the call were skeptical of NextEra’s claims that the company could avoid losing tax credits for its projects.

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 24

FERC approves MISO, SPP fast-track interconnection reviews. Gas-fired power plants will likely make up most of the projects selected for the expedited reviews, according to ClearView Energy Partners. utilitydive.com/news/ferc-appr…

UtilityDive's tweet card. Gas-fired power plants will likely make up most of the projects selected for the expedited reviews, according to ClearView Energy Partners.

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 24

DOE cancels $4.9B conditional loan commitment for Grain Belt Express. Invenergy, the project’s developer, said earlier this month that the proposed 800-mile line was “the target of egregious politically motivated lawfare.” utilitydive.com/news/doe-cance…

UtilityDive's tweet card. Invenergy, the project's developer, said earlier this month that the proposed 800-mile line was “the target of egregious politically motivated lawfare.”

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 22

Texas' new data center law sets financial standards, including an interconnection study fee, construction cost contributions and the dollar-per-megawatt upfront security requirement, that will help “incentivize accountability," one utility rep said. utilitydive.com/news/texas-dat…

UtilityDive's tweet card. All loads pay should for a portion of transmission, “regardless of whether they're co-located or have behind the meter generation, or not,” said Clif Lange, general manager of South Texas Electric...

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 21

Coal is more expensive than gas or renewables in the United States, but a slowdown in the buildout of those alternatives will likely extend its use, Wood Mackenzie said in a report earlier this month. utilitydive.com/news/wood-mack…

UtilityDive's tweet card. Coal is more expensive than gas or renewables in the United States, but a slowdown in the buildout of those alternatives will likely extend its use, the firm’s report said.

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 21

Federal regulators reject MISO petition to limit market monitor’s transmission oversight. “Transmission costs are the single biggest driver of skyrocketing monthly power bills and have been for years,” FERC Chairman Mark Christie said in a statement. utilitydive.com/news/ferc-miso…

UtilityDive's tweet card. The dispute grew out of Potomac Economics’ criticism of assumptions the Midcontinent Independent System Operator used to justify a roughly $22 billion transmission expansion plan.

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Utility Dive@UtilityDive · Jul 18

Trump wants to use AI to prevent wildfires. Utilities are trying. Will it work? The president wants to remake wildfire policy with an increased emphasis on technology and a new, consolidated federal wildland fire service. Experts have mixed reactions. utilitydive.com/news/trump-wan…

UtilityDive's tweet card. The president wants to remake wildfire policy with an increased emphasis on technology and a new, consolidated federal wildland fire service. Experts have mixed reactions.

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