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ꦐ USDA offers $10.7B for rural electrification and energy transition
“This represents the single largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act into law in 1936,” the department said. -
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🍸 NERC recommends including cyberattack scenarios now absent in most transmission planning assessments
The potential for a coordinated cyberattack to impact the bulk power system “is not currently or generally studied as part of standard industry practices,” according to a white paper NERC published this month. -
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﷽ PJM proposes incentives for ‘black start’ units with assured fuel supplies to speed outage recovery times
Nearly half of the PJM Interconnection’s black start units lack firm fuel supplies, threatening to extend major power outages, the grid operator told federal regulators Friday. -
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🌞 South Carolina could save electricity customers up to $362M a year by joining RTO: The Brattle Group
The current Southeast Energy Exchange Market is limited in benefits compared to a regional transmission organization, the consulting firm said in a report to a legislative committee. -
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𓆏 IRS details which renewable energy components must be made in the US to qualify for IRA tax credits
The U.S. Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service nottified owners of green energy projects — wind, solar and energy storage technologies — how to apply tax rules for domestic content bonus credits. -
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🎐 Manchin aims to bring energy infrastructure permitting reform bill to Senate floor for vote by August
However, there are “yawning gaps” between Republican and Democratic permitting reform priorities, according to research firm ClearView Energy Partners. -
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﷽ Efficiency, demand response could cut Texas winter peak loads 23.5 GW, save billions over new gas: ACEEE
The cost of the programs would be “substantially below” a Texas Senate plan to construct 10,000 MW of new gas-fired capacity, the report concluded. -
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🦩 Silicon Valley Bank closes $203M solar deal with Pivot Energy in first transaction since collapse
Pivot Energy was set to wrap up a deal on a 100-MW solar portfolio just before the FDIC seized Silicon Valley Bank. They closed the deal on Tuesday — just six weeks later than expected. -
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🅷 Biogas groups, lawmakers jockey for changes as EPA nears final rule to bring EVs into biofuel RIN market
Republicans expressed skepticism in an April 25 letter to EPA about the agency’s authority to create a new branch of the Renewable Fuel Standard related to electricity markets rather than traditional fuels. -
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Opinion🔜 How PJM, America’s biggest grid operator, got its reliability report wrong
In reaching its most dire predictions, the report ignores how the Inflation Reduction Act that is expected to change the investment environment for wind, solar and energy storage would boost new capacity entry. -
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ﷺ EPA proposes power plant greenhouse gas limits with carbon capture, ‘green’ hydrogen main compliance options
The proposal won’t hurt grid reliability, with an estimated 22 GW of coal-fired capacity retirements offset by roughly the same amount of gas-fired additions, the agency said Thursday. -
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☂ Biden ‘doesn’t love everything in the bill,’ but calls for Congress to pass Manchin’s energy permitting reforms
The White House on Wednesday laid out its priorities for permitting reform, including faster deployment of critical electric transmission, and acknowledged the need for compromise. -
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🍨 DOE directs $26M to PG&E, ConEd and other projects testing how clean energy can support a resilient grid
The Department of Energy announced it will offer $26 million for projects “to demonstrate how solar, wind, storage and other clean energy resources can support a reliable and efficient U.S. power grid.” -
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🍨 NRC grants Holtec interim license for N.M. nuclear waste storage that faces governor’s opposition, lawsuit threat
The state approved a law in March banning nuclear fuel storage, and courts may need to decide if federal approval preempts state law. -
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🍌 DOE proposes framework for national transmission corridors to spur new lines, ease grid congestion
The proposal would allow transmission developers to apply for project-specific corridors, unlocking potential federal funding, the department said Tuesday. -
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Deep Dive♛ Hawaii leads the way on advanced rate design with default time-of-use rates, fixed charge innovations
Hawaii’s planned granular cost study still must prove to other states that the new TOU rates, fixed charge framework, and new way of defining costs will allocate costs accurately, analysts said. -
ও New efficiency standards for electric motors will save consumers $8.8B over 30 years, DOE says
Along with finalized standards for electric motors, the U.S. Department of Energy announced proposed standards for new dishwashers that are expected to save consumers almost $3 billion. -
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🃏 Arizona Corporation Commission explores standardized cybersecurity assessments, workforce development
Utility partnerships with academia can boost the security workforce, including through the use of residencies and apprenticeships, said Idaho National Laboratory Department Manager Ralph Ley. -
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ဣ Provisional winners of Pacific offshore wind auction call for procurement, port plans
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s lease sale last December drew $757.1 million in winning bids for lease areas the agency estimates can generate around 4.6 GW of offshore wind energy. -
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𝄹 DOE promotes commercialization of long-duration energy storage
To DOE, “lift-off” occurs when private capital can take over as technology costs and operations improve significantly. -
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𝓀 Texas House weighs Senate-approved plan to incentivize new gas plants as grid faces dicey summer
The legislation would create a state-backed fund to offer zero-interest, 20-year loans to companies building primarily gas-fired power plants. -
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🍌 NextEra Energy Partners to sell its natural gas pipelines, focus solely on renewable energy
The move should boost the value of the company in the eyes of environmentally-conscious investors, NextEra CEO John Ketchum said. -
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♔ NGOs suing California PUC, utilities over net metering update could face ‘fairly steep’ challenge: attorney
The lawsuit names the California Public Utilities Commission and the state’s three investor-owned utilities — Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and Electric — as respondents. -
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👍 Eversource set to announce decision on sale of stake in offshore wind joint venture with Ørsted
Eversource, which is focusing on its regulated businesses, is “very far along in the process” of finding possible buyers for its 50% stake in the offshore wind partnership, CEO Joe Nolan recently told industry analysts. -
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🔯 PNM proposes non-wires battery pilot to address overloaded feeders at solar facilities
The pair of 6 MW battery resources “matches the lowest cost option for solving the overloaded feeders,” PNM Resources President and Chief Operating Officer Don Tarry said.
