Utilities

Utilities

The same six justices who overturned Roe v. Wade undercut Biden's climate agenda by restricting EPA's authority to rein in emissions from electricity production.

Transmission

Federal regulators have proposed major reforms to clear huge backlogs of solar, wind and storage projects waiting to interconnect to U.S. power grids.

Solar

Residents and shop owners are installing solar-plus-battery systems in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Will the government get on board?

Guides and how-tos

Canary Media defines the concepts that are key to a clean, distributed electricity system, from "behind the meter" to "balancing the grid."

Policy & regulation

It won’t be easy to fix the massive pileup of energy projects that need to be connected to the transmission grid, but regulators and developers are ready to try.

Utilities

Heat, drought and fires could push the grid to its limits this summer. The solution is a flexible system with a wide range of power sources, not reliance on big power plants, experts say.

Policy & regulation

Gov. Newsom is seeking $1B for home batteries, $300M to reduce demand — and $5.2B that would likely go to gas plants and diesel generators.

Climatetech finance

Fresh off a $200M funding round, Arcadia is accelerating its product roadmap via acquisition.

Grid edge

Grid tech vendor Utilidata and chipmaker Nvidia see artificial intelligence as the best way to manage a grid with more and more solar, batteries and EVs.

Policy & regulation

The Commerce Department’s consideration of new tariffs for Southeast Asian solar-panel makers is stalling solar projects — and undermining the clean energy transition.