Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority provides few of the public documents...
June 17, 2019 (Puerto Rico) – The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) did not respond fully to the request for public documents on privatization and the electrical system that it had promised...
View ArticleNew Jersey utility to take $415 million hit to exit coal generating business
Bloomberg: Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., the owner of New Jersey’s biggest utility, agreed to sell its stakes in two Pennsylvania power plants at a loss, marking the last steps in its plan to...
View ArticleIllinois deal with Vistra will close 2GW of coal capacity in the state by...
Chicago Tribune: As President Donald Trump attempts to prop up the nation’s dwindling coal industry, Illinois is taking another step away from its dirtiest source of electricity. Under a deal brokered...
View ArticleNevada utility announces another round of massive solar-plus-storage projects
Greentech Media: NV Energy one-upped its huge 2018 solar and storage procurement on Tuesday, announcing three new solar projects totaling 1,200 megawatts paired with 590 megawatts of battery storage....
View ArticleS&P: New U.S. coal plant retirements likely to hit 28GW through 2023
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): Despite continued attempts by the current federal administration to restore coal production in the United States to its former peak, economic forces driving...
View ArticleNextEra: Gas-fired peaker plants cannot compete with new battery storage...
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): As part of NextEra Energy Inc.’s continued embrace of disruption in the utility sector, executives during the company’s investor day laid out a bullish view on...
View ArticleLos Angeles utility, developer sign record-low contract for...
Clean Technica: When Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti announced his city’s Green New Deal in April — a plan that will accelerate its zero emissions and renewable energy goals — his words were welcomed...
View ArticleNew Mexico utility submits plan to close San Juan coal plant in 2022
Associated Press: New Mexico’s largest electric utility on Monday submitted to state regulators its plan for shutting down the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station, replacing the lost power and...
View ArticleNew transmission line could boost solar in Florida
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): A $400 million, 176-mile transmission line that will connect Gulf Power Co.’s service territory in the Florida panhandle to Florida Power & Light Co....
View ArticleAES breaks ground on largest battery storage unit in the U.S.
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): More than twice the size of the largest battery system currently operating in the United States, the AES Alamitos Energy Battery Storage Array in Long Beach,...
View ArticleIEEFA report: Gas reservation policy would reduce electricity prices in...
July 9, 2019 (IEEFA Australia) ̶ Domestic gas prices in Australia have become unaffordable for households, industry, and electricity production, while internationally, Australian gas prices are...
View ArticleIEEFA Puerto Rico: Acuerdo de la deuda de la AEE: Fatalmente defectuoso
(El Vocero) ̶ El mes pasado 43 miembros del Congreso de Estados Unidos enviaron una carta a la Asamblea Legislativa de Puerto Rico instándole a rechazar un propuesto acuerdo de reestructuración de la...
View ArticleIEEFA Puerto Rico: 43 Members of Congress declare the PREPA deal fatally...
Last month, 43 members of Congress sent a letter to the Puerto Rico legislature urging it to reject a debt restructuring agreement reached between the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) and...
View ArticleEIA: U.S. coal production to fall to 40-year low in 2019
S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): The U.S. Energy Information Administration projected lower U.S. thermal and metallurgical coal exports in 2019 and 2020 than it estimated in June. The...
View ArticleWhy is Pakistan opening up new coal power plants, even as the world says...
Dawn: Forty-year-old Roshan Nabi looks at her neighbour’s house with envy as they enjoy uninterrupted and free electricity, while her family suffers long power cuts in the blazing summer heat of...
View ArticleU.S. Ambassador Pushes Coal Plant on African World Heritage Site, Kenya...
Forbes: A tribunal in Kenya has halted plans for East Africa’s first coal-powered plant. The proposed project would have been built adjacent to the Lamu Archipelago, part of which is a designated...
View ArticleDomestic reserve may be only answer to high gas prices in Australia
Renew Economy: The introduction of a domestic gas reservation policy in Australia could achieve substantial reductions in both gas and electricity prices for consumers, a new report from the Institute...
View ArticleThe Business Interview on gas reserve policy in Australia with Bruce Robertson
Australia Broadcasting Corporation: The high-pressure gas reservation deal – can the government deliver on lower prices amid fierce industry opposition? Iview ABC News, The Business interview with...
View ArticleEIA sees boom coming in U.S. battery storage installations
PV Magazine: A new report released by the U.S. Department of Energy projects installed battery storage capacity to reach 2.5 GW by 2023. Florida and New York are set to pave the way, as massive...
View ArticleMoody’s: Coal could drop to 11% of U.S. electric generation by 2030
Platts: Demand for U.S. thermal coal will “erode significantly” between 2020 and 2030 as total use for U.S. power generation could fall to as little as 11% based on scheduled and likely retirements,...
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