A developer in Maine is evaluating whether pumped storage – one of the oldest generation technologies still used on the New England grid – could play an increased role in the grid of the future.

The California Energy Commission approved a $28 million grant to Electrochemistry Foundry for the development of a battery fabrication and testing facility in Hayward.

A House Natural Resources Committee hearing on permitting legislation highlighted how split the parties are, even on an issue where key parts of both their coalitions support action.

Permitting reform legislation is starting to move through Congress, with a key House committee holding a hearing and supporters lobbying legislators, though actually passing a bill is tough in any political climate.

After years of looking for a buyer, Consumers Energy announced it struck a $13 deal to sell its fleet of 13 hydroelectric dams in Michigan to a Bethesda, Md., private equity firm.

A new study looking at the business case for comparable behind-the-meter and front-of-the-meter battery storage systems in Massachusetts found that FTM storage “significantly outperformed” the BTM systems, despite significant programs and incentives supporting BTM storage in the state.

The Department of Energy has withdrawn a $716 million loan commitment that would have helped New Jersey upgrade the state transmission system to connect offshore wind to the grid.