Top news DOE wants FERC to provide federal cost-of-service regulation for coal and nuclear plants, amounting to the biggest change in wholesale power markets in a generation.
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The suit comes as a newly released internal document from contractor Westinghouse shows senior executives were warned the project was "at risk" as early as 2011.
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Feature Story Critics say the state's comprehensive energy plan falls short in capturing the full costs and benefits of energy technologies.
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With energy management being embedded into our smart homes, the future we only imagined a few years ago is already here. Our utility is the one making it possible.
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The controversial pick is former state legislator Ritch Workman, who has opposed solar policies and in 2012 pushed to repeal Florida's ban on "dwarf tossing."
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Westinghouse filed for bankruptcy in March after problems at two nuclear nuclear plants it is constructing in the United States.
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The new smart grid metric will focus on Ameren's grid where the utility has installed smart meters.
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Projects must be capable of interconnecting with PacifiCorp’s Wyoming transmission system, but could also be located in Oregon or Utah.
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The projects stem from an agreement reached with consumer groups and will significantly boost the utility's 27 MW of current solar capacity.
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Opinion Post U.S. regulators should help drive more distributed resources into the grid, ICF's Philip Mihlmester writes, recommending how they can do so to the benefit of energy consumers and utilities.
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California dropped to second in the 2017 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard issued by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. Idaho, Florida and Virginia were the most-improved.
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Feature Story Growth in renewable energy has occasionally led to excess power and negative pricing. Utilities are finding creative ways to help balance the system while lowering costs. |
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