Archives 2019

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Headlines

July 11 2019: Solar is the ‘new casinos’ as tribes bet on renewables

July 10, 2019: Why The Fees with the electricity billboards?

July 10 , 2019: The Hard-Luck Texas Town That Bet on Bitcoin—and Lost

July 10, 2019: Georgetown’s Commitment to Renewable Energy Leading to High Costs, Reliability Problems

July 10, 2019: Alexa, help me save energy: Utilities have opportunity with smart gadgets

July 10, 2019: Austin Utilities Advises Residents On Lowering Electric Bills

July 10, 2019: Strong solar market projections in Texas encourage policy, market advances

July 11, 2019:Xcel Energy Operation Center set for $6.7 million remodel

July 1, 2019: NBU: Texas could see summer electric crunch

Generation Adequacy

July 10, 2019: Texas fight could ripple across U.S. grid

July 10, 2019: ERCOT facing low reserve margins to meet peak electricity demand this summer

July 10, 2019: US uranium buyers consider options as Trump mulls trade action

July 3, 2019: Say goodbye to another Texas coal-fired power plant

Energy Storage

July 12, 2019: PSE’s battery storage project could help the clean energy roll-out

July 11, 2019: $55 Million for Energy Storage

July 10, 2019: DOE, Lawmakers Looking at Energy Storage R&D, Funding

July 11, 2019: Energy storage and renewables synergy: A need to go forward

July 6, 2019: First Comes Renewable Energy, Then Comes Battery Storage, Then Comes ???

July 6, 2019: Long Island secures $55 million in energy storage funding

Renewable

July 12, 2019: Why the Future Is Bright for 100% Clean Energy

June 28, 2019: Renewables to outpace coal through Q2 2019, finds latest EIA data

Power Grid Security

May 7, 2019: General: America’s Power Grid Vulnerable to Electronic Attack

Other

May 7, 2019: Engineering grads from WTAMU getting career opportunities at Xcel Energy

Headlines

July 1, 2019: Xcel Energy 2nd Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call

July 2, 2019: Coal closures open door for solar in Texas, New Mexico

July 2, 2019: Puget Sound Energy to make all-too-rare woman CEO to woman CEO succession

July 1, 2019: CenterPoint Energy releases 2018 Corporate Responsibility Report

July 2, 2019: Pilgrim Successfully Enters Phase I of Decommissioning

June 29, 2019: Tesla Led The Charge, But More Premium Electric Vehicles Are Arriving

June 29, 2019: Hot with no AC? Go to one of 11 cooling centers in Houston

June 29, 2019: Thousands lose power along Bolivar Peninsula due to broken utility poles

July 1, 2019: Native El Pasoan Adrian Rodriguez Named Interim CEO of El Paso Electric

Generation Adequacy

July 3, 2019: Say goodbye to another Texas coal-fired power plant

July 2, 2019: Texas coal-fired plant Gibbons Creek to be retired permanently in October

July 2, 2019: Comparing America’s grid operators on clean energy progress: PJM is headed for a climate disaster

July 1, 2019: The EU’s Power Provisions: Is Texas a Reliable Indicator?

Energy Storage

July 3, 2019: Energy storage, a necessity in grid infrastructure

July 3, 2019: Two more US utilities make major gas, solar and storage plans

July 3, 2019: Massachusetts utilities tap into C&I energy storage systems

July 2, 2019: Utility-Scale Energy Storage Will Enable a Renewable Grid

July 1, 2019: Southern California procures country’s first of its kind energy storage system

Renewable

June 28, 2019: Renewables to outpace coal through Q2 2019, finds latest EIA data

Power Grid Security

May 7, 2019: General: America’s Power Grid Vulnerable to Electronic Attack

Other

May 7, 2019: Engineering grads from WTAMU getting career opportunities at Xcel Energy

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Headlines

June 27, 2019: New Texas law addresses transactions requiring approval by the Public Utility Commission of Texas

June 27, 2019: JPMorgan’s Infrastructure Investments Fund Buys El Paso Electric

June 27, 2019: Taking Non-Wires Alternatives to a New Level, Company Petitions FERC to Move Electricity by Rail

June 27, 2019: Reliant Launches New Digital Platform to Improve Ease, Convenience for Millions of Texas Renters

June 27, 2019: Vistra Energy Announces Settlement Rate for 7.00% Tangible Equity Units

June 27, 2019: Xcel Energy Announces $16 Million Dollar Refund to Customers

June 25, 2019: 1-MW solar array completed in Texas for Concho Valley Electric Cooperative

June 25, 2019: Entergy starting installation of smart meters on Liberty County homes, businesses in August

June 24, 2019: AEP Names Shepard Vice President, Utilities

June 24, 2019: Sempra Energy Releases Corporate Sustainability Report, ‘Delivering Energy With Purpose’

June 24, 2019: HCS Renewable Energy’s Ron L. Nickelson Joins Board Of Directors Of The Texas Solar Power Association

June 24, 2019: Inside GlidePath’s merchant battery in Texas

Generation Adequacy

June 26, 2019: What Happens When a Houston Energy Guru Messes With the Power Grid?

June 26, 2019: Randy Christian Talks Police Substations, ERCOT, and Downtown

June 25, 2019: What Led Zeppelin Can Teach Us About The Electric Grid In Texas

June 24, 2019: Texans expected to set record for summer electricity usage

Energy Storage

June 27, 2019: Massachusetts sweetening the deal for energy storage systems

June 27, 2019: Arizona lights up the energy storage market

June 25, 2019: Ripples in the sand: NV Energy to add 1.2 GW solar, 590 MW energy storage

June 25, 2019: Engie to install 2-MW/4-MWh energy storage system at San Diego airport

June 25, 2019: Transforming utility customer service: Grid-scale and BTM energy storage

June 24, 2019: Arizona fire highlights challenges for energy storag

June 24, 2019: GE gas plant to close 20 years early, become battery storage site — sign of the times?

Renewable

June 20, 2019: Vectren search for power includes renewable energy but coal still an option

Power Grid Security

May 7, 2019: General: America’s Power Grid Vulnerable to Electronic Attack

Other

May 7, 2019: Engineering grads from WTAMU getting career opportunities at Xcel Energy

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Headlines

June 14, 2019: Heart of Texas now has a electric car charging station

June 14, 2019: APPA opinion on electric rates misses mark, retail choice better for customers: Academics

June 14, 2019: Oncor: Power Restored To All Customers After Sunday Storms

June 13, 2019: Texas Microgrid Closes on Innovative Financing for 232 MW Project in ERCOT

June 12, 2019: AEP Texas receives reports of scam attempts in Abilene area

June 13, 2019: EPRI and AEP Select Seven Startups for Initial IlluminationLAB Demonstration Projects

June 13, 2019: One-on-one with Xcel Energy

June 13, 2019:Xcel is putting drones to work

June 11, 2019: Facebook is building 379 MW solar project in Texas

June 11, 2019: City of Austin Utilities Customers Report Scammers: 5 Things to Know

June 11, 2019: Five Texas Electric Coops Sign Collective Solar Power Purchase Agreement

June 11, 2019: 28,000 people still without power in Dallas after storm

June 11, 2019: Entergy Louisiana’s St. Charles Power Station Connected and Serving Customers

June 11, 2019: Oncor Still Working To Restore Power To 111,000+ Customers

June 10, 2019: Texas Utility Commission to Take Up Utility Ownership of Storage Assets

June 10, 2019: Low natural gas prices leading to Xcel Energy customer’s bills dropping 5%

June 10, 2019: It’s Time for Utilities to Reconsider Undergrounding Power Lines

June 11, 2019: The Energizer – Volume 46

June 10, 2019: More Than 200,000 Dallas-Area Customers Still Without Power Monday Night; Oncor Asks For Patience

June 11, 2019: Oncor Still Working To Restore Power To 111,000+ Customers

June 7, 2019: Don’t want to install solar panels? Vistra has a plan

June 8, 2019: Southwest Houston trail opening a spark for more utility corridor connections

Generation Adequacy

June 12, 2019: Massive $937M Entergy plant in Willis taking shape

June 7, 2019: U.S. Power Traders Are Bored and Can’t Wait for Summer’s Sizzle

June 7, 2019: Valley braces for withering temps as high as 111

Energy Storage

June 13, 2019: Utilities’ energy storage growing like gangbusters

June 14, 2019: A Californian business is using A.I. to change the way we think about energy storage

June 14, 2019: State Department issues strategy on diversifying clean energy, storage supply chains

June 13, 2019: Trump administration: Energy storage boosts renewables, national security

June 13, 2019: MA Cold Storage Facilities Gain 1.3 MW of Thermal Energy Storage

June 12, 2019: Iowa officials consider energy storage tax credit, ‘value of storage’ study

June 11, 2019: New battery storage systems help bring energy stability to rural Alaska

June 11, 2019: Energy storage systems suppliers in US seeking battery makers outside China

June 10, 2019: The energy storage era is upon us

June 10, 2019: Salmon fishing in Alaska gets a battery-powered renewable boost

June 10, 2019: Fire protection guidelines catch up with C&I renewable energy storage systems

June 7, 2019: NYPA, Westchester County develop solar arrays, energy storage

June 1, 2019: How Residential Energy Storage Could Help Support the Power Grid

Renewable

June 10, 2019: Tesla, Facing Setbacks and Skeptics, Tries to Get Back on Course

June 4, 2019: Houston nonprofit advocates for electric vehicles

Power Grid Security

May 7, 2019: General: America’s Power Grid Vulnerable to Electronic Attack

Other

May 7, 2019: Engineering grads from WTAMU getting career opportunities at Xcel Energy

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Headlines

June 7, 2019: Texas Legislature Passes Three Grid-Protection Bills

June 7, 2019: Law change means green light for Buffett’s Texas dealerships

June 7, 2019: Emerging State Markets Driving Utility-Supply Solar: SEPA

June 7, 2019: Vistra Energy Makes Solar Power More Accessible to Customers with Latest Retail Product Innovation

June 4, 2019: Florida starts to shine in solar rankings

June 5, 2019: Xcel Energy upgrades ease strain on southwest Amarillo electricity grid

June 4, 2019: Small businesses are targeted in new scam, El Paso Electric says

June 4, 2019: Bills Related To Storage And Cybersecurity And Other Energy Issues Signed Into Law After Close Of 86th Texas Legislature’s Regular Session

June 4, 2019: Nonstop Records For U.S. Natural-Gas-Based Electricity

June 4, 2019: 86th Texas Legislature Passes Bills Related To Cybersecurity

June 4, 2019: Texas Electric Co-Op To Receive $35.5 Million For Smart Grid, Tech Upgrades

June 4, 2019: A JPMorgan Fund Making Its Biggest Utility Bet Yet With El Paso

June 4, 2019: El Paso Electric to be sold for $4.3 billion

June 4, 2019: Broader implications of two public utilities’ troubles draw differing opinions

June 4, 2019: The Billion-Dollar Coal Bailout Nobody Is Talking About: Self-Committing In Power Markets

Generation Adequacy

June 7, 2019: U.S. Power Traders Are Bored and Can’t Wait for Summer’s Sizzle

June 7, 2019: Valley braces for withering temps as high as 111

June 4, 2019: The Texas electric grid is about to test our commitment to free markets

Energy Storage

June 6, 2019: How compressing air in underground salt caverns could help the planet’s shift to renewable energy

June 4, 2019: US energy storage market sees 232% year-on-year growth

June 5, 2019: Experts eye government role in expansion of energy storage

June 4, 2019: Duke bets big on battery storage in Florida

June 4, 2019: Electric storage: From idea to action

Renewable

June 4, 2019: Houston nonprofit advocates for electric vehicles

Power Grid Security

May 7, 2019: General: America’s Power Grid Vulnerable to Electronic Attack

Other

May 7, 2019: Engineering grads from WTAMU getting career opportunities at Xcel Energy

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Headlines

May 30, 2019: Texas regulated power prices near par with deregulated prices

May 30, 2019: City of Georgetown announces new energy increases starting June

May 30, 2019: Texas Coalition for Affordable Power: Price Gap between Deregulated and Non-Deregulated Prices inside Texas Nearly Gone

May 30, 2019: Xcel Energy on Path to Achieve Carbon Vision

May 30, 2019: El Paso Electric Releases Request for Proposal for Renewable Energy for New Mexico

May 27, 2019: Pedernales Electric Coop, Aggreko team on Texas energy storage system

May 27, 2019: Texas expands solar portfolio with five 20-year purchase agreements

May 27, 2019: Texas real-time pricing provider plans to expand with EDF Group funding

May 27, 2019: APPA: Deregulation has not achieved intended results

May 27, 2019: A New Reality for the Power Industry

May 27, 2019: PenTex Energy inks solar deal

May 28, 2019: Dallas To Cut Electricity Costs With New Renewable Energy Contract

May 28, 2019:David Campbell Joins Vistra Energy as Chief Financial Officer

May 28, 2019:Are You Ready for the Season? Entergy Offers Hurricane Preparation and Safety Tips

Generation Adequacy

May 30, 2019: Brace yourself for long, hot Texas summer

May 28, 2019: The Billion-Dollar Coal Bailout Nobody Is Talking About: Self-Committing In Power Markets

Energy Storage

May 30, 2019: World’s Largest Renewable Energy Storage Project Announced in Utah

May 30, 2019: What’s the value of energy storage? Minnesota aims to find out

May 30, 2019: Collins introduces two bipartisan bills to improve America’s energy storage capabilities

May 28, 2019: NeoVolta Home Energy Storage Battery Approved for California’s $830 Million Self-Generation Incentive Program

