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December 5, 2025

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Texas Bills Targeting Renewables Come up Short
Another Texas legislative session has ended with renewable resources and batteries having survived potentially damaging legislation that did not make it to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk.  
Lazard
Lazard: Solar and Wind Retain Lowest LCOEs

Lazard’s latest analysis of the levelized costs of energy concludes that wind and solar are the least-expensive new-build power generation for the 10th year in a row.

Shutterstock
Senate Finance Committee Looks to Eliminate Energy Tax Credits in 2028

The Senate Finance Committee released its proposal for the reconciliation bill, which cuts clean energy tax credits off entirely starting Jan. 1, 2028, but includes some changes from the version of the legislation that passed the House in May.

Potomac Economics
ERCOT ESRs, Solar Production Lessen AS Costs

Energy storage resources and solar capacity helped reduce ancillary services costs and tight system conditions in the ERCOT market during 2024, according to a recent market report.

Darden Clean Energy Project
CEC Approves Massive Solar-plus-storage Project

California regulators approved Intersect Power’s Darden Clean Energy Project, which is expected to be the largest battery energy storage system in the world when completed.

EIA
EIA Increases 2025, 2026 Electric Sales Forecast

The U.S. Energy Information Administration has revised its forecast upward for retail electrical sales — especially in ERCOT and PJM.

DOE
Energy Department Staff Cuts Just Getting Started

Government job cuts have been a major theme of the Trump administration, and while DOE has faced some cuts former officials say are already significant, many more employees are going to leave in the months to come.

CAISO
Around the Corner: The Solar Duck Has Run Amuck, But that May Change Soon

The duck curve has landed in New England, not the sunniest of places, but it and California are by no means the only grids that will be greatly affected, says columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler.

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Growing Clean Energy Sector in Texas May Avoid Damaging Legislation

ERCOT's blossoming clean energy sector has been threatened by bills that would dampen its growth and future investment, but many of those laws appear to have fallen by the wayside in the Texas legislature's closing days.

Convergent Energy and Power
N.J. BPU Backs New Grid Modernization Rules
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has approved new grid modernization rules the agency says will make the process of launching new distributed sources easier and faster.

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