The key climate policy stories that bear watching in the Mid-Atlantic region in 2022 make up a short but high-impact list that includes offshore wind, how quickly the region’s investor-owned utilities will decarbonize and Glenn Youngkin. The clean energy landscape in the Mid-Atlantic region got a major shake-up in November when Republican Youngkin edged out …

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North Carolina law has upped the ante on utility carbon emissions reductions — requiring a 70% cut by 2030.

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection released the final version of its biennial integrated resources plan.

South Carolina sent the utility back to the drawing board for IRP revisions, while North Carolina looks to changes for Duke's 2022 IRP.

DTE Energy's CEO indicated that the utility is looking at how to accelerate coal plant closures during a second quarter earnings call.

The West needs new transmission near term and far more in the long term for California to meets its goal to provide customers with 100% clean energy.

Consumers Energy plans to shutter its five remaining coal plants by 2025 while tripling its renewable capacity and increasing use of natural gas.

The momentum of the post-COVID-19 recovery and Duke’s progress to a net-zero system by 2050 were key themes in the company’s first-quarter earnings call.

Dominion has abandoned PJM’s capacity market over concerns the minimum offer price rule will undermine its ability to meet Virginia’s renewable targets.

The Virginia State Corporation Commission on April 30 gave Dominion Energy the go-ahead to spend $10.4 million to build three solar projects totaling 82 MW.