Gavin Bade
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Indiana regulators reject Vectren gas plant over stranded asset concerns
Utility industry news, voices and jobs for energy industry professionals. Optimized for your mobile phone. → Read More
EPS Ep. 11: Cybersecurity with Richard Mroz and guest host Naomi Eide
Utility executives consistently name cybersecurity as the most pressing issue facing their companies. How can they fend off the hacks? Former New Jersey regulator Richard Mroz and CIO Dive Senior Editor Naomi Eide break it down. → Read More
Puerto Rico governor signs 100% renewable energy mandate
The law aims to replace imported oil, gas and coal, which today make up the brunt of the island's generation. → Read More
Ohio GOP lines up bill to save FirstEnergy nuclear plants
Draft language released last week would create an "Ohio clean air fund" that would direct $300 million in annual customer payments to the Perry and Davis-Besse nuclear plants. → Read More
Indiana GOP advances coal rescue bill that would pause utility plant builds
House Republicans in the state are taking a novel approach to keeping coal plants online — preventing investment in their competitors. → Read More
FERC asks grid operators for more detail on storage participation
Federal regulators on Monday asked RTOs and ISOs to beef up their compliance filings for Order 841 after the energy storage sector raised concerns with their original proposals. → Read More
Exclusive: PG&E's future rests on board picks, CPUC president says
California regulators could reorganize the company or revoke its license to operate if they do not like new selections for its board of directors, California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Picker said in a wide-ranging interview. → Read More
ISO-NE files short-term fuel security plan to relieve gas constraints
The ISO's proposed Inventoried Energy Program would provide higher payments for resources that can store fuel onsite in the winters of 2023/2024 and 2024/2025. → Read More
EPS Ep. 10: PJM CEO Andy Ott talks reserve market reform and winter reliability
The CEO of the nation's largest wholesale power market says a new round of reforms will better compensate power plants for reliability services they offer every day. → Read More
FERC chief of staff Pugliese steps down
Anthony Pugliese stoked controversy last year for making political comments in the media and implying FERC was working with the Department of Energy on a support package for coal and nuclear plants. → Read More
Plant bailout back on tap as Perry, coal interests reportedly derail FERC nomination
After months of lying dormant, discussion about a plant bailout in Washington this week may indicate the White House is preparing another effort to save retiring generators. → Read More
Perry says federal coal & nuke bailout not dead, but encourages states to act
The Secretary of Energy supports "thoughtful" state subsidy programs, but said he was not aware of discussions in Pennsylvania, where a lawmaker says DOE staff told him a federal bailout was not forthcoming. → Read More
Trump budget again seeks deep cuts to EPA, DOE renewables research
The budget would eliminate ARPA-E and cut the DOE renewables office by more than two-thirds — proposals Congress has already twice rejected. → Read More
EPS Ep. 8: 'The coal bailout no one is talking about' with Joe Daniel of UCS
Customers are subsidizing dirty coal plants to the tune of a billion dollars a year, the Union of Concerned Scientists analyst says, thanks to market rules that allow monopoly-owned plants to choose when they generate electricity. → Read More
Industrial consumers oppose evolving Pennsylvania nuclear subsidy proposal
An early-February draft bill leaked last week would create a new tier under Pennsylvania's Alternative Energy Portfolio to direct utilities to purchase power from the state's nine nuclear plants. → Read More
How Oncor is preparing for a wave of large electric fleet vehicles
The largest utility in Texas says growth of large EVs — like electric delivery vans and semi trucks — could necessitate "major investments" to its distribution grid. → Read More
LaFleur, Chatterjee pledge no 'prejudging' of LNG exports after Calcasieu Pass compromise
The two regulators clashed Thursday over Chatterjee's statement that a climate change compromise for the Louisiana LNG facility could pave the way for more export approvals in the future. → Read More
APS to install 850 MW of storage, 100 MW of solar in major clean energy buy
The utility also signed a seven-year contract for natural gas peaking capacity, which it hopes will be replaced by renewables and storage in the mid 2020s. → Read More
Supreme Court Clean Water Act case could have big impact on coal ash disposal
A case, which the High Court accepted Monday, regards whether pollution that travels through groundwater is subject to the federal law — a key issue for utilities operating coal ash facilities. → Read More
EPS Ep. 7: Demystifying the Green New Deal with Greg Carlock
The Data for Progress research director says non-renewable resources and market-based policies can have a role in a Green New Deal — as long as they serve the aims of deep decarbonization and economic justice. → Read More