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Meta has signed a power purchase agreement with renewable energy company Zelestra for a solar plant located in Freestone County, Texas, the companies announced Tuesday.
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If Arizona Public Service and Salt River Project customers were to schedule pool pump operations at midday instead of at night, it could shift up to 820 MW into off-peak tariffs, ASU researchers say. utilitydive.com/news/displac…
Connecticut’s attorney general and other state agencies on Thursday asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to eliminate a 0.5% return on equity adder that Eversource Energy and Avangrid utilities in the state receive. utilitydive.com/news/connect…
Utility-scale solar generation is expected to increase 19% this summer compared with last summer, reflecting a 20% increase in capacity, said the Energy Information Administration.
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New York, New England and the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, are expected to have adequate electricity supplies for typical weather patterns this summer.
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Virginia passed a law encouraging utilities to offer big power users the opportunity to participate in load-shedding programs, but for facilities, signing up is not an easy decision.
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Eversource Energy and other transmission owners in New England could see ramifications from the ruling that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission can order refunds for multi-year periods.
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The U.S. Department of Energy has reinstated American Battery Technology Co.’s canceled $57 million grant meant to help build a lithium refinery in Tonopah Flats, Nevada. utilitydive.com/news/america…
The issue facing PJM is not a shortage of energy generation ideas or willing developers. In fact, the supply pipeline is bursting at the seams. The power is ready to be built — now, the market and the grid must step up to let it be built. utilitydive.com/news/pjm-pow…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday approved the PJM Interconnection’s proposal for an “expedited interconnection track” for large generating projects, rejecting concerns raised by Vistra, state regulators and others.
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Solar generation met around 29% of New York’s electricity demand with more than 5.6 GW of generation during the noon hour on June 3, reaching a new record for the state, the New York Independent System Operator said Tuesday.
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A ruling issued Saturday vacated guidance which eliminated the ability for wind and solar projects to prove their eligibility for certain tax credits by showing that 5% or more of the total cost of the project has been spent.
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While investor-owned giants tout the profit potential of large-load pipelines in the gigawatts, distribution coops like Meeker are watching the wholesale cost of electricity rise.
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FirstEnergy’s plan adopts a cost allocation practice from the gas pipeline sector. It comes ahead of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s expected large load interconnection decision on June 18.
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The Southwest Power Pool service aims to help data centers and other large loads get online quickly, but they can have their service cut when grid conditions are tight.
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Microsoft in May filed a proposed Ratepayer Protection Tariff with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, seeking to establish a state-jurisdictional framework for allocating the costs of AI-driven data center load growth.
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Utility Dive caught up with the associate deputy secretary of energy at the Edison Electric Institute conference in Las Vegas, where the dominant theme was balancing demand growth with affordability.
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Fervo Energy faces transmission constraints in the West, analysts say
“Management has highlighted [transmission constraints] as a risk factor ... citing behind-the-meter as a potential solution,” said Jefferies equity analyst Julien Dumoulin-Smith. utilitydive.com/news/fervo-e…
DOE orders OUC’s 465-MW coal unit in Florida to continue running
Although Florida is at “normal risk” for long-term energy adequacy, the unit near Orlando needs to remain online partly to help serve potential data centers in the state, the department said.utilitydive.com/news/doe-orl…
DOE’s Alex Fitzsimmons on energy markets, AI, renewables and more
Utility Dive caught up with the associate deputy secretary of energy at the EEI conference in Las Vegas, where the dominant theme was balancing demand growth with affordability. utilitydive.com/news/alex-fi…