May 23, 2019: Swan Lake Energy Storage Project Clears FERC

Renewable

May 16, 2019: How Utilities Stall Progress on Alternative Energy

Power Grid Security

May 7, 2019: General: America’s Power Grid Vulnerable to Electronic Attack

Other

May 7, 2019: Engineering grads from WTAMU getting career opportunities at Xcel Energy

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Headlines

May 22, 2019: Texas passes first grid protection bills to boost cybersecurity monitoring and best practices

May 23, 2019: Utilities have multiple ways to drive lower energy use — on Pecan Street, only price matters

May 23, 2019: LCRA board approves plans for FY 2020

May 23, 2019: Texas, other states look to boost fees on EV’s to fund highway maintenance

May 23, 2019: Dallas government to save US$80m via full renewable shift

May 23, 2019: NRG Energy expands retail footprint with Stream acquisition

May 22, 2019: UPS trucks in Texas to fuel up with renewable natural gas

May 22, 2019: Vistra Energy Announces Quarterly Dividend

May 22, 2019: NRG Energy Scores A Win For Shareholder Value

May 22, 2019: Injured Utility Worker Sues CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric for Negligence

May 20, 2019: NRG buys another power retailer: Stream Energy

May 20, 2019: Stream Signs Definitive Agreement for Sale of Retail Energy Business to NRG Energy

May 20, 2019: NRG Energy, Inc. Prices $1.1 Billion of Senior Secured First Lien Notes

May 20, 2019: Xcel Energy to End All Coal Use in the Upper Midwest

Generation Adequacy

May 20, 2019: Where Batteries are Replacing Power Plants

May 16, 2019: FERC summer outlook flags California, Texas as posing potential reliability problems

Energy Storage

May 23, 2019: Congress Charges Ahead on Energy Storage

May 23, 2019: Solar-Plus-Storage is Critical to Microgrid Development

May 23, 2019: New sonnenCommunity Pairs Passive House Design With Intelligent Energy Storage

May 22, 2019: Susan Collins unveils $300M energy storage bill to combat climate change

May 22, 2019:US energy storage market set to almost double this year

May 20, 2019: Reducing commercial and industrial power costs with energy storage

May 20, 2019: Green batteries? Renewable energy storage will cost nature

May 20, 2019: FERC Upholds Landmark Energy Storage Market Participation Rule

Renewable

May 16, 2019: How Utilities Stall Progress on Alternative Energy

Power Grid Security

May 7, 2019: General: America’s Power Grid Vulnerable to Electronic Attack

Other

May 7, 2019: Engineering grads from WTAMU getting career opportunities at Xcel Energy

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Headlines

May 16, 2019: Texas Lawmakers Protect Electric Grid From Cyber Attacks, Solar Storms

May 17, 2019: Sempra Energy buys stake in Sharyland Utilities

May 17, 2019: Sharyland Utilities Closes Transaction with Sempra Energy; Sempra Energy to Own 50 Percent of Sharyland Along with Hunt; Stacey Doré Named New Sharyland President and CEO

May 17, 2019: The FERC is Asked a Simple Question: Can Electric Energy be Transmitted in Interstate Commerce Without Use of Wires?

May 17, 2019: El Paso Electric (NYSE:EE) Releases FY 2019 Earnings Guidance

May 15, 2019:PG&E power lines caused California’s deadliest fire, investigators conclude

May 16, 2019: Xcel Energy Inc. Board Declares Dividend on Common Stock

May 15, 2019: Consultant tells Georgetown to get outside help to manage city’s energy

May 15, 2019: Will Buffett Buy a Utility?

May 15, 2019: City begins installation of new advanced water and electric smart meters

May 14, 2019:Xcel Energy announces bill payment through Google Assistant

May 15, 2019: Regulators approve Google, Xcel power agreement

May 15, 2019: Beaumont Enterprise: Storm provided uneasy test for hurricane season

May 13, 2019: NRG Energy, Inc. Announces Expiration and Results of Tender Offer for Its Outstanding 6.25% Senior Notes Due 2024

May 13, 2019: Audit: Austin Energy supervisor took favors from city vendor

May 11, 2019: AAA Texas: Why aren’t Americans plugging in to electric vehicles?

May 11, 2019: Sempra Energy Names George W. Bilicic Group President

May 11, 2019: San Antonio’s CPS Energy chief talks electricity rates, clean energy and Luby’s

May 11, 2019: Wolff: No crystal ball for CPS Energy; it must do what is prudent

May 13, 2019: Innergex achieves financial close for wind project in Texas

May 13, 2019: Support Texas’ renewable energy future

Generation Adequacy

May 16, 2019: FERC summer outlook flags California, Texas as posing potential reliability problems

May 16, 2019: How the Texas power grid braces against rolling blackouts as summer heat looms

May 15, 2019:ERCOT expecting high demand on electric grid this summer

May 11, 2019: Storms cut power to about 300,000 on Gulf, sapping loads, real-time prices

Energy Storage

May 17, 2019: WoodMac: Energy storage will move toward value stacking as industry matures

May 16, 2019: FERC commissioners deny opportunity for state-by-state opt out of storage order

May 17, 2019: Daily on Energy: Feds invite fight with states over energy storage

May 16, 2019: Tesla Can Overcome Supply Constraints In Its Fast-Growing Energy Storage Business

May 16, 2019: 10 Mistakes I’ve Made Selling and Installing Battery Storage Systems

May 16, 2019: Energy storage incorporated directly into fabric

May 15, 2019: NeoVolta’s Home Battery Approved for Energy Storage on California’s Electricity Grid

May 15, 2019: Battery boost for grid-scale storage

May 15, 2019: Energy storage firm completes Oregon project

May 13, 2019: Another step forward for a promising new battery to store clean energy

May 13, 2019: What’s new in energy storage

May 13, 2019: Value-added services and how to stay competitive in energy storage market

May 13, 2019: Corporate takeover: the end of independence? Part 1

Renewable

May 16, 2019: How Utilities Stall Progress on Alternative Energy

May 15, 2019: Even In Texas, Renewable Energy Comes On Strong

May 13, 2019: La.’s wind projects are thwarted, while Texas steams ahead

May 15, 2019: Austin Council asks city staff for ideas on local Green New Deal, EVs

May 10, 2019: U.S. solar hits 2 million installations, will double in four years

May 10, 2019:States and companies ramp up clean energy targets

Power Grid Security

May 7, 2019: General: America’s Power Grid Vulnerable to Electronic Attack

Other

May 7, 2019: Engineering grads from WTAMU getting career opportunities at Xcel Energy

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Headlines

May 10, 2019: Acquisition of InfraREIT by Oncor approved by Public Utility Commission of Texas

May 10, 2019: More than 47,000 customers without power

May 10, 2019: SWEPCO aims to restore electricity in Longview by Monday night

May 10, 2019: Austin’s deal for biomass plant comes with $470 million in debt

May 9, 2019: Entergy Texas Earns 2019 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award

May 9, 2019: Renewable energy proponents brace for last-minute attack on tax breaks for wind and solar

May 9, 2019: CenterPoint Energy (CNP) Lags Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

May 9, 2019: Mild weather in January depressed Centerpoint earnings

May 9, 2019: AEP Releases 2019 Corporate Accountability Report

May 9, 2019: Lighting it up for safety

May 9, 2019: Entergy Texas Earns 2019 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award

May 7, 2019: El Paso Electric: 1Q Earnings Snapshot

May 7, 2019: EPS Ep. 12: An on-the-ground account of coal ash pollution in Texas

May 8, 2019: El Paso Electric Announces First Quarter 2019 Financial Results

May 8, 2019: Entergy: A Bargain Among Utilities

May 8, 2019: El Paso Electric Co. to Host Earnings Call

May 7, 2019: America’s Utilities Unite to Support Lighting Standards

May 7, 24019: These Top Fossil Fuel & Utilities Companies Didn’t Pay Any Federal Income Taxes Last Year

May 7, 2019: Sempra Energy Reports Higher First-Quarter 2019 Earnings

May 6, 2019: PNM Resources Reports First Quarter Results

May 7, 2019: Oncor Reports Strong Q1 2019 Results

May 7, 2019: NRG Energy, Inc. Announces Proposed Offering of Senior Notes

May 7, 2019: Factors Likely to Shape CenterPoint Energy’s (CNP) Q1 Earnings

May 7, 2019: Lower Colorado River Authority submits plan to conserve more than 20 species

May 6 , 2019: Power line safety bill passes Texas House; legislation renamed for Scouts who died

May 6, 24019: Grid4C Partners with Landis+Gyr to Embed AI-Powered Analytics into Smart Meters at the Grid Edge

May 5, 2019: Austin Energy’s purchase of power plant threatens Nacogdoches County

May 3, 2019: Bill would stop Texas cities from barring solar panels

May 5, 2019: Peacock: Renewable energy’s success has come at the expense of Texas taxpayers

Generation Adequacy

May 10, 2019: Electric Reliability Council of Texas Forecasts Record Peak Demand

May 8, 2019: Texas grid operator braces for tight supply-demand balance this summer

May 8, 2019: Texas power grid manager expects to avoid summer blackouts

May 8, 2019: ERCOT expects record electric use, increased chance of energy alerts

May 7, 2019: In Sweltering Texas, Power Just Jumped to $2,380 a Megawatt-hour

May 7, 2019: Engie windfarm in Texas is set to begin commercial operations

May 6, 2019: Sunnova SunSafe™ Coverage Territory Expands with Solar Plus Battery Storage and Add-on Battery Storage

May 5, 2019: Toxins in the ground: Inside America’s most polluted coal ash site and industry’s struggle with federal rules

Energy Storage

May 10, 2019: ‘Significant acceleration’ in grid-connected storage could see 4.3GW installed worldwide in 2019

May 10, 2019: World Residential Energy Storage Market 2019-2024

May 9, 2019: Inventive Renewable Energy Storage Systems Reveal New Possibilities

May 9, 2019: Japan’s Marubeni invests in US distributed generation company GridMarket

May 8, 2019: Putting Communities First in Deploying Energy Storage

May 7, 2019: Study Sees Growth in US Energy Storage Market

May 7, 2019: Massachusetts’ multipronged policy approach spurs distributed energy storage

May 7, 2019: Study Sees Growth in US Energy Storage Market

May 6, 2019: Corporations, citizens and most bankable batteries: ‘Storage & Smart Power’ returns

May 6, 2019: Urge NH House to support SB204 to encourage energy storage

Renewable

May 10, 2019: U.S. solar hits 2 million installations, will double in four years

May 10, 2019: States and companies ramp up clean energy targets

May 9, 2019: IEA: Renewables Growth Is Stalling

May 9, 2019: Solar, covered parking part of new CPS program

May 7, 2019: Seymour Hills wind park in Texas to start supplying Akamai soon

May 2, 2019: Texas collective is getting wind+solar+whatever you have for 3¢/kWh – or less

May 2, 2019: Study shows value of sharing energy – including wind and solar – across America’s grids

May 2, 2019: UT: Transforming waste heat into clean energy

May 2, 2019: Panasonic leaves U.S. solar development with Coronal sale

May 3, 2019: Tesla, GM, Ford In Heated Race For First Electric Pickup In US

Power Grid Security

May 7, 2019: General: America’s Power Grid Vulnerable to Electronic Attack

Feb 20, 2019: The Cybersecurity 202: Maine Sen. King wants the US to unplug parts of electric grid

Other

May 7, 2019: Engineering grads from WTAMU getting career opportunities at Xcel Energy

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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Headlines

May 3, 2019: Texas Electric Cooperatives Forges Alliance With Safety and Tool Company

May 3, 2019: General manager of Georgetown utilities announces retirement

May 2, 2019: Illinois bill shifting coal to solar, batteries to benefit Vistra: CEO

May 2, 2019: AEP Texas files request to adjust rates charged to electric providers

May 2, 2019: Vistra Energy Reports First Quarter 2019 Results Above Consensus and Reaffirms 2019 Guidance

May 3, 2019: NRG Energy Earnings Drop on ERCOT Hedges

May 2, 2019:NRG Energy, Inc. 2019 Q1 – Results – Earnings Call Slides

May 2, 2019: Entergy finishes new south Texas power transmission line

May 1, 2019: Texas ROFR Legislation Pits Incumbents, Transcos

May 2, 2019: NRG earnings up, points to higher power prices

May 2, 2019: NRG Energy, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2019 Results

May 2, 2019: InfraREIT Reports First Quarter 2019 Results

May 2, 2019: New Lanes on “Transmission Highway” Ready for Traffic

May 1, 2019: Entergy earnings up nearly 92% from a year ago

May 1, 2019: Entergy Reports First Quarter Earnings

May 1, 2019: El Paso Electric (EE) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday

May 1, 2019: 10 easy things you can do to reduce your electric bill right now

Apr 30, 2019: EGEB: Texas residential solar slow to grow, Minnesota city to run on solar, and more

Apr 30, 2019: Why Your Next Car Might Come From The Electric Company

Apr 30, 2019: Living in Texas? Here Are Five Things to Know About Your Electricity

Apr 30, 2019: El Paso Electric’s Texas customers could see lower bills this summer

Apr 29, 2019: Do Shell New Energies and Tesla Have Similar Visions?

