DOE fossil head: New US coal plants 'quite possible'; Blue state AGs press McNamee recusal in resilience docket; CPUC Commissioner: 'Creating a new risk evaluation paradigm' in the face of California's wildfires; Consumers Energy begins to experiment with solar+storage
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No coal plants are under construction in the U.S. today, but the Department of Energy's top fossil fuel official thinks that could change if natural gas prices spike.
Ten Democratic attorneys general said the proceeding "closely resembles" debate over the DOE coal bailout plan McNamee helped design — the standard FERC lawyers said may trigger a recusal recommendation.
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"Utilities will now be required to evaluate risks in a much more transparent, uniform and quantitatively rigorous way," writes Clifford Rechtschaffen, a commissioner at the California Public Utilities Commission.
The corporate PPA model is driving development of new wind and solar power, while energy storage is not yet sufficiently cost competitive to be paired with renewables for PPAs, according to BNEF.
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