Top news The renewable portfolio standard would have mandated 40% renewables by 2030 and included a carveout for energy storage.
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Feature Story Analysts say low capacity prices could indicate the end of a plant-building boom, but there are still pockets of opportunity for generators.
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The grid operator is floating carbon pricing and two-part capacity auctions to help mitigate for the market impacts of renewable energy mandates and nuclear subsidies.
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Critics, however, say the legislation would support nuclear plants at the expense of New York's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
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The House Ways and Means Committee last week passed a bill extending the deadline for a tax credit that could be essential for two financially embattled nuclear facilities under construction.
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The agency's annual summer reliability report highlighted possible reliability concerns in regions such as California, New England and Texas.
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America's nuclear sector is losing about $3 billion annually, according to a report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
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The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy says the cost of Georgia Power's nuclear plant expansion will rise by $9 billion by the time the project is completed.
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Every state except Vermont has at least one natural gas plant, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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Feature Story Even solar advocates are praising the distributed resource planning done by Sacramento's municipal utility. |
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