DOE selects 13 states, Virgin Islands for $54M in low-income weatherization, renewables funding

The largest award goes to New York to expand renewable energy sources, efficiency and health and safety at public housing throughout the state.

California pioneers new ways to ease interconnection of large DERs

Limited generation profiles in California will schedule limits to DERs during system constraints. New York, Illinois, Colorado and others are testing more flexible approaches.

FERC rejects Basin Electric’s cryptocurrency mining rate proposal

Basin Electric failed to show it was fair to treat cryptocurrency loads differently from other similar-sized loads, the agency said in a potentially precedent-setting decision.

Beyond Chevron: The future of FERC’s authority in a post-deference era

Challenges are anticipated in how FERC justifies its regulatory reach, particularly concerning its role in managing transmission systems and ensuring power grid reliability.

With 10 new climate resilience centers, DOE aims to translate research into local action

Researchers will work on actionable science and tools to help local stakeholders combat extreme heat, flooding, drought and more, the U.S. Department of Energy announced last week.

GM Fort Wayne plant cuts natural gas use by 30%, wins DOE award

General Motors’ assembly plant captures waste heat from landfill gas-powered generators. The recovered heat can provide over 80% of the site’s building heating needs, the U.S. Department of Energy said.

Alliant Energy utility wants to demonstrate nation’s first CO2-based long-duration ‘energy dome’

The unique energy storage technology could approach a round-trip efficiency of up to 75%, an Alliant official said.

CenterPoint issues all-source RFP for Indiana territory

The utility seeks new renewables, thermal generation, batteries, demand-side resources “and other innovative solutions” to supply 150,000 customers.

Maine gets floating offshore wind research lease from BOEM

The lease, which covers 15,000 acres and could provide up to 144 MW of capacity, is the first of its kind in the U.S., the agency said.

New York encourages electrification with new grid planning process, affordability pilot

“The rate at which consumers are electrifying buildings and vehicles has the potential to outpace the existing grid planning processes,” the New York Public Service Commission said.

Meta to procure 374 MW of clean energy from RWE solar farms

The tech conglomerate has signed two power purchase agreements with the German energy company to build on its sustainability goals.

Adding 8.5 GW of energy storage could save Illinois ratepayers $3B: study

However, the state may need up to 15 GW of storage to maintain grid reliability, according to the report backed by clean energy groups.

More efficient electric vehicles can reduce grid stress, cut charging costs by almost a third: ACEEE

Improving average EV efficiency could also help reduce vehicle prices by almost $5,000, according to research published Tuesday by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.

IRA’s labor standard requirements could create 3.9M ‘high-quality’ jobs: report

The prevailing wage and registered apprenticeship requirements could also "boost pay and job quality for clean energy workers across America,” the Climate Jobs National Resource Center says.

EIA expects 62.8 GW to come online in 2024, led by solar, energy storage

Also, the pace of power plant retirements slowed in the first half of this year to 5.1 GW, down from 9.2 GW in the same period last year, the Energy Information Administration said Monday.

CenterPoint cannot cancel $800M lease for large mobile generators unused during Beryl

The utility should weigh its options, including subleasing the generators and renegotiating contracts, members of the Public Utility Commission of Texas said Thursday.

BOEM awards offshore wind leases to Equinor, Dominion

Together, the two central Atlantic leases offer up to 6 GW in capacity, with the companies paying close to $93 million in total.

Surging data center power demand risks subtracting clean energy from the grid

Regulators and policymakers must react effectively to big tech’s acquisition of renewable resources by driving investments in new dispatchable energy and capacity.

Maryland electric customers face up to 24% bill hikes from PJM capacity auction: report

Reliability-must-run contracts for two Talen Energy power plants added about $5 billion to PJM’s capacity costs in its last auction, Synapse Energy Economics found.

SunPower’s bankruptcy does not imply similar fates for its competitors, analyst says

Higher interest rates hit SunPower harder than competitors like Sunnova and Sunrun because it relied more on solar financing from loans versus third party options, said Raymond James analyst Graham Price.

Oklo’s microreactor project pipeline jumps 93% ahead of 2027 planned deployment

Data centers account for 600 MW of Oklo’s roughly 1,350 MW in business currently under negotiation with customers, CEO Jacob DeWitte said on the company’s Q2 2024 earnings call.

To get more transmission, we need a bottom-up approach

A bottom-up process to build support for transmission development can deliver more line miles faster at lower cost with broad popular support.

FirstEnergy to pay $19.5M to settle Ohio’s HB 6 bribery investigations

The utility company also has a pending settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission related to the scandal.

Budderfly acquires tech for distributed energy resource management

The company says Sunverge Energy’s system allows it to create virtual power plants that can help improve customer site resiliency and add load flexibility to the grid.

Texas AG investigates CenterPoint storm response, possible ‘fraud, waste’

Hurricane Beryl left 2.3 million CenterPoint customers without power in July, spurring questions about the utility’s storm preparedness and restoration efforts.