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ComEd: From 837 Solar Installations in 2016 to 49,000 Today

Illinois investor-owned utility ComEd says more than 51,000 distributed energy resources (DER) were connected to grid as of September, including more than 49,000 residential...

Virginia Utility Looking for Approval on 772 MW of Solar

In its fourth annual clean energy filing with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), Dominion Energy Virginia has proposed more than a dozen new...

Michigan Utility Shifting Former Coal-Generation Site to Solar

Investor-owned utility Consumers Energy says it is spearheading the development of an 85 MW solar array at the former Karn coal facilities in Essexville,...

Eighth Round of Grid Modernization Grants Delivers Nearly $170 Million

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding a combined total of $167.7 million to 11 states, 20 tribal nations and two territories in...

GE Vernova, EnergyHub Pair Up to Improve DER Management

GE Vernova's Digital business and EnergyHub, a specialist in distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) software, have formed a partnership aimed at redefining how...

EDF Renewables North America Inks Solar+Storage Project Deal

EDF Renewables North America, an independent power producer and service provider, has executed a 20-year power purchase agreement with El Paso Electric (EPE) in...

Southern Power Acquires First Wyoming Solar Facility

Southern Power, a wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, has acquired its 30th solar project — the 150 MW South Cheyenne Solar...

Xcel Energy Sherco Expansion Triples Its Upper Midwest Solar

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved Xcel Energy’s expansion of the Sherco Solar project, which will soon become one of the biggest...

Arizona Public Service Signs PPA for CO Bar Solar Power, Battery Storage

Clenera, a company specializing in utility-scale solar farms and energy storage, has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Arizona Public Service (APS), Arizona’s...

Avangrid Project Aims to Improve Transmission Utilization

Avangrid Inc., a sustainable energy company and part of the Iberdrola Group, has partnered with LineVision Inc. on a pilot project to unlock additional...

Grant Program Has $300 Million to Speed Transmission Siting, Permitting

To help meet the Biden-Harris administration’s climate and clean energy goals, the Energy Department (DOE) will disburse up to $300 million in grants for...

SDG&E Tests Virtual Power Plant to Meet Grid Demands

As record high temperatures scorch the West and continue to strain the power grid, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is piloting the virtual...

Smarter Grid Solutions Chosen for NREL ESIF Project

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has chosen software provider Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS) to implement a Strata Grid Distributed...

Future Grid Challenge Has $11 Million for N.Y. Energy Projects

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has stated that the fourth round of the Future Grid Challenge will make $11 million in funding available for...

Xcel Energy Issues RFP for Wisconsin Solar Projects to Replace Coal

Xcel Energy is issuing one of northwest Wisconsin’s largest-ever calls for clean energy projects. The goal is to add significant carbon-free energy for the...

Sunrun and PG&E Grow Alliance to Share Solar with California Grid

Sunrun customers in California have begun to share the excess solar energy they are generating on their rooftops with their neighbors, increasing grid resiliency...

SRP, Clenera Sign PPA for More Energy from CO Bar Solar

Community-based, not-for-profit public power utility Salt River Project (SRP) and Clenera, an Enlight company, have executed a power purchase agreement for an additional 394...

Michigan PSC Approves DTE Clean Energy Plan

DTE Energy has received approval from the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) for its landmark CleanVision Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). This approval comes just 14...

Avangrid Begins Building First Texas Solar Farm

Avangrid, a sustainable energy company based in Connecticut and member of the Iberdrola Group, has begun construction of True North, a 240 MW solar...

TVA Utilizes First Solar Panels for New Alabama Project

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has secured 279 MW DC of thin-film solar panels from First Solar for its planned Lawrence County Solar Project...

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