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Study Shows Snowpack Deficit Could Last 3 Years Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains, depleted after four years of drought, will likely remain in deficit until 2019, according to a University of California, Los Angeles study. The research debunks the notion that the recent El Niño, which increased snowpack levels to...

By Amanda Durish Cook Plant retirements could cause a generation shortfall in MISO as early as 2018, two years earlier than previously expected, according to the RTO’s 2016 survey with the Organization of MISO States. The survey, released Friday by MISO and OMS, forecasts a narrow surplus in 2017 but...

Boulder Continues to Consider Municipalization Xcel Energy is expected to present new data to the city of Boulder this week to try and persuade the City Council to nix plans to acquire the utility’s assets and operate as a municipal entity. City Attorney Tom Carr told the council that if the...

Constellation, Bloom Energy Begin Microgrid Construction The City of Hartford, Constellation and Bloom Energy have started construction of an 800-kW fuel cell microgrid that will provide 100% of the electricity for a school, a library, a senior center and a health clinic during nonemergencies. It will also provide emergency power to...

CAISO Warns of Possible Summer Blackouts Because of Aliso Canyon The inactive Southern California Gas Aliso Canyon underground gas storage facility this summer could cause energy shortages and imperil electric reliability, according to CAISO and other agencies. The storage facility, which was shut down after leaking 100,000 metric tons of...

RGGI Auctions Competitive, Potomac Economics Says The Independent Market Monitor for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative found no evidence of anti-competitive behavior in the secondary market for CO2 allowances in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to a recent report. Part of Potomac Economics’ ongoing monitoring of RGGI auctions and the secondary...

NIPSCO Settles for Lower Dollar Amount in Fixed Rate Hike Agreement Northern Indiana Public Service Co. and the Office of Utility Consumer Counselor reached a settlement on a 5.4% rate increase, less than half the 11% boost that the utility sought in its initial filing. The settlement would set the monthly...

Reports: Solar Jobs Increased in 2015 The Solar Foundation, a D.C. solar power advocacy nonprofit, has released its annual Solar Jobs Census for 2015. The report details the number of people working in the solar industry in each state. Overall, the workforce experienced rapid growth over the past year, increasing...

State Auditor Doubts Energy Efficiency Initiative Wagner State Auditor Tom Wagner says an energy efficiency project involving state buildings in the capital would cost taxpayers $8 million over 20 years but yield energy savings of only $2.7 million. “The possibility of the state breaking even on this agreement is looking...

Ponseti, Kormos Named to EIPC Committee The Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative has announced the appointment of Tim Ponseti as chairman of the executive committee for 2016 and Mike Kormos as vice chairman. Ponseti is vice president of transmission operations and power supply for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Kormos is executive...