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Energy Central – Utilities

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  • Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    $16,752 Power Bill was a Feature, Not a Bug, in Texas’ Market-Driven Electricity System

    February 22, 2021
     
    February 22, 2021
    With one Texas ratepayer looking at a US$16,752 power bill, and another down to her last $200 after her electricity reseller cleaned out her ...
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  • Batteries/StorageBuildingsCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityFood SecurityHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited StatesWind

    Texas Blackouts Highlight Disaster Risk for U.S., Canadian Utilities

    February 22, 2021
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    February 22, 2021
    With many Texans still scrambling to recover from a week of freezing cold weather, power blackouts, and water shortages, early analysis in the United ...
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  • Batteries/StorageClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisRenewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind

    BREAKING: Texas Was ‘Seconds and Minutes’ from Months-Long Blackouts, Grid Operator Admits

    February 19, 2021
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    February 19, 2021
    At least 47 people were dead, hundreds of thousands of homes were still without power, half of the state was under a boil water ...
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  • BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Missouri Solar Installer Reports ‘Overwhelming’ Interest as Customers Face Rolling Blackouts

    February 19, 2021
     
    February 19, 2021
    Though politicians in Texas might insist on wrongly blaming renewable energy for the devastated condition of the state’s power grid, people in northwestern Missouri ...
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  • Arctic & AntarcticaBuildingsCoalElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureLegal & RegulatoryNuclearOff-GridOil & GasSevere Storms & FloodingSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind

    Brutal Cold Snap Triggers Rolling Blackouts, Drives Up Power Costs as Texas Gas Plants Fail

    February 17, 2021
     
    February 17, 2021
    A brutal blast of cold, winter weather this week killed at least 14 people in four U.S. states, dropped snow and ice on an ...
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  • Batteries/StorageCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridHydropowerJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Trudeau Touts Hydropower Exports as U.S. Looks to Canadian Dams for Electricity Storage

    February 12, 2021
     
    February 12, 2021
    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is looking to promote hydropower exports to the United States, as one response to President Joe Biden’s commitment to decarbonize ...
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  • Auto & Alternative VehiclesCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHydrogenHydropowerJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind

    ‘Hydropower Era May Be Over’ as Wind Farms Draw New Investment in Quebec, B.C.

    February 8, 2021
     
    February 8, 2021
    Wind energy investment received twin boosts in Quebec and British Columbia last week, with one of the announcements prompting the Globe and Mail to ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind

    Wyoming Citizens Divided on Economic Shift from Fossil to Renewables

    February 5, 2021
     
    February 5, 2021
    As the low-carbon transition takes hold, fossil-producing Wyoming is at a crossroads. The windy state is grasping at the potential to invest big in ...
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  • Carbon emissions from a coal plant in Germany
    Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHydropowerInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarWind

    Higher Emissions from Fossil Plants Could Drive Up Global Power Demand by 27 Gigawatts

    January 15, 2021
     
    January 15, 2021
    In a global first, a study just published in the journal Environmental Research Letters concludes that reliance on fossil-fuelled power plants in a warming ...
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  • Climate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryRenewable EnergySolarUnited States

    U.S. Solar Sees Record Expansion in 2020

    December 18, 2020
     
    December 18, 2020
    Neither the COVID-19 pandemic nor policy uncertainty held U.S. utility-scale solar back in 2020, with a record year on track to see more than ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    With Fossil Plants Running Out of Time, U.S. Grid Decarbonization May Cost Less than Expected

    December 16, 2020
     
    December 16, 2020
    With nearly three-quarters of the country’s fossil-fuelled power plants reaching the end of their operating life by 2035, it will probably cost the United ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalDemographicsEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind

    ‘Checking the Box’ on Environmental Justice Produces $8-Billion Liability for Virginia Utility Giant

    December 9, 2020
     
    December 9, 2020
    Callous disregard for community health has left a Virginia utility giant on the hook for a US$8-billion cancelled pipeline. And more of the same ...
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  • Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy SubsidiesEuropeFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearRenewable EnergyWind

    UK Green Plan Funds ‘Long-Shot’ Small Modular Reactors but Emphasizes Offshore Wind

    Full Story: Climate News Network @ClimateNewsDay

    November 29, 2020
     
    Primary Author Paul Brown
    November 29, 2020
    News that two more reactors in the United Kingdom are to shut down on safety grounds earlier than planned has capped a depressing month ...
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  • Batteries/StorageCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsHydropowerJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarSub-National GovernmentsWind

    Opinion: An Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable Electricity Future for Atlantic Canada is Renewable

    Full Story: Conservation Council of New Brunswick @cc_nb, Ecology Action Centre @EcologyAction

    November 26, 2020
     
    Primary Author Louise Comeau @louise27comeau, Stephen Thomas @StephenJWT, Gurprasad Gurumurthy, Daniel Nunes
    November 26, 2020
    Wind and solar are the cheapest forms of electricity on Earth, far cheaper than coal, nuclear, or natural gas. When paired with energy storage ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable Energy

    Manufacturer Shuts 3,400 MW of Capacity as Coal Becomes ‘Litmus Test’ for China’s Carbon Neutral Pledge

    November 26, 2020
     
    November 26, 2020
    The world’s biggest aluminum and textile producer has shuttered 3,400 MW of coal-fired generating capacity in China’s Shandong province, even as the country weighs ...
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