Apr 26, 2019: BEC ranked “most reliable” co-op in Texas

Apr 27, 2019: New net-zero capable community brings many megawatts of solar to the Lone Star state

Apr 26, 2019: Texas wind energy industry offers rewarding, interesting opportunities

Generation Adequacy

May 2, 2019: NRG -2% after Q1 earnings miss; will return Texas nat gas plant to service

May 2, 2019: NRG to restart mothballed 385-MW plant on Texas Gulf Coast

May 3, 2019: Power generators try for another bite at the apple

May 2, 2019: Wind and solar subsidies under attack in Texas

Apr 26, 2019:ERCOT’s reliability anxiety: Energy groups square off on what’s to blame

Apr 26, 2019: Hot summer could provide glimpses into the future of electricity markets and prices

Energy Storage

May 2, 2019: Carbon Capture Or Not, Coal Goes Under Energy Storage Bus

May 2, 2019: California utility secures energy storage resources

May 2, 2019: Generac buys up Panasonic US inverter partner Pika

May 2, 2019: Carbon Capture Or Not, Coal Goes Under Energy Storage Bus

May 2, 2019: California utility secures energy storage resources

May 2, 2019: Generac buys up Panasonic US inverter partner Pika

May 1, 2019: Energy Storage for Arkansas Utilities

May 1, 2019: Energy Storage Changes the Power Profile

May 1, 2019: GMP pioneers system using energy storage to make meters obsolete

Apr 30, 2019: Environmental Groups Add To Pressure For Energy Storage Tax Boost

Apr 30, 2019: SCE to add 195 MW of energy storage, DR by 2021

Apr 30, 2019: New York’s Energy Storage Incentive Could Spur Deployment of 1.8GWh

Apr 29, 2019: New York allocates $280M for energy storage projects as state targets 3GW by 2030

Apr 29, 2019: New Federal Rules are Helping Energy Storage Grow in the Midwest

Apr 29, 2019: EGEB: Northeast tops for small-scale wind, SoCal energy storage, and more

Renewable

May 3, 2019: GM joins Tesla, Ford in building EV pickups — but Texas ranchers don’t want a ‘playboy’s truck’

May 2, 2019: For the First Time, Green Power Tops Coal Industry in Energy Production in April

Apr 30, 2019: AEP Energy Partners Seeks Wind And Solar Energy In PJM

Apr 30, 2019:Xcel Energy to electrify car-sharing, government fleets

Apr 26, 2019: Vestas US development arm gains momentum

Apr 22, 2019: Duke Energy unit buys 150 MW California solar power project

Power Grid Security

Feb 20, 2019: The Cybersecurity 202: Maine Sen. King wants the US to unplug parts of electric grid

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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Headlines

Apr 26, 2019: Subsidies for renewables under attack in Texas

Apr 26, 2019: Sempra nets $2.5B in exit from U.S. renewables and gas storage biz

Apr 26, 2019: Silverlake homeowners testify on property loss from CenterPoint towers

Apr 26, 2019: CenterPoint Energy and HomeServe USA program saves customers more than $1.2 million in repair costs

Apr 26, 2019: Xcel Energy Inc. (XEL) CEO Ben Fowke on Q1 2019 Results – Earnings Call Transcript

Apr 26, 2019: Five Years as MISO member Yields Big Benefits Entergy Texas Customers Save Estimated $198 Million

Apr 25, 2019: Entergy Announces First Quarter Earnings Conference Call

Apr 25, 2019: Austin Energy customers still deserve answers on biomass plant

Apr 25, 2019: Biomass Follies — Austin, Texas Is The Latest City To Find It Isn’t Easy Being Green

Apr 25, 2019: You Can’t Stop the Wind. But These Folks Are Trying Anyway.

Apr 25, 2019: Solar Developer 7X Energy Secures Final Corporate PPA for 690MW Texas Project

Apr 25, 2019: Duke Energy to Sell Interest in Renewable Energy Portfolio to John Hancock

Apr 25, 2019: NRG Energy’s 2018 Sustainability Report Showcases 37% Reduction in Carbon Emissions

Apr 25, 2019: Xcel Energy (XEL) Q1 Earnings Meet Estimates, Revenues Beat

Apr 25, 2019: AEP Reports Solid 2019 First-Quarter Earnings

Apr 25, 2019: Mylar balloons cause power outages across city

Apr 19, 2019: Tomlinson: Get ready to discuss energy savings with your smart speaker

Apr 23, 2019: Austin Becomes Fifth City in Texas to Purchase Proterra Battery-Electric Buses

Apr 23, 2019: Xcel Energy offering tips to prepare for Spring storm season

Apr 23, 2019: Oncor To Release First Quarter 2019 Results On May 7

Apr 24, 2019: AEP Names McCarthy to Board of Directors

Apr 22, 2019: Entergy Corporation Renews its Commitment to a Lower Carbon Energy Future

Apr 22, 2019: Sempra Energy Completes $2.5 Billion Divestiture Of US Renewables And Non-Utility Natural Gas Storage Assets

Apr 22, 2019: Cap Metro celebrates ‘Earth Day’ by gearing up for electric buses

Apr 22, 2019: Rural utility hires ex-USDA official to lead legal department

Apr 20, 2019: Berkshire Utilities’ Next Big Utility Bite

Apr 20, 2019: CenterPoint Energy ranked best energy utility for residential customer satisfaction

Apr 20, 2019: San Antonio’s CPS: More green energy, but coal stays in the mix

Generation Adequacy

Apr 26, 2019: Hot summer could provide glimpses into the future of electricity markets and prices

Apr 23, 2019: Cheap wind power distorting power market pricing, leads to legislative interest in study

Apr 23, 2019: NextEra: wind+solar+storage the “next phase” with 21 GW available

Apr 20, 2019: Texas proves that booming renewable energy doesn’t bring electricity price Armageddon

Apr 20, 2019: Cooler weather will cut power costs for households this summer

Energy Storage

Apr 26, 2019: New York energy storage incentive details: $280 million available *today*

Apr 26, 2019: Salt-based energy storage and Adidas’ recyclable sneakers: The best green innovations of the week

Apr 26, 2019: Turning Lemons Into Lemonade: Michigan Researches Converting Abandoned Mines Into Energy Storage

Apr 25, 2019: ESA: Investigation of Arizona fire will help inform industry’s future

Apr 25, 2019: Reverse Auctions May Become the Key to Energy Storage Rollout, EDF says

Apr 25, 2019: Despite declines for the quarter, Tesla is bullish on its overall energy business

Apr 24, 2019: Insurers are easing adoption of large-scale energy storage

Apr 24, 2019: Explosions Are Threatening Lithium-Ion’s Edge in a Battery Race

Apr 24, 2019: What We Know and Don’t Know About the Fire at an APS Battery Facility

Apr 23, 2019: Duke, Eversource commit to create energy storage safety standards

Apr 23, 2019: Trends in Microgrids and Energy Storage

Apr 20, 2019: APS and Fluence Investigating Explosion at Arizona Energy Storage Facility

Apr 22, 2019: 10 innovative startups in electrical storage that are on track to fuel the energy systems revolution in Europe

Apr 22, 2019: Chemours announces strategic partnership with UET to address renewable energy storage challenge

Apr 22, 2019: The grid of the future will be powered by … giant subterranean bagpipes?

Renewable

Apr 26, 2019: Vestas US development arm gains momentum

Apr 22, 2019: Duke Energy unit buys 150 MW California solar power project

Apr 24, 2019: Texas A&M to improve air quality, energy efficiency at Houston airports

Apr 24, 2019: Xcel Energy Boosting Wind Portfolio in Upper Midwest

Apr 24, 2019: AEP Investing To Deliver Smarter, Cleaner Energy To Customers, Shareholders Learn At Annual Meeting

Apr 24, 2019: AEP completes Sempra green grab

Apr 19, 2019: Restaurant grease thefts rise as biofuel prices increase

Apr 20, 2019: Electric Companies Won’t Go Green Unless the Public Takes Control

Apr 20, 2019: It Pays To Be Green: Homes Near Electric-Vehicle Charging Stations Fetch Top Dollar

Apr 20, 2019: 1 local utility-scale solar farm operational, another in works

Power Grid Security

Feb 20, 2019: The Cybersecurity 202: Maine Sen. King wants the US to unplug parts of electric grid

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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Headlines

Apr 19, 2019: CenterPoint names new CFO

Apr 19, 2019: El Paso Electric CEO chairing SEPA board

Apr 19, 2019: Austin Energy to acquire Nacogdoches Biomass Facility for $460M

Apr 18, 2019: Damage, power outages reported after storms roll through East Texas

Apr 18, 2019: AEP Texas dedicates new service center in Alice, Texas

Apr 18, 2019: Counterpoint: Competition among utilities would benefit Texas energy consumers [Opinion]

Apr 18, 2019: March Construction Starts Surge 16 Percent

Apr 18, 2019: How to easily find your lowest electricity rate in Houston

Apr 18, 2019: U.S. Energy Secretary Perry planning to leave Trump administration

Apr 17, 2019: Supreme Court denies case challenging state nuclear subsidies

Apr 15, 2019:Starbucks investing in regional Texas solar farms to support stores

Apr 15, 2019: Xcel Energy paying for old refrigerators in Texas

Apr 16, 2019: Power Up with this Top Trio of Utilities

Apr 16, 2019: RedMane Technology Wins New Braunfels Utilities Big Data Analytics…

Apr 15, 2019: Crews working to bring power back to Franklin area following tornado

Apr 15, 2019: Entergy Agrees to Post-Shutdown Sale of Indian Point Energy Center to Holtec International

Apr 14, 2019:El Paso Electric innovating for the future

Apr 15, 2019: NEM Meets with White House National Economic Council

Apr 15, 2019: NRG Energy (NRG) projected to achieve 140.80% earnings growth for this year

Generation Adequacy

Apr 16, 2019: Why invite any federal meddling in Texas’ successful electric system?

Apr 16, 2019: Utilities Warn of Threat to U.S. Power Grid

Apr 12, 2019: Energy Dept. investing $100 million in near zero emissions coal plants

Energy Storage

Apr 18, 2019: Leading energy companies form ESA task force for energy storage safety

Apr 19, 2019: How Invenergy Quietly Became One of the Biggest Players in Grid Storage

Apr 18, 2019: Energy Storage Systems Market to Touch US$52.59 Billion by 2025

Apr 17, 2019: A brighter future: Why energy storage belongs in the investment tax credit

Apr 17, 2019: Need more energy storage? Just hit ‘print’

Apr 17, 2019: A brighter future: Why energy storage belongs in the investment tax credit

Apr 16, 2019: Sens. Moran, Klobuchar introduce bill to help rural communities with energy storage

Apr 16, 2019: GE Renewable Energy to Implement DC-Coupled Solar and Battery Energy Storage Hybrid System in Upstate New York

Apr 16, 2019: Sens. Gardner, Heinrich introduce bill to establish investment tax credit for energy storage

Apr 16, 2019: Peak Power Partners with Diamond Generating Corporation to enter California Energy Storage Market

Apr 16, 2019: Anode materials firm gets US$170 million investment

Apr 11, 2019: Energy Storage Unleashed

Apr 12, 2019: Equinor & Hanon Systems Join International Energy Storage Consortium

Apr 12, 2019: Three Large-Scale Energy Storage Technologies That May Hold the Keys to Unleashing an All-Out Renewable Energy Transition

Renewable

Apr 15, 2019: Bell: Renewable Electricity Promos Are ‘Greenwashing’ Scams

Apr 17, 2019: Texas Has A New Favorite Energy Source

Apr 17, 2019: Los Angeles leads US in solar power capacity

Apr 17, 2019:Daimler to launch electric compact SUV in 2021: CEO

Apr 16, 2019: Solar company Sunnova losing some of its glow amid complaints

Apr 16, 2019: EIA: Increases from Electricity Generation from Biomass Cease After 10 Years of Growth

Apr 11, 2019: Wind turbine techs and solar installers among nation’s fastest growing jobs

Apr 10, 2019: Fessler: 100 U.S. Cities Pledge to Reach 100% Clean Energy

Apr 10, 2019: Algal biofuel: the long road to commercial viability

Apr 9, 2019: AWEA: U.S. Wind Grew 8% Last Year, With Texas Leading The Way

Apr 9, 2019: Does going solar really save money?

Apr 9, 2019: There Are More Than 500,000 Potential Wind and Solar Energy Storage Spaces on Earth, Study Finds

Apr 8, 2019:How Massachusetts is supporting energy storage (and how your state can too)

Apr 5, 2019: Philip Jankowski: Austin’s best way out of one-sided biomass deal? Buy the plant?

Power Grid Security

Feb 20, 2019: The Cybersecurity 202: Maine Sen. King wants the US to unplug parts of electric grid

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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Headlines

Apr 12, 2019: Electric Power Brokers Required to Register With PUC Under Senate Bill Passed Thursday

Apr 11, 2019: Eliminating Hearings In Non-Responsive PUC Code Violation Notices Is Aim Of Bill that Passed Texas Senate

Apr 11, 2019: Bill To Reduce PUC’s M&A Review Burden Passes Senate

Apr 12, 2019: TEC Announces Alliance With Ultimate Tool And Safety

Mar 20, 2019: Texas Renewable Energy Policy Sets an Example for the World

Apr 12, 2019: Vistra Energy to Report First Quarter 2019 Results on May 3, 2019

Apr 11, 2019: NRG executive cautions Senate on clean energy subsidies

Apr 12, 2019: Entergy begins install of new ‘smart meters’ across Southeast Texas

Apr 11, 2019: Xcel Energy plans on 200 MW in new wind projects by 2021

Apr 11, 2019: Todd Higley CEO of Vortex Brands Co. is Featured in an Exclusive New Audio Interview at SmallCapVoice.com, Inc.

Apr 9, 2019: Texas’ energy needs are changing. Legislature needs to keep up.

Apr 9, 2019: Xcel Energy preparing for strong Wednesday winds

Apr 8, 2019: Gov. Abbott appoints Pat Hickman to Texas Economic Development Corporation Board

Apr 9, 2019: Report: San Antonio Is A Top 10 City For Solar Capacity

Apr 7, 2019: Heart of Texas Electric Cooperative Inc. receives over $31 million in new USDA investment

Apr 8, 2019: Texas solar boom fueled by oil and gas power demands

Apr 8, 2019: Gov. Abbott appoints Pat Hickman to Texas Economic Development Corporation Board

Apr 8, 2019: NRG Energy, Inc. to Report First Quarter 2019 Financial Results on May 2, 2019

Apr 8, 2019: NextEra Energy announces date for release of first-quarter 2019 financial results

Apr 8, 2019: Xcel Energy Selects Carmichael Lynch As Agency of Record

Apr 5, 2019: Are state legislatures wising up about broadband co-ops?

