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Q&A: Illinois utility regulator discusses roadmap for NextGrid study

Energy officials, advocates and other stakeholders are a couple of months into an ambitious year-and-a-half-long project to examine the future energy landscape and economy of Illinois. The initiative known as NextGrid is billed as a consumer-focused study of the utility of the future.

By Kevin Stark . 5 December 2017
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Q&A: Illinois utility regulator discusses roadmap for NextGrid study

Energy officials, advocates and other stakeholders are a couple of months into an ambitious year-and-a-half-long project to examine the future energy landscape and economy of Illinois. The initiative known as NextGrid is billed as a consumer-focused study of the utility of the future.

By Kevin Stark . 5 December 2017
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Map shows political divide on climate, common ground on clean energy

A majority of both Republicans and Democrats throughout Ohio favor clean energy policies, such as regulating carbon dioxide emissions as a pollutant and more government funding for renewable energy, according to a new interactive map.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 6 December 2017
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Illinois meeting to explore renewable energy's effect on grid efficiency

Officials and advocates will gather at the Illinois Commerce Commission offices in Chicago and Springfield today to debate the viability of energy resources and a plan to provide subsidies to struggling coal plants downstate.

By Kevin Stark . 7 December 2017
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Overshadowed by coal ash issue, debate continues over Duke Energy's fixed charge

As a high-profile hearing over Duke Energy’s proposed rate hike in North Carolina continues, an expert witness for anti-poverty and environmental groups said the utility’s own data prove it should lower – not raise – the flat monthly fee it levies on residential customers.

By Elizabeth Ouzts . 7 December 2017
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Q&A: Alberta official says province's climate leadership justifies Minnesota pipeline

At an event in Minnesota, Alberta’s environmental and parks minister Thursday expressed support for Enbridge’s contentious Line 3 pipeline by touting her province’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.

By Frank Jossi . 7 December 2017
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Q&A: Alberta official says province's climate leadership justifies Minnesota pipeline

At an event in Minnesota, Alberta’s environmental and parks minister Thursday expressed support for Enbridge’s contentious Line 3 pipeline by touting her province’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.

By Frank Jossi . 7 December 2017
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Loophole could let Ohio utilities evade court review

This week, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard arguments in a case that could overturn a regulatory decision that advocates say broke the law and cost ratepayers millions.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 8 December 2017
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As states update rules for solar, no guarantee of friendlier policies

Missouri is the latest state where utility regulators are reevaluating outdated rules on customer-owned solar power and other distributed energy sources.

By Karen Uhlenhuth . 10 December 2017
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As one Wisconsin coal plant closes, neighbors of another worry pollution will shift to their backyards

News of a Wisconsin power plant closure has raised concern production at a pair of coal-fired power plants about 15 miles away.

By Kari Lydersen . 10 December 2017