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University Of Arizona To Power Campus With Solar And Wind
The University of Arizona (UA) has initiated a 100% clean energy initiative with local utility Tucson Electric Power (TEP).
Under a new agreement, TEP will...
Solar Virtual Power Plant Installed At Utah Apartment Complex
A partnership of sonnen, the Wasatch Group, Auric Energy and Rocky Mountain Power has announced a network of solar-powered battery storage systems - i.e.,...
Renewables, Nuclear Neck And Neck For Electric Generation In First Half Of 2019
Renewable energy sources - biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar and wind - accounted for more than one-fifth (20.1%) of net domestic electrical generation during the...
Hawaiian Electric Launches 900 MW Renewable Energy Procurement
Utility company Hawaiian Electric, whose subsidiaries include Maui Electric and Hawaii Electric Light, has launched Hawaii's largest procurement effort for renewable energy.
Hawaiian Electric is...
Vistra Energy To Retire Four Illinois Coal Plants
Irving, Texas-based Vistra Energy and its subsidiaries have announced plans to close four coal-fueled power plants in Illinois.
The plants will retire in order to...
NextEra’s Gexa Energy To Bring 100% Renewables To Residential Plans
Gexa Energy LP, a retail electricity provider in Texas, plans to transition all of its residential plans to 100% renewable energy with no extra...
Clark Public Utilities’ Community Solar Site Hits New Production Peak
Clark Public Utilities, a customer-owned public utility serving roughly 200,000 customers in Clark County, Wash., says its community solar site has hit a new...
States Increasingly Taking Actions On Grid Modernization
Forty-four states, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, took actions related to grid modernization in the second quarter of the...
Entergy New Orleans Adding 90 MW Of Solar
Entergy New Orleans is moving forward on a portfolio of proposals that will add 90 MW of solar to its energy mix.
The company has...
Ninth Circuit Strikes Down California ReMAT In Winding Creek Solar Case
On July 29, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s decision in Winding Creek Solar LLC v. Peterman et al., ruling...
UAMPS Members Sign Up For Solar From Navajo Nation Project
Sixteen members of Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) are further decarbonizing their energy portfolios by adding solar electricity from a new project in...
Dominion Energy Proposes Four Battery Storage Pilot Projects
Dominion Energy Virginia has announced four battery storage pilot projects, designed to help pave the way for additional energy storage technology to support the...
Wisconsin Power Companies To Acquire More Solar
We Energies and Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) have announced a new partnership to acquire the remaining 150 MW of the Badger Hollow Solar...
Groups Push For Stronger Clean Energy Rules In Arizona As APS Seeks More Solar,...
As clean energy stakeholders urge Arizona regulators to adopt stronger renewable energy standards, Arizona Public Service Co. (APS) has announced plans to add new...
SoCal Utility Pursues Cleaner Options
Glendale Water & Power (GWP), a utility serving the City of Glendale in Los Angeles County, has received approval from its city council to...
Duke Energy Acquiring Its Biggest Solar Project To Date
Duke Energy Renewables is expanding its solar energy portfolio by acquiring the 200 MW Holstein project in west-central Texas from 8minute Solar Energy.
Once...
Continuing Shift To Renewables, AEP Commits To Coal Reductions
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has approved a modified agreement that will accelerate emission reductions from American Electric Power’s...
Wisconsin Utility Cancels Controversial Solar Tax Plan
Solar groups are applauding a decision by Milwaukee-based utility We Energies, a subsidiary of WEC Energy Group, to cancel plans to tax customers who...
Georgia Power Moves Forward With Storage, Renewable Energy Plans
Georgia Power, the largest electric subsidiary of Southern Co., has received approval from the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) for its 2019 integrated resource...
Texas Utility LCRA Signs New Solar Deal
Texas' Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) has signed a contract to add 141 MW of solar power to its generation portfolio.
The solar generation will...