Apr 7, 2019: Solar is going to keep oil flowing in the Texas shale patch

Apr 5, 2019: Texas Senate passes bill to increase access to high-speed internet in rural areas of state

Apr 6, 2019: Joshua D. Rhodes, Texas Perspectives: State legislation unfairly targeting wind, solar initiatives

Apr 5, 2019: CenterPoint seeks rate increase

Apr 6, 2019: AEP Texas Becomes Dominant In Hidalgo County

Apr 5, 2019: Fight over wind power ramps up in Texas

Apr 4, 2019: Under Rick Perry, energy efficiency standards targeted

Generation Adequacy

Apr 12, 2019: E.On builds new wind farm in Texas

Apr 11, 2019: Duke Energy building 200-MW wind farm in Texas

Apr 11, 2019: Grid improvements needed to prevent transformer failures and power outages

Apr 11, 2019: ERCOT’s multiple opportunities a target for GlidePath’s 10MWh Texas project

Apr 10, 2019:Powin nabs deal for Texas battery storage system

Apr 6, 2019: March West Texas power prices rise on falling wind generation, strong demand

Energy Storage

Apr 12, 2019: The Addressable Market For Utility Energy Storage Could Scale To $800 Billion

Apr 12, 2019: EVgo adding 14 battery storage systems to spur EV fast charger deployment

Apr 12, 2019: Update on Energy Storage and Offshore Wind Initiatives in New York

Apr 11, 2019: NOHMs Technologies to Develop Energy Storage Battery for Indoor Use

Apr 10, 2019: Global Energy Storage to Hit 158 Gigawatt-Hours by 2024, Led by US and China

Apr 10, 2019: Thermal Energy Storage Market to Cross USD 6.50 billion by 2024

Apr 10, 2019: Hyosung making jump into U.S. energy storage market

Apr 10, 2019: New NEMA standard identifies performance requirements for stationary electrical energy storage systems

Apr 10, 2019: Houston energy storage software company inks major deal with Canadian tech co.

Apr 9, 2019: There Are More Than 500,000 Potential Wind and Solar Energy Storage Spaces on Earth, Study Finds

Apr 8, 2019: How Massachusetts is supporting energy storage (and how your state can too)

Apr 8, 2019: Energy storage facility approved in Carver

Apr 8, 2019: Battery Energy Storage System Market Size, Share 2019 to 2028, Business Statistics, Growth Prospects and Forecast 2028

Apr 8, 2019: Energy associations applaud legislation to create investment tax credit for energy storage systems

Renewable

Apr 11, 2019: Wind turbine techs and solar installers among nation’s fastest growing jobs

Apr 10, 2019: Fessler: 100 U.S. Cities Pledge to Reach 100% Clean Energy

Apr 10, 2019: Algal biofuel: the long road to commercial viability

Apr 9, 2019: AWEA: U.S. Wind Grew 8% Last Year, With Texas Leading The Way

Apr 9, 2019: Does going solar really save money?

Apr 9, 2019: There Are More Than 500,000 Potential Wind and Solar Energy Storage Spaces on Earth, Study Finds

Apr 8, 2019:How Massachusetts is supporting energy storage (and how your state can too)

Apr 5, 2019: Philip Jankowski: Austin’s best way out of one-sided biomass deal? Buy the plant?

Power Grid Security

Feb 20, 2019: The Cybersecurity 202: Maine Sen. King wants the US to unplug parts of electric grid

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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Headlines

Apr 5, 2019: Sen. Kolkhorst’s Controversial Eminent Domain Bill Passes Senate

Apr 4, 2019: Agency Partnership Bill to Head Off Grid Cyber Attacks Makes It Through Senate

Apr 5, 2019: Battle Over Renewable Energy Takes Shape At The Texas Capitol

Apr 5, 2019: Committee Hears About Phasing Out the State Power Program

Apr 3, 2019: AEP Texas takes over Hidalgo County electrical distribution

Apr 3, 2019: Power-Hungry Texas Oil Drillers Get a Little Help From Solar

Apr 3, 2019: Tesla drops opposition to Texas bill it previously called ‘targeted attack’

Apr 3, 2019: How conservative Texas legislators protect business rather than free market

Apr 4, 2019: Barrett Named Customer Service Vice President at Entergy The Woodlands

Apr 3, 2019: CenterPoint Energy looks in-house for next general counsel

Apr 2, 2019: Xcel Energy 1st Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call

Apr 2, 2019: Entergy Corporation Releases 2018 Integrated Report

Apr 3, 2019: Entergy (NYSE:ETR) announces a quarterly dividend of $0.91

Apr 3, 2019:Texas House Bill 3995 Would Hurt Consumers in the Lone Star State

Apr 3, 2019: Power retailers reach limit of deregulated markets

Apr 3, 2019: CEO Pay Watch: Benjamin Fowke III of Xcel Energy Inc.

Apr 2, 2019: Pedernales Electric Cooperative boasts growth spike

Apr 2, 2019: 86th Texas Legislature To Consider Bills Concerning Cybersecurity And Storage, Among Other Electric Industry Issues

Apr 1, 2019: After Texas boy scouts’ deaths, power line safety bill honors them

Apr 2, 2019: New electric motor could eliminate transmissions

Apr 2, 2019: TXU Energy’s “Free Pass” Plan Offers Automatic Relief on Days with Highest Use

Apr 2, 2019: CenterPoint Energy promotes exec to fill general counsel role

Apr 2, 2019: CenterPoint Energy encourages safety awareness during National Safe Digging Month

Apr 2, 2019: Xcel Energy 1st Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call

Apr 2, 2019: AEP to soon kick off accelerator program for early stage startups in the energy sector

Apr 2, 2019: Surcharge greets Entergy customers ahead of smart meter installation

Apr 2, 2019: Mississippi alleges fraud by Entergy, utility says no proof

Apr 1, 2019: El Paso Electric phone scams

Apr 1, 2019: El Paso Electric Files to Implement a Distribution Cost Recovery Factor in Texas

Apr 1, 2019: Offshore wind for Texas about a decade away

Apr 1, 2019: Head of EVgo aims to clean up transportation

Mar 29, 2019: Texas businesses building more power supplies

Mar 29, 2019:Trump Executive Order related to EMP preparedness

Generation Adequacy

Apr 4, 2019: Entergy investing big in 4 GW of new gas-fired capacity over coming years

Apr 4, 2019: ‘We’re going to do what it takes’: Utilities continue push to cut emissions

Apr 3, 2019: Utility survey says: It’s a distributed energy world

Apr 3, 2019: As D.C. dawdles, CEOs shift power companies to green

Apr 2, 2019: ERCOT Generators Upset over Early March Weather Event

Apr 2, 2019: Texas is nation’s No. 1 carbon dioxide emitter

Apr 1, 2019: Economics is Driving the Growth of Distributed Energy Resources in Texas

Apr 1, 2019: Plenty of Natural Gas to Go Around—It Just Needs a Market

Energy Storage

Apr 4, 2019: US House Introduces Energy Storage Tax Credit Bill

Apr 4, 2019: Mich. Energy Storage Idea Poses New Life for Old Mines

Apr 4, 2019: New Program Will Spur Energy Storage And Electric Vehicle Innovations

Apr 3, 2019: Tennessee seeks 200 MWac of renewables + energy storage

Apr 3, 2019: Energy storage races to investment-grade status

Apr 2, 2019: The Next Frontier In Energy Storage

Apr 2, 2019: FP&L Plans World’s Largest Energy Storage Battery To Support Its Renewable Energy Goals

Apr 3, 2019: FERC asks grid operators for more detail on storage participation

Apr 2, 2019: US Energy Storage Solution: Giant Coal-Killing Water Batteries

Apr 2, 2019: Maryland passes energy storage pilot program to determine future regulatory framework

Apr 2, 2019: New NFPA Battery Standard Could Impact Data Center UPS Designs

Apr 1, 2019: The Illinois “Coal to Solar and Energy Storage Act” is real

Apr 1, 2019: “World’s first working thermal battery” promises cheap, eco-friendly, grid-scalable energy storage

Apr 1, 2019: Solar + storage projects to drive utility-scale deployment of batteries: Navigant

Renewable

Apr 5, 2019: Two colleges in Texas rank No. 1 and 2 in U.S. for renewable energy use

Apr 5, 2019: Texas lawmakers calm Tesla owners’ servicing fears with bill revision

Apr 3, 2019: When’s the Best Time to Charge an EV?

Apr 3, 2019: Holthaus: Batteries are key to clean energy — and they just got much cheaper

Apr 2, 2019: Enel Talks U.S. Wind And Solar: Trends, Opportunities And The Hot Texas Market

Apr 1, 2019: As 100% renewables goals proliferate, what role for utilities?

Mar 28, 2019: From Walmart To Google, Companies Teaming Up To Buy More Solar And Wind Power

Mar 28, 2019: Idaho Utility Spurns Coal, Pledges 100 Percent ‘Clean’ Energy By 2045

Mar 28, 2019: 4 maps that show who’s being left behind in America’s wind-power boom

Power Grid Security

Feb 20, 2019: The Cybersecurity 202: Maine Sen. King wants the US to unplug parts of electric grid

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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Headlines

Mar 29, 2019: Electricity brokers will likely face regulatory oversight like other power dealers

Mar 29, 2019: Texas investment in distributed energy resources growing steadily

Mar 29, 2019: Switching to electric vehicles could save the US billions, but timing is everything

Mar 29, 2019: Texas City Leaders Face Wrath of Residents Over Green Energy Deal

Mar 29, 2019: Solar garden aims to cut energy, insurance costs

Mar 29, 2019: Texas Utility Modernizes Customer Information System

Mar 28, 2019: Xcel Energy building in downtown Amarillo recognized for sustainability

Mar 28, 2019: Rosendin Electric Relocates, Expands in Texas

Mar 28, 2019: Eliminate 75-100% of your electric bill by going solar; South Texas Solar Systems sweepstakes

Mar 28, 2019: City of Tomball partners with iChoosr to offer residents energy bill savings via Tomball Power Switch

Mar 28, 2019: Big companies band together on renewable energy

Mar 28, 2019: Data Centers Becoming Larger Players in Power Markets

Mar 28, 2019: Xcel Energy building in downtown Amarillo recognized for sustainability

Mar 27, 2019: Georgetown city attorney: Solar company not following energy contract with city

Mar 27, 2019: Linear Labs’ next-gen electric motor attracts $4.5 million in funding

Mar 27, 2019: Energy demand experienced record growth in 2018: IEA

Mar 27, 2019: Electricity costs from battery storage down 76% since 2012: BNEF

Mar 27, 2019: Trump Administration Dims Rule On Energy Efficient Lightbulbs

Mar 26, 2019:Mount Pleasant wins ‘Greenest City Award’ for Texas

Mar 25, 2019: BBB reports scam spoofing utility company

Mar 24, 2019: GCPA to Honor Foreman with Pat Wood Star Award

Mar 24, 2019: Videos showing how to hack smart energy meters ‘pose danger to society’

Generation Adequacy

Mar 29, 2019: A Texan’s Big Bet on a Fossil-Fuel Future for California

Mar 29, 2019: Texas coal-plant owner: “Coal is on its way out”

Mar 28, 2019: Deep Dive: Power Transmission Market Poised to Expand at a Robust Pace

Mar 27, 2019: On its way to carbon-free power, Xcel wants to buy a natural gas plant

Mar 27, 2019:Xcel CEO on Tech to Achieve Carbon-Free Electricity by 2050: ‘We’ve Got to Be Open to Anything’

Mar 24, 2019: Natural gas generates the most electricity

Mar 23, 2019: Nuclear power woes extend to Texas

Mar 22, 2019: FERC opens transmission, ROE inquiries as regulators spar again over climate

Energy Storage

Mar 29, 2019: The race to build the biggest solar-battery plant is officially on.

Mar 29, 2019: Florida utility plans world’s largest battery combined with solar

Mar 29, 2019: Tesla Installs 7-Megawatt-Hour Battery for Emergency Power at a Japanese Railway

Mar 29, 2019: Check the costs as battery energy storage sparks consumer interest

Mar 29, 2019: Hawaii regulators approve HECO’s $86M grid mod plan, 6 solar + storage projects under $0.10/kWh

Mar 28, 2019: Battery Storage is Changing the Dynamics of Renewable Revolution

Mar 28, 2019: Sustainable battery storage technology debuted

Mar 27, 2019: Tesla says its Osaka station Powerpack is Asia’s largest energy storage system

Mar 26, 2019: Con Edison pilots new approach to increasing battery storage on its grid

Mar 26, 2019: Levelized Cost of Energy for Lithium-Ion Batteries Is Plummeting

Mar 26, 2019: New England Grid Operator Puzzles in Microgrids and Energy Storage: Regional Outlook

Mar 26, 2019: Solar-powered car parks with battery storage in new trial

Mar 26, 2019: CIT Leads Financing for Innovative Battery Storage Project Supporting Renewable Power

Mar 25, 2019: Switzerland installs its largest energy storage system

Mar 25, 2019: Morningstar Expands Energy Storage Partner Program

Mar 25, 2019: Statkfraft partners with redT on solar and storage solution

Renewable

Mar 28, 2019: From Walmart To Google, Companies Teaming Up To Buy More Solar And Wind Power

Mar 28, 2019: Idaho Utility Spurns Coal, Pledges 100 Percent ‘Clean’ Energy By 2045

Mar 28, 2019: 4 maps that show who’s being left behind in America’s wind-power boom

Mar 27, 2019: Texans don’t have much incentive to invest in home solar

Mar 25, 2019: Tesla eliminates annual service, keeps some periodic maintenance

Mar 26, 2019: More bad news for coal: Wind and solar are getting cheaper

Mar 26, 2019: Solar grew 48x over the last 11 years. What will the next 11 bring?

