Batteries
Newsletter: Vermont's home batteries take on gas power plants
Vermont utility Green Mountain Power uses Tesla Powerwall batteries for frequency regulation.
By Julian Spector .
Utilities
Utilities
Don’t blame clean energy for rising electric bills
A new report links rising U.S. power bills to fossil gas price spikes and utility incentives — not solar, wind, and batteries, as clean energy foes suggest.
By Jeff St. John .
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Batteries
Green Mountain Power and Tesla break grid barriers with behind-the-meter batteries
Internet-controlled home Powerwalls are providing second-by-second frequency regulation — a big step for proving distributed energy’s grid capabilities.By Jeff St. John .
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Solar
Swinerton goes big on solar-plus-storage, navigates Biden and unions
The president of the top U.S. solar engineering, procurement and construction firm talks to Canary about labor, unions, diversity and zip ties.By Eric Wesoff .
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Energy storage
The architecture firm that wants to combine gravity storage with data centers
Data centers have to test their backup generators at least every month. WZMH Architects has a plan for what to do with the energy that is wasted.By Jason Deign .
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Grid edge
Voltus raises $31M to go after the grid value of distributed energy
A VoltApp to aggregate DERs and a regulatory strategy to tap into new markets nationwide.By Jeff St. John .
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Wind
Newsletter: Gas pipelines down, wind turbines up
Utility cybersecurity issues, the Colonial pipeline shutdown, and a big win for offshore wind.By Julian Spector .
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Utilities
PG&E’s $7.5B securitization: A bellwether for utility efforts to cover the costs of climate change?
Wildfire liability financing under scrutiny in California could presage efforts in other states to offset costs of coal plant retirements and climate-change mitigations.By Elizabeth McCarthy .
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Fossil fuels
The Colonial pipeline ransomware shutdown: A wake-up call for energy cybersecurity
How digital hostage-taking can bring about the breakdown of fossil fuel networks — and threaten the power grid.By Jeff St. John .
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Guest essay
What's different about the utilities at the forefront of the energy transition?
A new SEPA survey identifies key traits of utilities that are taking the lead in the transition to clean energy.By Julia Hamm .
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Nuclear
Biden going nuclear with a tax credit? Plus, an advanced reactor news roundup
A production tax credit for nuclear power generation could make its way into the $2.3 trillion jobs and infrastructure plan.By Eric Wesoff .
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