Top news Exelon Generation Texas Power LLC has five natural gas-fired plants, but said historically low power prices in Texas created "challenging market conditions for all power generators." |
Feature Story DOE wants to support coal and nuclear, but grid operators and experts say greater power system flexibility is what's needed. |
In its biennial Regional System Plan, the grid operator sees total annual electric energy use declining 0.6% annually and summer peak declining 0.1% annually, both by 2026 and under normal weather conditions. |
As a result of robust system design, advanced monitoring and control capabilities, and diligent on-the-ground service team, the 33 NEXTracker projects in the path of Hurricane Irma came through the storm with flying colors. |
The New England Power Generators Association, Exelon Corp. and NextEra Energy Resources had asked FERC to reconsider a 2016 order they say changed how power plants set rates. Federal regulators disagreed with that assessment. |
The utility also plans to invest $18 billion in T&D and boasts a 3,570 MW pipeline of wind and solar projects over the next seven years. |
The report says there is "no convincing alternative explanation" for global warming over the last century. |
The 250 MW Astoria Station, to be developed in South Dakota, is expected to begin producing power in 2021. A related wind project will also move forward, but regulators delayed a siting decision for the 75 turbines. |
The technology only makes up 0.5 GW of market share in the United States. But that's set to change, according to a new white paper. |
In September, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency proposed a $2.3 million fine related to Energy Transfer Partners' construction of the Rover Pipeline. |
Feature Story Coal retirements are predicted to tighten reserve margins in ERCOT, but only time will tell if they will bring the higher prices fossil generators are looking for. |
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