1+ hour, 7+ min ago  (367+ words) When reviewing gas-fired power plant proposals, regulators often fail to consider pipeline, fuel and storage costs, which can add 30% to a project's total cost, Grid Lab's Cassady Craighill writes. As energy demand accelerates, major utilities across the country are rushing…...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago  (551+ words) The PJM Interconnection's board expects to file a proposal for meeting its near-term power supply needs with federal regulators this month, with a goal of holding the backstop auction in September. The procurement plan that cleared the stakeholder process was…...

23+ hour, 30+ min ago  (474+ words) The bill applies to new and existing data centers of at least 50 MW and aims to shield other ratepayers from costs associated with the AI boom. Bailey said he hopes the bill can be a blueprint for other states to…...

1+ day, 20+ min ago  (552+ words) The programs address specific substations with high solar penetration or summer-peak congestion issues. They could expand in the coming years, a spokesperson said. All of the pilots are live now as southern New England bakes under an unusually intense heat…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (455+ words) Support from the U. S. Department of Energy will be critical to the industry's near-term success as customers look to lithium alternatives, International Zinc Association officials told Utility Dive. Zinc battery capacity remains a rounding error in comparison to now-dominant lithium-based chemistries,…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (728+ words) Next Era Energy's efforts to kill the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission project is a sign of how the combined utility could stifle competition and harm consumers, the Maine senator said. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, is urging the Federal…...

2+ day, 49+ min ago  (515+ words) A Duke Energy subsidiary paid $155 million for the lease in 2022, saying it could support up to 1. 6 GW of capacity. The utility now says it will'refocus" nearly $129 million to other projects. Duke Energy has reached an agreement with the U. S. Department of…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (532+ words) A shift in asset investment planning can help utilities quantify risk and defend wildfire mitigation plans to regulators, stakeholders and the public, writes'Jeff Pauska at IFS Copperleaf. Jeff Pauska is vice president of product management for IFS Copperleaf. Ultimately, modern…...

3+ day, 50+ min ago  (525+ words) That first crop-based project, The Piedmont Environmental Council's Community Farm at Roundabout Meadows in Loudoun County, is relatively small " 17 k Wdc, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory " but was built to be able to generate about 130% of the farm's…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (583+ words) Energy efficiency becomes more important as prices rise because it is "one of the only direct levers" a household has to reduce their bills, said Anna Johnson, ACEEE senior policy manager. Most utilities "are still underinvesting in low-income programs relative…...