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Report: Energy Storage Would Save Indiana Utilities $73M

May 4, 2023

Three Indiana utilities could save customers a combined $73 million if they ditched plans to build new gas plants and invested in battery storage, report says.

Midwest Governors Form Clean Hydrogen Coalition

Sep 21, 2022

Amanda Durish Cook

Seven Midwest governors announced the creation of the Midwestern Hydrogen Coalition to accelerate clean hydrogen’s production and use.

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Purdue and Duke Energy Exploring Small Modular Reactor to Power Campus

May 4, 2022

Amanda Durish Cook

Purdue University and Duke Energy said they will collaborate to possibly bring in a small modular nuclear reactor as the campus’s power source.

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Trucks the Focus of Midwest States’ Collaboration on EVs

Oct 3, 2021

John Lindstrom

Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota will collaborate to speed electric vehicle adoption in the upper Midwest, focusing initially on trucks.

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Solar Expansion Faces Escalating Resistance

Opposition from Farms to Forests, Poor Neighborhoods to Tribal Lands

Sep 30, 2021

John Funk

The historic shift to clean energy sources such as solar is encountering significant resistance from some unexpected corners.

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Duke Rejects Hedge Fund Elliott’s Breakup Pressure

Move Would Split Florida and Midwest from Duke’s Carolinas-based Operations

May 19, 2021

John Funk

Backed by state leaders, Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) on Monday rejected hedge fund Elliott Management’s proposal to break up the company into three regionally focused, publicly traded utilities. Elliott — whose management of funds invested in Duke make it one of the company’s top 10 investors, it claims —...

FERC Partially OKs PJM Monthly Netting Provision

May 3, 2021

Michael Yoder

FERC last week partially accepted PJM’s compliance filing to amend its tariff regarding the station power monthly netting provision. The commission ruled that PJM’s new subsection 1.7.10(d)(iv) of the tariff largely addressed requested clarifications required by a September 2020 order that ruled that generating facilities that are not online and...

Storage will Grow in the Midwest Without Mandates, Expert Says

Apr 25, 2021

Emily Hayes

In the U.S. Midwest, states do not have targets or mandates for energy storage. They also have complex regulations and varying market models. But Brad Klein, a senior attorney with the Environmental Law & Policy Center, said he expects to see "a lot of grid-scale storage being deployed through state...

IURC Slashes Vectren Net Metering Rate

Apr 13, 2021

Amanda Durish Cook

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission last week approved a rule change to dramatically cut the net metering credits earned by rooftop solar owners in southwest Indiana. The commission granted CenterPoint Energy subsidiary Vectren South a new net metering rate of about 3 cents/kWh, slashing the current rate of about 14...

Republican-backed Bill Seeks Clear Path for Ind. Renewables

Mar 23, 2021

Amanda Durish Cook

A Republican-backed bill making its way through the Indiana legislature seeks to spur wind and solar development by setting statewide zoning standards for projects, overriding county ordinances that have obstructed renewable development. House Bill 1381, now pending in the state Senate, would eliminate the application of Indiana’s "home rule" policy in...

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