Mar 25, 2019: Tesla stock falls as concerns over softer sales increase after NYT report

Mar 25, 2019: Colorado May Have a Winning Formula for Managing Early Coal Plant Retirements

Mar 25, 2019: SWEPCO detects lithium in wells near coal ash storage sites at Pirkey Power Plant

Power Grid Security

Feb 20, 2019: The Cybersecurity 202: Maine Sen. King wants the US to unplug parts of electric grid

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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Headlines

Mar 21, 2019: Rosendin Electric will relocate to Pflugerville, bringing 84 high-paying jobs

Mar 21, 2019: Solar companies flock to a Texas tax break with questionable payback

Mar 21, 2019: Ultimate five-year plan: 24 hour solar+storage power plants, in design pipeline now

Mar 20, 2019: Plant bailout back on tap as Perry, coal interests reportedly derail FERC nomination

Mar 20, 2019: How much do consumers really care about power?

Mar 20, 2019: Texas Bill Would Prevent Tesla From Fixing Their Own Cars

Mar 19, 2019: Xcel Energy warns of additional disconnect scams

Mar 21, 2019: Despite critical report, Timmerman re-appointed as LCRA chair

Mar 19, 2019: California has the most clean energy jobs but Texas is No. 2

Mar 19, 2019: What happened to agricultural demand response?

Mar 19, 2019: Blockchain Market in the Energy Sector – Global Growth, Trends and Forecasts 2019-2024

Mar 19, 2019: Oncor to Participate in Sempra Energy’s Investor Day March 27

Mar 20, 2019: CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC files 8-K

Mar 19, 2019: Texas Utility Energizes Business with Industry’s First Cloud Customer Information System

Mar 19, 2019: Caller Beware: Scammer posing as Oncor Electric threatening to cut customer’s power off if they don’t pay their bill

Mar 18, 2019: Here’s a guide to companies that help you shop for electricity in Texas. Who they are, and what they do.

Mar 18, 2019: Texas To Ban Tesla From Fixing Its Cars At State Service Centers

Mar 17, 2019: Who’s winning the electric vehicle race?

Mar 17, 2019: If Texas lawmakers get their way, Tesla won’t be able to fix its own cars

Mar 18, 2019: Bills could help Texans near transmission towers

Mar 18, 2019: Solar powers opportunities for utilities, area farmers

Mar 18, 2019: Smart meters are coming to Lubbock, likely this spring

Generation Adequacy

Mar 15, 2019: Tomlinson: Electricity and oil battle for future of transportation

Mar 20, 2019: What happened to agricultural demand response?

Mar 18, 2019: Texas Power Prices Surge 700% on a Chilly Morning in Dallas

Mar 19, 2019: Vistra CEO says coal is ‘on its way out’

Mar 14, 2019: CERAWeek: ‘Performance is key’ in maintaining ERCOT reliability this summer

Mar 14, 2019: Power retailers see opportunity in backyard power generators

Energy Storage

Mar 22, 2019: LAVLE Developing Solid Electrolyte Battery Energy Storage For The Marine Market

Mar 20, 2019:Battery energy storage systems critical to public safety

Mar 19, 2019: Energy Storage 2019

Mar 19, 2019: Hybrid Solar Wind Energy Storage Market Size is expected to surpass USD 1.5 billion by 2024

Mar 18, 2019: Maryland’s Pioneering Energy Storage Income Tax Credit Turns Two

Mar 18, 2019: Advanced Energy Storage Market Size

Renewable

Mar 21, 2019: GM ships $300 million to Michigan to build electric vehicle

Mar 21, 2019: Lone Star State exhibiting wind power leadership

Mar 20, 2019: Recurrent Energy to build at least 1.2 GW of U.S. solar by the end of 2021

Mar 20, 2019: Construction begins on 151-MW E.On wind farm in south Texas

Mar 19, 2019: EIA: U.S. Renewable Electricity Generation Has Doubled In 10 Years

Mar 20, 2019: How co-ops are bringing solar power to rural America

Mar 19, 2019: Everybody Wants EV Charging Stations. Almost Nobody Wants to Build Them.

Mar 19, 2019: Electric crossover charge: These are the rivals to the Tesla Model Y

Mar 12, 2019: America’s 10 largest wind farms

Mar 14, 2019: The top 10 countries in the world by wind energy capacity

Mar 13, 2019: Following ‘Growing Pains’ In 2018, U.S. Solar Poised For Rebound

Power Grid Security

Feb 20, 2019: The Cybersecurity 202: Maine Sen. King wants the US to unplug parts of electric grid

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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Headlines

Mar 15, 2019: A Standoff Over Eminent Domain in Texas: Here Are Both Sides

Mar 14, 2019: CERAWeek: US battery storage could be a game changer in coming years

Mar 14, 2019: CERAWeek: Three power CEOs agree retail customer demands take center stage

Mar 14, 2019: CERAWeek: Power market executives take different approaches to similar issues

Mar 14, 2019: AEP Texas Files Application to Securitize Distribution-Related Costs Associated With Hurricane Harvey and Other Storms

Mar 14, 2019: How about a home warranty along with that electricity contract?

Mar 14, 2019: Sunset Commission calls for LCRA transparency

Mar 14, 2019: Storms knock out power for thousands in East Texas; damage reported

Mar 13, 2019: The Hot New Thing in Dockless Electric Scooters: Docks

Mar 12, 2019: AEP Announces Equity-Linked Offering To Fund Capital Investment Plan

Mar 13, 2019: CenterPoint Energy sets 2019 annual meeting of shareholders

Mar 13, 2019: High winds cause power outages around the Tx Panhandle, Eastern NM

Mar 12, 2019: EPIcenter Event to Showcase Innovations in Electricity Products

Mar 12, 2019: Industrial energy consumers criticize MISO generator replacement proposal

Mar 12, 2019: CIP to invest $80m in onshore wind farm in Texas, US

Mar 11, 2019: 4 Things Pattern Energy’s CEO Wants You to Know About What’s Ahead

Mar 11, 2019: American Electric Power Service Corporation Seeks Bids For Coal

Mar 11, 2019: Sempra Energy Announces Intention To Appoint C.J. Warner To Board of Directors

Mar 11, 2019: Corporate buyers of solar electricity face price risk

Mar 11, 2019: Bills filed to protect homeowners near transmission projects

Mar 11, 2019: Spitznogle Named AEP Vice President, Environmental Services

Mar 12, 2019: Entergy VP: We Have to Fundamentally ‘Reshape the Grid’

Mar 8, 2019: EIA’s Electric Power Monthly – February 2019 Edition With Data For December 2018 And The Complete Year Results For 2018

Mar 10, 2019: Rep. Paddie files utility safety bill in wake of Lake O’ the Pines tragedy

Mar 8, 2019: Vistra Energy Launches Retail Brands in Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania

Mar 11, 2019: CenterPoint chief lawyer leaves to join Brink’s

Generation Adequacy

Mar 14, 2019: CERAWeek: ‘Performance is key’ in maintaining ERCOT reliability this summer

Mar 14, 2019: Power retailers see opportunity in backyard power generators

Mar 13, 2019: U.S. Generating Capacity Jumped In 2018: EIA

Mar 11, 2019: The big read: Inertia, frequency regulation and the grid

Mar 11, 2019: How Greater Reliance On Wind And Solar Means Texas’ Power Grid Is Less Nimble During Summer

Mar 8, 2019: Home solar grows but not fast enough to meet demand for power

Energy Storage

Mar 14, 2019: New battery to revolutionize energy storage

Mar 14, 2019: The US Energy Storage Market Kicks Into High Gear

Mar 14, 2019: Energy storage, EV jobs boom in the United States

Mar 14, 2019: NYSERDA releases new Energy Storage Guidebook

Mar 14, 2019: CellCube unveils 100-MW energy storage partnership in US

Mar 13, 2019: Microgrid boosters hope Michigan ‘energy district’ will spur more interest

Mar 12, 2019: New fuel cell could help fix the renewable energy storage problem

Mar 12, 2019: Peak time to take action

Mar 11, 2019: Thank A House Plant: Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage Inspired By Mother Nature

Mar 11, 2019: U.S. licence to grow hemp to fuel hemp energy storage research facility

Mar 11, 2019: Energy storage systems big enough to supply the national grid

Renewable

Mar 13, 2019: Following ‘Growing Pains’ In 2018, U.S. Solar Poised For Rebound

Mar 13, 2019: New Mexico will be the third state to go 100%

Mar 13, 2019: UTA researcher working to determine minimum energy use possible in lasers

Mar 13, 2019: Tesla’s ‘Amateur Hour’ Backpedaling Prompts Analyst Head-Shaking

Mar 12, 2019:Powering the Future of Electric Vehicles

Mar 12, 2019: Could the ocean be the answer to a clean energy supply?

Mar 8, 2019: Clean Energy Coalition Challenges Duke Energy’s Monopoly

Mar 8, 2019: Solar farm divides a ranching community

Mar 8, 2019: Rounding up solar O&M in the Lone Star State

Power Grid Security

Feb 20, 2019: The Cybersecurity 202: Maine Sen. King wants the US to unplug parts of electric grid

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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Headlines

Mar 7, 2019: AEP Announces New Chief Customer Officer And Combines Transmission And Distribution Oversight Organizations

Mar 7, 2019: CenterPoint CFO is heading out door with a $360,000 separation check

Mar 7, 2019: Solar storage project in West Texas should boost value of solar power

Mar 7, 2019: NextEra Energy in $1.02B projects deal, $900M financing

Mar 7, 2019: NextEra Gains Incentive for Hartburg-Sabine Project

Mar 6, 2019: Xcel Energy has an aggressive clean energy goal. How will it get there?

Mar 5, 2019: GridLiance’s Electric Transmission Upgrades in Texas County, OK to Improve Grid Reliability

Mar 5, 2019: Overnight power outage hits Round Rock

Mar 5, 2019: Houston-based NRG Energy reports quarterly loss of $13 million

Mar 5, 2019: Entergy Offers Spring Forward Safety

Mar 4, 2019: Texas City’s Renewable Energy Goal Hikes Electricity Prices

Mar 4, 2019: NRG Turns Profit, Sees Tightening ERCOT Reserves

Mar 4, 2019: NextEra Energy and NextEra Energy Partners to meet with investors through early April

Mar 3, 2019: CenterPoint Energy turns $90 million profit amid $6 billion Vectren merger

Mar 4, 2019: More customers are using Xcel Energy’s mobile app

Mar 4, 2019: Duke Energy’s monopoly power faces challenges in Southern states

Generation Adequacy

Mar 5, 2019: Texas Public Utility Commission defends competitive markets, customer interests

Mar 6, 2019: Tight power supplies for Texas this summer may trigger voluntary cuts

Mar 6, 2019: ERCOT sees increased chance for emergency capacity with record demand forecast this summer

Mar 6, 2019: Is the grid ready for electric vehicles?

Mar 5, 2019: Cold weather prompts Southwest Power Pool conservative operations alert

Mar 5, 2019: ERCOT: High demand and tight reserves may result in energy alerts this summer

Mar 5, 2019: Texas power grid expects record demand this summer, alerts more likely

Mar 4, 2019: Denton’s coal plant mothballed as state predicts tighter electric supply

Mar 4, 2019: Experimental Texas power plant aims to make electricity cheaper, cleaner

Energy Storage

Mar 7, 2019: Deploying more renewables now through an energy storage-centric Clean Peak Standard

Mar 7, 2019: Tower of power: gravity-based storage evolves beyond pumped hydro

Mar 6, 2019: US residential storage on the rise in another record-breaking year

Mar 6, 2019: U.S. energy storage market makes huge gains in 2018, expects to double this year

Mar 5, 2019: US Energy Storage Broke Records in 2018, but the Best Is Yet to Come

Mar 5, 2019: ABB To Supply Drive & Energy Storage Technologies For New Electric Ferry

Mar 5, 2019: U.S. energy storage deployed grows 80% despite shortages

Mar 4, 2019: Energy Storage Has A Breakout Year On Both Sides Of The Meter

Mar 4, 2019: Community Microgrids with Energy Storage: Cost Effective and Clean

Renewable

Mar 6, 2019: The Increasing Demand For Electric Cars

Mar 7, 2019: Utility study shows aggressive carbon goals within reach

Mar 6, 2019: Dana, Hyliion Partner to Market Electric-Hybrid Technology

Mar 6, 2019: Shale gas boom slows progress on renewables in PJM grid territory

Mar 6, 2019: US power industry moving toward renewables, but subsidies challenge free markets

Mar 5, 2019: Xcel Energy says its new report supports 100 percent clean energy goal

Mar 5, 2019: 3 Top Renewable Energy Stocks to Watch This Month

Mar 4, 2019: Pabst: Solar on all new homes could help meet SA’s environmental challenges

Mar 4, 2019: Updated RPSs will lead to more renewable electricity generation in US

Power Grid Security

Feb 20, 2019: The Cybersecurity 202: Maine Sen. King wants the US to unplug parts of electric grid

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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Headlines

Feb 28, 2019: Lawmaker files bill to increase access to high-speed internet in rural areas of Texas

Mar 1, 2019: Austin looks to add regulations for electric scooters, bikes

Feb 28, 2019: State lawmaker files bill for further study of electric scooter use

