The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected the St. Louis-based utility’s request to include an extra 0.5% return on equity in its cost recovery for the plant.| Utility Dive
Inflation Reduction Act tax credits support energy infrastructure needed to meet rising demand for electricity, an Iowa Republican said during a House hearing.| Utility Dive
EPA argued that the funding freeze would not cause irreparable harm to grantees, while the grantee plaintiffs say the freeze is “potentially fatal” for their operations.| Utility Dive
“We don't know how much money got out the door, we don't know how much money the administration can seek to claw back,” said Vote Solar’s executive director, Sachu Constantine.| Utility Dive
The Climate READi framework can help energy companies prioritize investments and adapt the evolving electric system to the climate of the future.| Utility Dive
An overview of the five varieties of advanced reactor that stand out right now.| Utility Dive
It costs far less — and takes less time — to aggregate existing customer-sited resources than it does to build new dispatchable generation or storage. “Light bulbs are starting to go off,” said one expert.| Utility Dive
Electric transformers are critical to managing power system reliability. Solutions to the bottleneck are emerging, but long wait times remain.| Utility Dive
When asked about possible power plant ownership, Exelon President and CEO Calvin Butler said, “We're working with our [state utility] commissions on all types of scenarios.”| Utility Dive
President Donald Trump promised additional executive branch restrictions on wind, solar and EV projects in exchange for Freedom Caucus members' support of the bill, Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., said.| Utility Dive
The Garden State’s solicitation is part of a plan to have 2 GW of storage by 2030.| Utility Dive
Utility commissioners from across the U.S. say their most pressing issue is balancing affordability with the utility spending required to meet demand growth and maintain reliability.| Utility Dive
Upgrading infrastructure, embracing renewables and collaborating with governments and communities are no longer optional if companies want to ease legal risks and maintain social license to operate.| Utility Dive
“The public faces significant risks that utilities will … profit from new data centers by making major investments and then shifting costs to their captive ratepayers,” the report’s authors said.| Utility Dive
The tech and social media giant entered an agreement with XGS Energy to help develop 150 MW of geothermal power generation.| Utility Dive
Despite falling raw material costs and U.S. policy support, North American battery suppliers are delaying or canceling planned capacity investments, market intelligence firm Clean Energy Associates said in two new reports.| Utility Dive
The bill’s “unworkable” provisions raise barriers for projects to qualify for clean energy credits before an accelerated 2028 expiration, an industry association said. Jefferies analysts also called out its “intentional targeting” of residential solar.| Utility Dive
“In just a few months, we saw enough loan demand to meet our entire annual budget,” said Rokas Beresniovas, a senior director with the Montgomery County Green Bank.| Utility Dive
The Expedited Resource Addition Study proposal failed to limit the number of projects that could be considered, said Commissioners David Rosner and Lindsay See.| Utility Dive
NextEra, Sierra Club and other groups say, however, that the Midcontinent Independent System Operator failed to work with stakeholders on the proposal as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission directed.| Utility Dive
“We're focusing on squeezing every amp that we possibly can out of the existing lines that we have,” Dominion Energy’s Matthew Gardner said at a White House forum.| Utility Dive
Although there were problems specific to the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems project, the financial challenges and cost trends witnessed in that case will afflict any small modular nuclear reactor.| Utility Dive
They’re “the most important clean energy tax credits ever enacted,” said Brad Townsend, vice president of policy and outreach at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.| Utility Dive
Consumers across the PJM Interconnection footprint will pay $14.7 billion for capacity in the 2025-26 delivery year, up from $2.2 billion in the last auction.| Utility Dive
Internet queries utilizing artificial intelligence require about 10x the electricity of traditional internet searches, according to analysis by the Electric Power Research Institute.| Utility Dive
Accelerating industrial electrification requires policymakers to ensure increased electricity demand is supplied with new least-cost clean generation in rural areas with high-quality renewable resources.| Utility Dive
Data from FERC Form 714 shows grid planners expect nationwide power demand to grow 4.7% over the next five years compared with a previous estimate of 2.6%.| Utility Dive
After peaking in the summer of 2022, the price of residential electricity is projected to rise more slowly over the next two years, according to the Energy Information Administration.| Utility Dive
