From the editor: Entergy’s New Orleans gas plant shows our regulatory model is failing
The approval of a gas plant for which Entergy hired actors to fake support is just the latest demonstration of the failure of government bodies to meaningfully regulate utilities, a failure which is playing out across the nation.
Batteries for days in Arizona
Arizona Public Service has announced a plan to deploy 850 MW of new energy storage, as the largest battery procurement by a utility we’ve seen to date. This includes adding batteries to its fleet of existing solar plants, building new solar + storage plants, and using storage to meet evening demand.
Arizona’s got a new RPS proposal and this one might be for real
Commissioner Sandra Kennedy of the ACC is calling for 50% renewable generation by 2028 and, in a first for the ACC, is calling on distributed solar to lead the way.
pvMB 1/30/19: Michigan regulators OK halt to utility political spending, NY cooperative signs 16 MW PPA, and more…
Hello to you on this fine Wednesday morning and thanks for checking out the pv magazine morning brief. Today we’re taking a look at the violence caused by climate change, Kaco’s new monitoring portal and Recycle PV Solar, COSEIA and AriSEIA getting in on a pv module recycling promotion partnership and much much more.
PURPA under attack in Arizona
After a public hearing, the ACC will soon decide on a proposal to shorten contracts under PURPA submitted by the three major investor-owned utilities.
Salt River Project wants 1 GW of solar
The Arizona water and power cooperative has announced plans to increase its utility scale solar energy to 1 GW of capacity by 2025. SRP currently hosts 248 MW of solar.
Duel in the desert: matching RPS initiatives pass in Nevada and fail in Arizona
After the most expensive ballot initiative campaign in the state’s history, Arizona’s 50% by 2030 RPS initiative has been defeated, while in Nevada the bill’s identical twin found the support it needed to pass its first election cycle.
Top states and races to watch for clean energy on election day
Clean energy is on the ballot on November 6, and these are the states where voters will be making the biggest decisions.
AZ Commissioner Justin Olson answered questions about energy policy by copying parts of an APS memo
The latest research by Energy and Policy Institute finds yet another potentially improper interaction between an ACC member and a utility that he is tasked with regulating.
Arizona’s largest solar project for a school district goes online
The project consists of over 73,000 photovoltaic panels across 82 Tucson Unified School
District school campuses and support facilities, and will provide the district with 47% of its electricity needs.