Mar 1, 2019: Sempra: Focused Utility + Growth = Upside

Mar 1, 2019: Here’s how much your electricity bill will cost on average in every state

Feb 28, 2019: Vistra Energy Corp (VST) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference Call Transcript

Mar 1, 2019: Construction Underway on the Largest Solar Plant in Texas

Mar 1, 2019: NRG reports $268 million in profits last year with higher prices, more demand for power

Feb 28, 2019: CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) CEO Scott Prochazka on Q4 2018 Results – Earnings Call Transcript

Mar 1, 2019: Entergy Corporation Board Elects Lisa Hyland as Board Member

Mar 1, 2019: Direct Energy sued for robo calls to cell phones

Feb 27, 2019: AEP Launches IlluminationLAB; Partners With L Marks To Identify Innovative Technology Ideas

Feb 27, 2019: El Paso Electric Co (EE) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference Call Transcript

Feb 28, 2019: Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric LLC filed 10-K on Thu, February 28

Feb 28, 2019: Oncor nets half a billion in profits, refunds $60M from tax cuts

Feb 28, 2019: NRG Energy, Inc. Reports Full Year 2018 Results

Feb 28, 2019: CenterPoint Energy (CNP) Posts In-Line Q4 Earnings

Feb 28, 2019: CenterPoint Energy reports full-year 2018 earnings of $0.74 per diluted share

Feb 28, 2019: El Paso Electric Company (EE) CEO Mary Kipp on Q4 2018 Results – Earnings Call Transcript

Feb 26, 2019: Electric car charging stations coming to Sweetwater

Feb 27, 2019: Saving electricity through more efficient light bulbs

Feb 26, 2019: El Paso Electric Announces Fourth Quarter and Annual 2018 Financial Results

Feb 26, 2019: SCAM ALERT: Rusk County Electric Cooperative warning of late payment scam targeting customers

Feb 26, 2019: Tesla tries again to sell directly to Texas consumers

Feb 26, 2019: PNM Resources Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results

Feb 26, 2019: Oncor Electric Delivery Co LLC filed 10-K

Feb 26, 2019: Vistra Energy Announces Quarterly Dividend

Feb 26, 2019: E.ON Begins Work on Texas Solar Project

Feb 26, 2019: InfraREIT declares $0.25 dividend

Feb 26, 2019: Sempra Energy To Commence Formal Process To Sell Businesses In Peru And Chile

Feb 25, 2019: Senators Urge Ban on Huawei Gear from U.S. Electric Grid

Feb 25, 2019: Oncor Reports Solid 2018 Results

Feb 25, 2019: How Oncor is preparing for a wave of large electric fleet vehicles

Feb 25, 2019: PLH Group, Inc. Appoints Johnny Priest as Electric Segment Executive Vice President

Feb 25, 2019: Why Georgetown’s green energy gamble didn’t pay off

Feb 20, 2019: Texas State Park Could Close as Vistra Energy Seeks to Sell Land Near Shuttered Power Plant

Feb 22, 2019: Direct Energy sells its franchise home repair business

Feb 23, 2019: The Political Playbook of a Bankrupt California Utility

Generation Adequacy

Mar 1, 2019: Texas agencies taking steps to ensure natural gas availability for electric service ahead of high summer demand

Mar 1, 2019: Inertia, frequency regulation and the grid

Mar 1, 2019: Rick Perry warns energy grid faces ‘major test’ in coming polar vortex

Feb 27, 2019: Enel Green Power NA breaks ground on 497-MW Texas solar site

Feb 27, 2019: Sysco announces three new solar projects in Texas are now operational

Feb 27, 2019: Corporates May Be Leaving Millions on the Table by Procuring Wind Over Solar in ERCOT

Feb 7, 2019: Texas power makers say higher revenues will prompt them to dust off old plants for summer

Feb 25, 2019: Power lines: The next ‘Green New Deal’ battlefront?

Feb 25, 2019: Instead of building power plants that only run at peak times, utilities are going with battery backups

Energy Storage

Feb 28, 2019: APS Announces One of the Largest Battery Storage Initiatives in the U.S.

Feb 28, 2019: Maryland Offers Energy Storage Tax Credit…Plus News about Schneider, ENGIE, Veolia and CleanSpark

Feb 27, 2019: Utility, partner roll out home energy storage incentives

Feb 27, 2019: CellCube Partnership With Immersa Paves the Way For 80MWH Energy Storage Deployment

Feb 26, 2019: Behind-the-meter energy storage surges ahead of utility-operated batteries

Feb 25, 2019: Minnesota Legislature prepares for the introduction of energy storage

Feb 26, 2019: New York utilities, NYISO to collaborate on allowing storage in state’s wholesale and retail markets

Feb 24, 2019: Proposal aims to juice incentives for energy storage systems

Feb 25, 2019: Siemens launches home energy storage battery

Feb 25, 2019: AES Corp. to erect 100-MW energy storage structure in Arizona

Renewable

Feb 28, 2019: Francis Solar will add rooftop arrays to 7,500 homes in new Texas net zero community near Austin

Feb 28, 2019: Tesla Moving to Online-Only Sales, Closing Showrooms to Cut Costs

Feb 26, 2019: Texas Tech brings in the ‘Lime Bikes’

Feb 26, 2019: Lime warns that its electric scooters can brake without warning

Feb 26, 2019: ‘Abusive’ contracts. Defunct solar panels after Hurricane Maria. Texas company hit with more than 400 complaints, investigation finds

Feb 25, 2019: A century before Elon Musk’s Tesla, electric cars were popular in many cities

Power Grid Security

Feb 20, 2019: The Cybersecurity 202: Maine Sen. King wants the US to unplug parts of electric grid

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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Headlines

Feb 22, 2019: Texas PUC lets electric companies jack up bills with unregulated fees, report says

Feb 22, 2019: Texas Taxpayers Pay The French Government For Wind Power And Then Pay The Grid To Take It

Feb 22, 2019: Council says no to joining electrical power aggregate

Feb 22, 2019: January Construction Starts Rise 2 Percent

Feb 22, 2019: Sempra Energy Raises Annualized Common Stock Dividend For 9th Consecutive Year, Declares Dividends

Feb 20, 2019: State Rep. King: State should close electric commercial website

Feb 21, 2019: El Paso Electric warning customers of phone scams

Feb 21, 2019: Vistra Energy Announces Final Results of Cash Tender Offer for Senior Notes

Feb 21, 2019: Earnings Preview: NRG Energy (NRG) Q4 Earnings Expected to Decline

Feb 21, 2019: CenterPoint Energy (CNP) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth

Feb 21, 2019: Xcel Energy partnership in northeastern Panhandle allows for quicker response to outages

Feb 21, 2019: Group tells Georgetown residents to demand release of energy contracts

Feb 21, 2019: Rick Perry taps Texas oil chief and nuclear submariner as top advisers

Feb 19, 2019: Annova LNG secures 405 MW of electricity for proposed liquefaction plant

Feb 19, 2019: Texas Electricity Consumers Face Too Many Hidden Fees

Feb 20, 2019: SWEPCO parent signs $1 billion pact to acquire seven Sempra Renewables wind farms

Feb 20, 2019: The microgrid controller market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 15.65% from 2019 to 2024

Feb 20, 2019: Oncor To Release Year-End 2018 Results On February 26

Feb 20, 2019: Vistra Energy and Crius Energy Trust Agree to Amend Purchase Agreement to Reflect an Improved Purchase Price

Feb 20, 2019: Home-grown electricity will come increasingly from solar panels

Feb 20, 2019: Why Austin, Texas provides some of the best neighborhoods for fans of solar roofs

Feb 20, 2019: 7X Energy Announces 250 MWac Solar PPA with Fortune 500 Company

Feb 17, 2018: Retail power market continues to consolidate with Vistra purchase of Crius

Feb 17, 2018: Electricity shopping could get even more difficult if these Texas leaders get their way

Feb 17, 2018: Cogent Reports: Five Texas Retail Electric Providers Post Net Promoter Scores of at Least Twice the Market Average

Feb 17, 2018: Entergy Texas Breaks Ground on First Power Plant in 40 Years

Feb 17, 2018: For Calpine, going private means no more pesky stock analysts

Generation Adequacy

Feb 22, 2019: Smart Grid Market to Touch US$86.6 Billion by 2024

Feb 22, 2019: EIA: Reciprocating gas-fired engines playing growing role in U.S. grid

Feb 20, 2019: The World’s Largest Battery To Power The Permian

Feb 21, 2019: MIT Professors: This Is The Energy System Of The Future

Feb 19, 2019: Developer eyes world’s largest solar+storage facility for Texas

Feb 19, 2019: Entergy Texas breaks ground on gas-fired Montgomery County Plant

Feb 19, 2019: Can Cell Phones Help Improve Electricity Reliability?

Feb 17, 2018: ERCOT sets new wind power generation record Thursday night

Energy Storage

Feb 22, 2019: Utilities are starting to invest in big batteries instead of building new power plants

Feb 22, 2019: Energy storage can offset ‘major risky infrastructure investment’ costs of electric vehicles

Feb 22, 2019: Arizona Utility Makes Biggest U.S. Bet Yet on Energy Storage

Feb 21, 2019: AES to supply 100-MW Energy Storage System in Arizona

Feb 21, 2019: ‘Flow batteries on a budget’: Avalon renting electrolytes as a service

Feb 20, 2019: Institutional investors ‘see energy storage as most interesting renewable’ option

Feb 20, 2019: MIT Enterprise Forum Cambridge to Explore New Energy Storage Business Models for the Grid

Feb 20, 2019: 100% Renewable Energy Needs Lots of Storage. This Polar Vortex Test Showed How Much.

Feb 20, 2019: U.S. Energy Storage Market size to exceed $4bn by 2024

Feb 17, 2018: Tesla big battery is holding its own in a burgeoning energy storage market

Feb 17, 2018: Energy giant Shell steps into home energy storage space

Renewable

Feb 20, 2019: Kandi Electric Vehicles Approved for Sale in the US

Feb 21, 2019: Contreras: Wind Energy Booming in South Texas

Feb 20, 2019: Kandi Electric Vehicles Approved for Sale in the US

Feb 21, 2019:Contreras: Wind Energy Booming in South Texas

Feb 17, 2018: Texas set to become leader in renewables with upcoming solar growth

Power Grid Security

Feb 20, 2019: The Cybersecurity 202: Maine Sen. King wants the US to unplug parts of electric grid

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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Headlines

Feb 14, 2019: World’s Biggest Battery to Boost Solar in Texas Oil Country

Feb 14, 2019: Texas Central plans to appeal judge’s recent eminent domain ruling

Feb 13, 2019: Entergy Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call

Feb 13, 2019: Vehicle-to-Grid Testing Comes to Texas

Feb 13, 2019: How energy efficiency delivers green dividends in red and blue states

Feb 13, 2019: AEP to buy Sempra Renewables for $1B, more than doubling wind assets

Feb 13, 2019: Entergy Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call

Feb 13, 2019: Georgetown newspaper says mayor threatened editor over coverage

Jan 12, 2019: Amid chaos in Washington, Trump’s energy secretary Rick Perry keeps on going, quietly

Feb 12, 2019: Sempra Energy To Sell US Wind Assets To American Electric Power

Feb 13, 2019: California Company Sempra Manages Risks By Both Focusing And Expanding

Feb 12, 2019: Georgetown will move to hire energy consultants within months

Feb 12, 2019: Winsupply opens 4 new companies in Texas, Maryland and Ohio

Feb 12, 2019: Xcel Energy Moves Into New Canyon Service Center

Feb 12, 2019: What the new carbon tax credit does for electricity

Feb 12, 2019: U.S. Steel restarting electric-weld pipe mill in Texas

Feb 12, 2019: Two new 100-MW utility-solar units expected in the Permian Basin

Feb 8, 2019: Entergy to break ground on multi-million dollar power station in Willis

Feb 10, 2019: SWEPCO warns Longview residents of scams targeting seniors, non-English speakers, small businesses

Feb 10, 2019: Vistra Energy Cements Top Spot Among Residential Retail Electricity Providers

Feb 10, 2019: Texans Can Now Pay Electricity Bills Using Crypto Via GridPlus Energy With Centerpoint And Oncor

Feb 7, 2019: Markman: Amazon Echo and Google Home devices are Trojan horses that could eventually be used as a way in for the two tech giants to sell electricity.

Generation Adequacy

Feb 12, 2019: US coal production forecast to total 722 million st in 2019, down 4.3% on year: EIA

Feb 12, 2019: Solar industry is growing in Texas, bucking US trend

Feb 7, 2019: Pecan Street launches Texas’ first grid-connected vehicle-to-grid research and testing center

Energy Storage

Feb 15, 2019: Shell to acquire battery firm sonnen

Feb 15, 2019: Why investing in energy storage is business critical

Feb 15, 2019: Is energy storage the future of renewable energy?

Feb 13, 2019: Sterlite Power bids for two battery energy storage projects in US

Feb 13, 2019: Energy storage advances amp up real estate

Feb 13, 2019: Eversource plans to build battery system on Martha’s Vineyard for energy storage

Feb 13, 2019:Ice Energy brings the deep freeze to U.S. energy storage

Feb 11, 2019: ABB Wants to Boost Storage & Microgrid Activity with a $113-Million Fund

Renewable

Feb 14, 2019: Why Oilmen Will Never Be Interested In Renewables

Feb 14, 2019: Net-zero energy homes have arrived — and are shaking up the US housing market

Feb 13, 2019: Wind+solar+storage for the first time in the US utility space

Feb 12, 2019: Solar energy sector lost 8,000 jobs in US last year, but future looks bright – report

Feb 12, 2019: How do corporate wind deals benefit local communities?

