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Xcel Energy has an aggressive clean energy goal. How will it get there?

The utility says its interim goal of 80 percent carbon reduction by 2030 can be met with existing technology.

By Allen Best . 6 March 2019
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Indiana utility wants to entice large customers to stay; will smaller ones pay the price?

NIPSCO wants to greatly reduce what its five largest customers pay for power while increasing residential fees.

By Kari Lydersen . 6 March 2019
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Nebraska steers VW money to 'clean diesel' school bus subsidies

Clean air advocates say the state should be spending more of its settlement money on electric vehicle infrastructure.

By Karen Uhlenhuth . 6 March 2019
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As Detroit studies solar potential, residents focus on community benefits

Local activists say low-income residents, not just their utility, should benefit from added solar generation.

By Andy Balaskovitz . 5 March 2019
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Shale gas boom slows progress on renewables in PJM grid territory

Wind and solar generation on the nation’s largest regional electric grid lags other parts of the country.

By Keith Schneider . 5 March 2019
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New Hampshire considers options for buying renewable energy for state

A bill advancing in the state Senate would create a group to study procurement of long-term renewable contracts.

By Bill Opalka . 5 March 2019
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Utility-linked group seeks to dismantle net metering in Michigan

Nonprofit advocacy groups linked to DTE Energy are waging a public campaign to significantly reduce the amount customers are paid for their solar power, in line with the utility’s request before Michigan regulators.

By Andy Balaskovitz . 4 March 2019
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Connecticut historic preservation boards warming up to solar panels

Historic preservation boards, traditionally hostile to aesthetic disruptions, are seeing more requests related to solar panels and increasingly finding compromise.

By Meg Dalton . 4 March 2019
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As members seek cleaner power, Colorado energy provider wants to make a deal

As a Colorado energy provider deals with an insurgence of member co-ops seeking cleaner power and better rates, a deal being discussed this week may allow it to hang on to its biggest customers, as well as solicit new ones.

By Allen Best . 4 March 2019
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Republican claims on climate change, then and now

“I think Republicans are in a very different space now,” said Samuel Thernstrom, CEO of the Energy Innovation Reform Project, who was invited by the Republicans to testify at last week’s hearing.

By Guest Contributor . 4 March 2019