To Build Or Not To Build, New Jersey Asks
Filed under: RegulationA New Jersey fight over new electric generating capacity raised a wide range of fundamental power market issues as it intensified late last week. New Jersey's top utilities...
View ArticleOffshore Wind Industry Hails Federal Interest
Filed under: GenerationUS offshore wind developers welcomed the federal government's environmental assessment of expected projects off four eastern states, saying it would cut the time needed for...
View ArticleEmissions Rules Could Boost Technology Additions
Filed under: RegulationFewer coal plant closures may result from pending Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules than previously estimated, says a new analysis from ICF International. Combined with...
View ArticleDeal Pressure Continues As Power Sector Consolidates
Filed under: DealmakingThough power companies have traditionally owned entire supply chains from generation to transmission and distribution, recent decades have brought about increased fragmentation...
View ArticleNRG Expands East And West With Acquisitions
Filed under: DealmakingNRG Energy is continuing its expansion. The generation firm's portfolio now includes nuclear and coal in addition to wind and solar and it is increasingly serving customers...
View ArticleSubstantial New Solar Project Added In California As Renewable Energy Goal Looms
Filed under: GenerationCalifornia has already been leading the country in solar developments as it races towards its goal of 30% renewable power by 2020. On Monday, yet another solar plant was added to...
View ArticleSalazar Sees Fair Winds For Atlantic Projects In 2012
Filed under: RegulationInterior Secretary Ken Salazar says he expects the leasing process for wind projects off the Atlantic coast, including a "pioneering" backbone transmission project, to go forward...
View ArticleCost Review Set For World's 'Most Expensive Wind Farm'
Filed under: GenerationA developer hoping to build America's first offshore wind farm is taking another look at its costs after reports attacked its plans as too expensive, technically unproven, and...
View ArticleSenate Panel Boosts Offshore Wind with Tax Credit Vote
Filed under: RegulationIt's not the whole answer but it's an important step in the right direction. That's the take of America's nascent offshore wind industry on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee's...
View ArticleNRG Energy Cleans Up on Coal
Filed under: GenerationDecarbonization of the US electric grid is an almost impossible task. But in the absence of climate legislation, the most effective carbon reductions might fall to electric power...
View ArticleOpportunity and Challenge: Coordinating Smart Grid Innovation with Legacy...
Filed under: TransmissionFor 100 years, Americans have lived with what amounts to a corner store for electricity, but the smart grid means someone, somewhere, will start building Walmarts. And the Sam...
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