Feb 11, 2019: Texas’ solar market is about to catch fire

Feb 2, 2019: Becker: Wind powers employment, education in West Texas

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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Headlines

Feb 7, 2019: Texas legislator wants to kill Power to Choose website

Feb 7, 2019: Watchdog: Texas Legislature targets property taxes, storm-chasing roofers for ‘reform,’ but not electricity shopping

Feb 7, 2019: Georgetown city manager addresses concerns about energy bill hikes

Feb 7, 2019: 7X Energy Announces Sale of 100 MW Lapetus Solar Energy Project to Duke Energy Renewables

Feb 7, 2019: Exelon Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018 Results and Initiates 2019 Financial Outlook

Feb 7, 2019: Sempra Energy’s IEnova Unit To Report Fourth-Quarter 2018 Earnings Feb. 20

Feb 7, 2019: Vistra Energy and Crius Energy Trust Announce Agreement for Vistra to Acquire Crius Energy

Feb 8, 2019: NRG Energy, Inc. to Report Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2018 Financial Results on February 28, 2019

Feb 8, 2019: Utility Company Worth $29B After Merger

Feb 8, 2019: FOX4 Special Report: How much is possible rate increase for Entergy customers?

Feb 7, 2019: InfraREIT stockholders approve merger with Oncor

Feb 7, 2019: Higher revenues prompt Texas power makers to dust off old plants for summer

Feb 6, 2019: How Oncor and IBM will prevent weather-related power outages

Feb 6, 2019: IBM to Help Utilities Cut Tree Trimming Budgets and Reduce Outages

Feb 6, 2019: Houston Investors Step Up to Bring Tech Innovation to the Energy Sector

Feb 6, 2019: Vistra Energy to Report 2018 Results on February 28, 2019

Feb 6, 2019:Why NextEra Energy Continues to Bet Big on Renewables

Feb 5, 2019: MP2 Energy Launches Electric Vehicle Incentive Charging Plan

Feb 5, 2019: Texas, Shaka Smart asking for electric home court advantage

Feb 5, 2019: Most Utilities Executives Agree Risk of Consumers Going Largely Off-Grid Will Increase Significantly in Next Two Years

Feb 5, 2019: Vistra Energy Announces Early Results of Cash Tender Offer for Senior Notes

Feb 5, 2019: NRG Closes on Sale of its South Central Business

Feb 5, 2019: Entergy Texas Joins Hands With MHPS Units to Boost Power Generation

Feb 5, 2019: What does it take to get street lights replaced?

Feb 3, 2019: Internal emails show Public Utility Commission plotting a PR campaign to defend its image

Feb 3, 2019: Brown looks to offset electric usage with solar, wind power

Feb 3, 2019: IPKeys announces acquisition of SigmaFlow to accelerate delivery of comprehensive cyber security services and technology to utilities and municipal public safety organizations

Feb 4, 2019: CenterPoint Energy and Vectren complete merger

Generation Adequacy

Feb 7, 2019: Pecan Street launches Texas’ first grid-connected vehicle-to-grid research and testing center

Feb 5, 2019: Global utility execs foresee more consumers using grid as backup in next two years

Feb 3, 2019: General Electric Sees 4Q Revenues Up 28% in New Consolidated Renewable Energy Business

Energy Storage

Feb 8, 2019: Battery Energy Storage = Competitive Substitute For Gas Peakers (Cheaper & Better)

Feb 8, 2019: California clears another hurdle to energy storage net metering

Feb 8, 2019: NYISO’s Flawed Plan Threatens to Slow Energy Storage

Feb 6, 2019: Tesla Inks Buyout of Energy Storage Company, Could Result in Solid-State Battery Source

Feb 5, 2019:New GHP Office Realty energy storage system among largest in New York

Feb 5, 2019: Massachusetts to pay energy storage its fair share

Feb 5, 2019: Tesla acquires Maxwell Technologies, rival warns of ‘R&D hell’

Feb 5, 2019: Buses and Trucks: $200 Billion of Reinvented Energy Storage, Forecasts New IDTechEx

Feb 3, 2019: Energy Storage: Next Game Changer

Feb 3, 2019: Tesla to Buy Energy Storage Firm Maxwell Tech at $4.75 a Share

Feb 3, 2019: Storage Power Systems Announces Order for 8.2 MWh Battery Energy Storage Systems

Renewable

Feb 6, 2019: Utility: 69 turbines set up for Texas Panhandle wind farm

Feb 7, 2019: Man wants to turn nuisance cedar trees into electricity

Feb 7, 2019: Blowing away dirty energy: Wind to pass hydro as top renewable in 2019

Feb 6, 2019: Xcel Energy: 69 Turbines Set Up For Texas Panhandle Wind Farm

Feb 5, 2019: Weaning Texas off coal tough for renewables alone, Wood Mackenzie analysis shows

Feb 1, 2019: Winter Has Come for Electric Cars

Power Grid Security

Jan 29, 2019: China and Russia could disrupt US energy infrastructure, intelligence report warns on heels of Huawei indictments

Jan 13, 2019: US Electric Grid Hacked: Perpetrators Could Have Shut Down The System

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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Headlines

Feb 1, 2019: NextEra Energy and NextEra Energy Partners to meet with investors through February

Feb 1, 2019: El Paso Electric Announces Quarterly Dividend

Feb 1, 2019: PG&E must deal with problem that bankruptcy won’t end: fires

Jan 25, 2019: With rise of electric vehicles, a new foreign energy dependence looms

Jan 31, 2019: NextEra Wants High Court To Undo $275M Breakup Fee Ruling

Jan 28, 2019: 5 Things NextEra Energy’s CEO Wants You to Know

Jan 30, 2019: GE to combine renewable, grid assets into single unit

Jan 29, 2019: EGEB: Corporate clean energy buying record, Texas turbines, Vermont emissions

Jan 29, 2019: El Paso Electric Company files to implement Transmission Cost Recovery Factor surcharge

Jan 30, 2019: CenterPoint Energy programs earn energy efficiency honor

Jan 29, 2019: Texas town’s environmental narcissism makes Al Gore happy while sticking its citizens with the bill

Jan 29, 2019: Texas farmers seeking eminent domain reform

Jan 29, 2019: Xcel Energy continues work on wind farm expansion

Jan 29, 2019: E.ON Completes Stella Wind Farm In Coastal Texas

Jan 28, 2019: Google, Amazon seek foothold in electricity as home automation grows

Jan 28, 2019: America’s Energy Future: What the Government Misses in Its Long-Term Outlook and Why It Matters

Jan 28, 2019: NextEra Energy slides after Q4 miss; Kujawa named new CFO

Jan 28, 2019: NextEra Energy Announces Executive Shake-up

Jan 28, 2019: NextEra ‘very comfortable’ despite PG&E bankruptcy concerns

Generation Adequacy

Feb 1, 2019: Analysis: Australia’s rolling blackouts may provide lessons for Texas grid operator

Jan 31, 2019: It’s going to be a hot summer. How can Texas electricity keep

Jan 30, 2019: Texas rules in favor of wind and solar

Jan 29, 2019: Keeping the lights on during extreme cold snaps takes investments and upgrades

Jan 29, 2019: GridLiance and City of Winfield Announce Transmission Partnership

Jan 29, 2019: Mayor Pope Talks Stormwater, ERCOT, and Maintenance in Lubbock

Jan 25, 2019: Texas PUC staff proposes order letting co-op shift load to ERCOT from Southwest Power Pool

Energy Storage

Feb 1, 2019: Designing for Extremes: Battery Storage in the Mojave Desert

Jan 31, 2019: Tesla dives deeper into energy storage, as solar slumps

Jan 31, 2019: NEC Completes Energy Storage System for Consumers Energy

Jan 31, 2019: ABB and SUSI Partners to team up for microgrid and energy storage projects

Jan 30, 2019: Solid-state batteries: a new era of energy storage

Jan 30, 2019: UAH sodium ion battery research could power up renewable energy storage

Jan 30, 2019:U.S. copper projects gain steam thanks to electric vehicle trend

Jan 29, 2019: Costs are falling for renewable energy stored in batteries

Jan 29, 2019: NY Offers up to $15.5M for Projects that Value Stack Energy Storage

Jan 29, 2019: Consumers Energy begins to experiment with solar+storage

Jan 28, 2019: Energy storage in multifunctional carbon fiber composites

Jan 28, 2019: Applying Flexible Resources to Store Excess Renewable Energy

Renewable

Feb 1, 2019: Sound from wind turbines does not harm human health

Jan 31, 2019:Tesla’s Challenge: Leaving Behind The Lap Of Luxury

Jan 29, 2019: U.S. copper projects gain steam thanks to electric vehicle trend

Jan 29, 2019: Emphasis on Solar and Wind Stresses Electricity Systems

Jan 29, 2019: Major companies, cities buying into Texas’ green energy boom

Jan 29, 2019: ‘Risk mitigation strategies increasingly popular’

Jan 28, 2019: Blowing away dirty energy: Wind to pass hydro as top renewable in 2019

Jan 28, 2019: Eggshells May Power The Renewable Energy Revolution

Power Grid Security

Jan 29, 2019: China and Russia could disrupt US energy infrastructure, intelligence report warns on heels of Huawei indictments

Jan 13, 2019: US Electric Grid Hacked: Perpetrators Could Have Shut Down The System

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

Headlines

Jan 7, 2019: Texas Power Pool gathering public entities for renewable electricity aggregation

Jan 23, 2019: Scam targeting Pedernales Electric Cooperative customers

Jan 24, 2019: Shop for electricity? Florida voters could decide in 2020.

Jan 24, 2019: AEP Reports Strong 2018 Fourth-Quarter And Year-End Earnings

Jan 24, 2019: PG&E, SCE, SDG&E pursue subscriptions, time-of-use rates to drive more California EVs

Jan 24, 2019: Cypress Creek to sell 580 MW of projects to British infrastructure company

Jan 24, 2019: Bills seek more protection for Texas landowners in eminent domain cases

Jan 23, 2019: US public power, co-ops to stay strong despite tech, rule, economic risks

Jan 23, 2019: AEP Declares Quarterly Dividend On Common Stock

Jan 23, 2019: NRG Energy, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend

Jan 23, 2019: Entergy weighs ruling’s effects

Jan 23, 2019: The 86th Texas Legislative Session: Policy Areas To Watch

Jan 22, 2019: Houston utility takes No. 2 spot for lobbying spending in Texas

Jan 22, 2019: Sempra Energy Named One Of The ‘World’s Most Admired Companies’ By Fortune Magazine

Jan 22, 2019: Vistra Energy Announces Private Offering of $700 Million of Senior Notes

Jan 22, 2019: NextEra Energy ranked No. 1 in its industry on Fortune’s list of ‘World’s Most Admired Companies’

Jan 22, 2019: AEP Named One of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies for Sixth Consecutive Year

Jan 22, 2019: Heavy winds cause power outages across the Valley

Jan 22, 2019: If PG&E Goes Bankrupt, Who Benefits? Not Us.

Jan 21, 2019: An open letter to squirrels

Jan 18, 2019: CPS Energy awards $1.5 mil in DR incentives to schools

Jan 18, 2019: New Braunfels Utilities substation to address rapid growth

Jan 21, 2019: Twice Burned, Once Shy—Why Californians Should Be Wary of Bailing Out PG&E Again

Jan 21, 2019: Just Energy and Lyft Join Forces on Facebook

Jan 18, 2019: TXU Energy to waive fees, extend due dates for federal employees during shutdown

Jan 18, 2019: Georgetown electric bills could increase as city faces budget shortfall

Jan 17, 2019: Cleco gets final approval to acquire NRG power plants serving nine co-ops across Louisiana

Generation Adequacy

Jan 25, 2019: Texas PUC staff proposes order letting co-op shift load to ERCOT from Southwest Power Pool

Jan 25, 2019: FOCUS-GE urges speedy fix for power turbine blades, says blade broke in 2015

Jan 24, 2019: Texas Power Prices Explode As Dallas Freezes

Jan 24, 2019: EIA’s New England power grid interactive webpage links supply to demand

Jan 24, 2019: EDF Renewables at Work on $9 Billion+ in U.S. Power Generation Projects

Jan 23, 2019: Texas Grid Operator Reports Fuel Mix Is Now 30% Carbon-Free

Jan 23, 2019: Entergy Texas and MHPS Bring a “Change in Power” to Texas as They Move Forward on a New 993 MW Power Plant

Jan 22, 2019: Texas Grid Operator Reports Fuel Mix Is Now 30% Carbon-Free

Jan 22, 2019: ERCOT sets record wind output and penetration rate over the holiday weekend

Jan 22, 2019: Power companies lose fight over transmission costs in Texas, a win for renewables

Jan 22, 2019: Texas regulators direct higher plant payments amid capacity crunch concerns

Jan 22, 2019: Vistra’s Energy Rating In Texas Larger Than Duke’s

Jan 22, 2019: El Paso Electric eyes new $143M generator, more solar power

Jan 21, 2019: Texas PUC Contemplates Market Changes To Plan For The Future Of Texas Reliability And Infrastructure

Energy Storage

Jan 25, 2019: Tesla, Fluence and Other Energy Storage System Integrators Playing Bigger Role on Green Grid

Jan 25, 2019: Siemens working with DOE labs on solar, energy storage, EVs

Jan 24, 2019: New Hampshire, Georgia, Michigan open up to pathfinding storage projects

Jan 24, 2019: How Market Rules Are Holding Back Energy Storage

Jan 10, 2019: Renewable Energy: What’s True, What’s False

Jan 22, 2019: NYSEG, RG&E test energy storage technologies

Jan 22, 2019: VC funding for storage, smart grid and efficiency companies almost doubled last year: Mercom

Jan 21, 2019: 2019 briefing: Several steps closer to ubiquity

Jan 21, 2019: NiMH Technology Extends Energy Storage Life

Renewable

Jan 10, 2019: Six trends shaping the future of wind energy

Jan 24, 2019: How compressed air storage could give renewable energy a boost

Jan 22, 2019: Run Faster—Your Treadmill Might Be Generating Electricity

Jan 22, 2019: Could BMW use hydrogen to charge its electric cars?

