#utilitydive: $3.1B annual cost estimated for fossil fuel plants DOE won’t allow to retire [...] One coal plant owner reported it spent $29 million in the first 38 days of an Energy Department order to keep it online.

$3.1B annual cost estimated fo...
$3.1B annual cost estimated for fossil fuel plants DOE won’t allow to retire

One coal plant owner told the SEC it spent $29 million in the first 38 days of an Energy Department order to keep it online.

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#utilitydive: $3.1B annual cost estimated for fossil fuel plants DOE won’t allow to retire [...]
One coal plant owner reported it spent $29 million in the first 38 days of an Energy Department order to keep it online.

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-mandate-fossil-fueled-power-plants-emergency/757653/

$3.1B annual cost estimated for fossil fuel plants DOE won’t allow to retire

One coal plant owner told the SEC it spent $29 million in the first 38 days of an Energy Department order to keep it online.

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#utilitydive: Google, Intersect Power to develop co-located energy parks with $20B of renewables, storage

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/google-intersect-power-co-located-energy-park-data-center-ferc/735198/

Google, Intersect Power to develop co-located energy parks with $20B of renewables, storage

Energy parks can provide grid services, but they face regulatory challenges, including uncertainty around the rules for co-located load, according to Energy Innovation. 

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US energy storage deployments jumped 86% year over year to 10.5 GWh in Q2: ACP/WoodMac

The second-quarter record came despite weak residential activity and uncertainty over the policy impacts of the 2024 election, the report said.

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#UtilityDive caved to industry. Challenge #NoCoalNoGas’ evidence if you have a problem with the piece; don’t just fold to corporate profiteers!
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New York must triple its renewable capacity in eight years to meet 2030 target: state comptroller

Interconnection and long permitting processes continue to challenge the state’s renewable energy developers, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said in a report.

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Interregional transmission: The US is the tortoise, China is the hare

A failure to dramatically scale up interregional transmission capacity ensures the U.S. will fall further behind in the economic race with China.

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