Face the heat: Should EV incentives be restructured for battery degradation?

A new study advocates scaling electric vehicle incentives based on how quickly batteries wear out, but critics say it misses the bigger picture. 

FERC says SCE can't treat storage customers differently in service

Southern California Edison sought authority to curtail electricity service to storage customers first during times of peak demand, but FERC said that would be "unduly discriminatory."

Vistra Energy to close small waste coal plant in PJM

The 51 MW plant in McAdoo, Pa., is in the heart of coal country but loses money and has a "negative financial outlook," according to Vistra Energy.

Playing with wildfire: California lawmakers outline utility liabilities in new report

What can state legislators accomplish in the last days of voting regarding the exposure that investor-owned utilities face to wildfire damages?

California passes bill to coordinate EV charger planning

The bill would grant authority to the California Energy Commission to assess charging infrastructure build-out in an attempt to meet the state's ambitious EV goals.

Eversource completes sale of New Hampshire hydro plants

Company officials say the sale is the "final milestone in the deregulation of the electric utility industry in the Granite State."

Pollinator habitats: The bees' knees of rural solar development

Pollinator-friendly solar is a blossoming trend that saves maintenance costs and makes utility-scale solar more appealing to agricultural communities.

Deal headed to Congress keeps energy investor protections

Access, oversight of sites like Los Alamos subject of hearing

How Carbon Lighthouse Mines Wasted Energy From the Built Environment

PG&E Identified as Utility That Lost Control of Confidential Information

Awaji Island wind turbine topples over as typhoon cuts through western Japan