Jan 21, 2019: Renewable energy storage could be placed in the seabed

Jan 18, 2019: Tesla trims workforce, sending stock plummeting

Power Grid Security

Jan 13, 2019: US Electric Grid Hacked: Perpetrators Could Have Shut Down The System

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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Jan 18, 2019: Austin Energy tries to encourage Austinites to buy electric cars

Jan 18, 2019: The Top 10 Utility Regulation Trends of 2018

Jan 18, 2019: Investor Says Info On InfraREIT-Oncor Merger Is Misleading

Jan 18, 2019: TXU Energy Provides Support for Furloughed Federal Workers

Jan 17, 2019: Sunset commission forwards LCRA transparency recommendations to legislature

Jan 17, 2019: Family claims electric coop poisoning their ranchland

Jan 17, 2019: AEP Schedules Live Webcast Of Quarterly Earnings Call

Jan 17, 2019: 49% of U.S. Broadband Households are Willing to Adjust Their Lighting During Peak Energy Periods

Jan 17, 2019: Is there really such a thing as free electricity?

Jan 17, 2019: California Shouldn’t Waste a PG&E Bankruptcy

Jan 17, 2019: NRG Energy Receives Approval to Sale South Central Business

Jan 16, 2019: ‘Green’ Texas Town Faces Budget Crunch As Energy Prices Drop

Jan 16, 2019: CenterPoint Energy subsidiary closes on $700 million of general mortgage bonds

Jan 16, 2019: Xcel Energy completes upgrades to Soncy Substation

Jan 16, 2019: Microgrid aims to help oil major Shell accelerate distributed energy solutions

Jan 14, 2019: El Paso announces 200MW of solar, 100MW of energy storage

Jan 14, 2019: Who stands to benefit from PG&E’s collapse?

Jan 15, 2019: CenterPoint Energy, Inc. to Host Webcast of Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018 Earnings Conference Call

Jan 14, 2019: New Push For Eminent Domain Reform Expected At Texas Legislature

Jan 12, 2019: Reliant Customers Say “Hey Google” to Manage Their Electricity in a Smart, Visual Way

Jan 11, 2019: Don’t Let Old Man Winter Drive Up Your Energy Bills

Jan 14, 2019: Houston Area electricity bills up 18 percent

Jan 10, 2019: How to Succeed as a Stream Energy Associate

Jan 14, 2019: PG&E Bankruptcy Looms, CEO to Exit as Fire Costs Dwarf Cash

Generation Adequacy

Jan 18, 2019: Texas PUC directs ERCOT to implement price adder, market efficiency reforms

Jan 18, 2019: Regulators approve power market change expected to raise costs

Jan 18, 2019: Vistra Energy Supports Texas PUC’s Market Changes for Reliability

Jan 18, 2019: Texas regulators defer to legislature on utility ownership of energy storage

Jan 17, 2019: Clemente: U.S. Natural Gas Demand For Electricity Can Only Grow

Jan 17, 2019: Will 2019 be the year of the turbine? Wind energy continues to surge in Texas

Jan 10, 2019: Parsons, Buongiomo, Corradini, Petti: A fresh look at nuclear energy

Jan 14, 2019: Renewables, nuclear power gets outsized federal subsidies: study

Jan 14, 2019: PUC Asks Legislators for Clarity on Battery Storage Ownership

Energy Storage

Jan 18, 2019: Washington pilots integrated energy storage and consumer DERs

Jan 18, 2019: Energy Storage Technology Improvements Effects On Clean Power Adoption

Jan 17, 2019: Preliminary permit application filed for 240-MW Lyon Mountain Energy Storage Project

Jan 17, 2019: Residential Solar Energy Storage Market Is Booming Worldwide

Jan 14, 2019: Invenergy begins operation of battery storage system for MidAmerican Energy

Jan 16, 2019: ‘Unlayering’ peak demand could accelerate energy storage adoption

Jan 16, 2019: Solar battery costs set to plummet in 2019 – the battery boom is here: S&P Global

Jan 14, 2019: Invenergy begins operation of battery storage system for MidAmerican Energy

Jan 14, 2019: Residential Energy Storage, Blockchain and Energy Sharing Systems: Technologies and Global Market

Jan 14, 2019: Tesla Energy, battery storage broke new ground in 2018, and 2019 will be even better

Jan 14, 2019: Invenergy begins operation of battery storage system for MidAmerican Energy

Jan 13, 2019: New report highlights latest trends in long-duration energy storage market

Jan 12, 2019: Creative Solar and Eguana Technologies Commission Fleet of Intelligent Energy Storage Systems in Georgia

Jan 12, 2019: California’s Changing Utility Rate Schedules Create an Opportunity for Energy Storage

Renewable

Jan 18, 2019: Texas Is Harnessing the Power of Wind

Jan 18, 2019: Smart Thermostat Market 2019 – 2022 Top Key Leaders

Jan 15, 2019: Tesla opens a showroom in Galleria Dallas as Texas laws remain unwelcoming

Jan 16, 2019: PG&E Reneging On Renewables Contracts Makes No Sense

Jan 10, 2019: Britain has shifted 30% of its electricity away from fossil fuels in just nine years

Jan 15, 2019: Abu Dhabi renewables leader chooses wind energy for its first North American investment

Jan 14, 2019: U.S. Funds New Ocean Power Research

Jan 14, 2019: Fossil fuel costs undercut into the evening peak by AES’ Hawaii solar project

Jan 13, 2019: Solar + Storage Half The Cost Of Gas Peaker Plants — 8MinuteEnergy

Jan 13, 2019: Wind and Solar Are the Final Nails in Coal’s Coffin

Power Grid Security

Jan 13, 2019: US Electric Grid Hacked: Perpetrators Could Have Shut Down The System

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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Headlines

Jan 10, 2019: Xcel Energy offers tips for staying warm while saving money during colder months

Jan 11, 2019: NextEra Energy announces date for release of fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 financial results

Jan 10, 2019: Entergy Completes Sale of Vermont Yankee to NorthStar

Jan 10, 2019: El Paso Electric Fourth Quarter Earnings Release Date and Conference Call Notification

Jan 10, 2019: Moody’s downgrades PG&E’s credit rating

Jan 9, 2019: AEP scammers being reported in San Angelo; here’s how to protect yourself

Jan 10, 2019: Trump formally nominates Wheeler to head EPA

Jan 8, 2019: Upcoming/New CFIUS Filing: Oncor Electric Delivery Company/Sempra Energy and InfraREIT

Jan 9, 2019: AEP seeks 1.2 GW of wind proposals, nearly six months after canceling $4.5B Wind Catcher

Jan 8, 2019: AEP subsidiary launches 1.2GW RfP

Jan 8, 2019: Entergy nuclear plants renew licenses through 2044-45

Jan 8, 2019: A PG&E Bankruptcy Would Leave Utility in Turmoil for Years

Jan 6, 2019: Texas Cities Leading Transition to Renewables

Jan 6, 2019: Fight climate change by freeing the electric consumer

Jan 6, 2019: Woodlands Economic Outlook Conference to provide insights on projected growth for 2019

Jan 3, 2019: Cooke County Electric co-op rebrands itself as PenTex

Jan 4, 2019: Pearland homeowners say they were blindsided with CenterPoint’s massive tower upgrade

Generation Adequacy

Jan 10, 2019: New electricity capacity coming mostly from wind, gas, solar

Jan 11, 2019: As advanced US reactors move closer to reality, DOE seeks fuel to power them

Jan 9, 2019: ERCOT reserve margin declines further as municipality pulls Texas coal peaker

Jan 9, 2019: NRG tells ERCOT two mothballed gas-fired units in La Porte will retire

Jan 7, 2019: Power Plant Mothballed, Cutting ERCOT’s Summer Power Capacity

Jan 8, 2019: Texas’s wind and sunlight complement each other exceptionally well. That’s huge for its grid.

Jan 7, 2019: El Paso Electric Taps 100MW of Storage to Supply West Texas Summer Peaks

Jan 6, 2019: Tough Texas market conditions defied as 42MWh battery system comes online

Jan 7, 2019: Luminant brings online largest battery storage in Texas

Jan 4, 2019: El Paso Electric includes 100 MW storage in 2022 energy mix

Energy Storage

Jan 10, 2019: 2019: The next episode

Jan 11, 2019: US residential energy storage market to hit $4 billion by 2024

Jan 10, 2019: Storage is the Boss for Utility-Scale Microgrid Yielding 70% Renewables

Jan 10, 2019: Grid-scale energy storage firm to launch two US projects in 2019

Jan 10, 2019: Grid-scale Energy Storage Gaining Exponentially over Coming Years

Jan 10, 2019: Navigant Names Top Players in Competitive Energy Storage Market

Jan 8, 2019: Colorado’s biggest battery a ‘gamble’ co-op decided it needed to make

Jan 8, 2019: 2019 Storage Outlook: Utility procurement will drive deployments, analysts say

Jan 9, 2019: Energy Storage Developers See Promise in Second Phase of Innovative New Hampshire Pilot

Jan 9, 2019: More Renewables with Less Energy Storage: Texas Shows How

Jan 9, 2019: Iowa’s first large-scale PV-plus-storage project installed at university, uses flow battery

Jan 8, 2019: AI-driven energy storage provider, Stem, to expand business operations

Jan 8, 2019: 2019: Beyond electric dreams

Jan 8, 2019: Goal Zero Introduces All-New Home Energy Storage Products at CES 2019

Jan 7, 2019: Proposed solar-plus-storage projects among Hawaii’s lowest cost renewables ever

Renewable

Jan 10, 2019: 2018 highlights: Six trends shaping the future of wind power

Jan 9, 2019: 2019 Solar Outlook: Making ambitious state policy into a reality

Jan 10, 2019: EIA: More Than Half Of New Electricity Capacity To Come From Renewables In 2019

Jan 10, 2019: Casey: Shutdown Or Not, US Bets $25 Million On Next-Generation Marine Energy

Jan 10, 2019: See Just Energy Take A Closer Look At Their Game-Changing Renewable Energy Solutions

Jan 9, 2019:Which Way Will Renewable Energy Winds Blow?

Jan 8, 2019: Before the Electric Car Takes Over, Someone Needs to Reinvent the Battery

Jan 7, 2018: Enel begins construction of its largest wind farm in Texas

Jan 6, 2019: Big Oil Tries To Kill The Electric Car (Again)

Jan 6, 2018: Rapier: Energy Sector Predictions For 2019

Power Grid Security

Oct 24, 2018: IAEA offers training on preventing cyber-attacks

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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Headlines

Jan 3, 2019: How should you shop for cheap electricity in 2019? Very carefully

Jan 3, 2019: PUCT Finalizes Recommendations For 2019 Scope Of Competition Report

Jan 2, 2019: Rio Bravo Windfarm, Texas

Jan 2, 2019: NextEra, Dominion complete major utility acquisitions, expanding reach in the South

Jan 2, 2019: 10 trends shaping the electric power sector in 2019

Jan 2, 2019: Petition seeks to get rejected energy choice proposal on 2020 ballot

Jan 2, 2019: Sempra Energy Subsidiary To Sell U.S. Natural Gas Storage Assets To ArcLight Capital Partners

Jan 2, 2019: San Antonio’s CPS Energy may be closer to rate increase

Jan 1, 2019: Blockchain Technology Will Transform the Power Industry

Jan 1, 2019: NextEra Energy Starts 2019 as New Owner of Gulf Power

Jan 2, 2019: El Paso Electric elects for 100MW of storage in 370MW capacity push

Jan 1, 2019: PG&E could face murder charges for California’s wildfires

Dec 27, 2018: New York City sky lights up bright blue after Queens power plant explosion

Generation Adequacy

Jan 3, 2019: Largest Energy Storage Project in Texas Now in Operation

Jan 2, 2019: Breathing easier — CPS closing ‘Dirty’ Deely

Jan 2, 2019: Texas has enough sun and wind to quit coal, Rice researchers say

Energy Storage

Jan 3, 2019: Clearway signs PPA for 75MW of solar with battery storage in Oahu, Hawaii

Jan 2, 2019: 2019: Where can energy storage go this year?

Jan 2, 2018: NEC delivers Orsted’s first 20MW ‘standalone’ grid battery project

Jan 2, 2018: $26m raised for grid-scale energy storage system using heat pump

Jan 2, 2018: Energy Storage Resources: A Year in Review

Jan 1, 2019: Energy Storage Resources: A Year in Review

Jan 1, 2018: Energy Storage as a Service: Why Renting Can Be Better Than Buying

Jan 2, 2018: Nevada utility’s approved 100MW plan is first big step towards 2030 storage goals

Jan 2, 2018: Utility co-op unveils state’s largest battery storage system

Renewable

Jan 3, 2019: Potential energy: 7 hopeful power prognostications for 2019

Jan 3, 2018: US on cusp of unprecedented solar boom

Jan 1, 2019: Solar tsunami

Jan 1, 2019: pvMB: new Tesla & NextEra board members, 98% electricity from solar & more!

Jan 1, 2019: A Clean Energy Revolution Is Rising in the Midwest, with Utilities in the Vanguard

Power Grid Security

Oct 24, 2018: IAEA offers training on preventing cyber-attacks

Other

Dec 17, 2018: They’re a bunch of live wires

Dec 13, 2018: El Paso Electric Launches Region’s First Utility-Led Electric Vehicle Website

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