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By William Opalka A proposed Rhode Island power plant has lost its planned cooling water source, and its developers are asking state siting officials for another month to secure a new one. Invenergy said the Pascoag Utility District, which had signed a letter of intent to provide water to the...

By Tom Kleckner SPP says improved wind forecasting and coordination with gas pipelines have the RTO well prepared for the coming winter. Iced wind turbine Source: Kelly Aerospace SPP engineer Jon Langford said during the RTO’s annual winter preparedness emergency operations call last week that its wind forecaster, Energy &...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The last panel of the Independent Power Producers of New York’s fall conference last week featured an environmental activist and representatives of the energy storage, wind and solar industries. And then there was Karen Moreau, charged with making the case for the...

By William Opalka Maine regulators last week proposed a 15-year phase-out of net metering for current rooftop solar systems and a 10-year limit for new systems. The proposal came as a part of a rulemaking process that the Maine Public Utilities Commission hopes to complete by the end of the...

By Robert Mullin U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Wednesday approved the first phase of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP), a framework for California’s development of renewable energy projects on 10.8 million acres managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Jewell’s approval of the bureau’s land use plan amendment...

By Ted Caddell American Electric Power has agreed to shed more than 5,000 MW of merchant generation in Ohio and Indiana to private investment firms The Blackstone Group and ArcLight Capital Partners for about $2.17 billion, the company announced Wednesday. The Wall Street Journal first reported the deal Tuesday, citing...

By Robert Mullin SACRAMENTO, Calif. — While regionalization occupied center stage during the first day of CAISO’s annual Stakeholder Symposium, the second day’s panels took on an issue poised to be equally transformative for California’s electricity sector: the increased adoption of distributed energy resources. “To give you a sense of...

By Amanda Durish Cook American Electric Power has nearly completed the bidding process to sell more than 5,000 MW of merchant generation in Ohio and Indiana. AEP spokesperson Tammy Ridout said the company would make a decision before the end of the year about the future of the plants: the...

By William Opalka Five New York City-area legislators, including the chair of the State Assembly Committee on Energy, wrote to state regulators last week questioning the ratepayer-funded nuclear power plant subsidy and requesting disclosure of the operating costs of the affected plants. The New York Public Service Commission last month approved...

By Ted Caddell Canadian pipeline giant Enbridge is buying American pipeline company Spectra Energy in a $28 billion deal that will create North America’s largest energy infrastructure company. Enbridge, which specializes in pipelines moving crude oil, will be moving into the natural gas transportation business with the all-stock transaction. Enbridge...