Policy & regulation
Don’t keep doing what you’re already doing
In climate policy and in business, sometimes you’ve gotta do things nobody has tried before.
By Julian Spector .
Policy & regulation
Transmission
Why won’t PJM let batteries and clean power bolster a stressed-out grid?
The country’s biggest grid operator is preventing developers from adding batteries to existing projects that have extra grid space, in defiance of a federal mandate.
By Jeff St. John .
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Policy & regulation
The US will struggle to meet its climate goals without penalties for utilities that fail to cut emissions, report finds
New analysis shows how Sen. Manchin's demand to cut the Clean Electricity Performance Program from the reconciliation bill would kneecap climate policy.By Jeff St. John .
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Utilities
FERC deadlock clears the way for launch of controversial Southeast energy market
Utilities can move ahead on the region’s first energy trading market. But opponents say it doesn't go far enough to grow renewable energy and lower costs.By Jeff St. John .
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Clean industry
Can the US take the lead on cleaner lithium production?
Three companies are attracting private and public funding for their potentially game-changing efforts to extract lithium from brine in California.By Elizabeth McCarthy .
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Clean energy
The unstoppably good news about clean energy
Kingsmill Bond of Carbon Tracker says the transition to renewables is inevitable based on sheer economics.By David Roberts .
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Utilities
Utility to California: Move faster on clean energy
Electricity purveyor pushes for swifter progress on electrification.By Julian Spector .
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Utilities
California’s biggest all-electric utility has a plan to meet the state's tough 2030 carbon targets
Pedro Pizarro, CEO of SCE parent Edison International, says gaps in EV and electric building policies threaten state clean energy goals.By Jeff St. John .
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Policy & regulation
North Carolina to mandate 70% cut in electricity CO2 emissions by 2030
The bipartisan compromise bill includes bold targets and regional firsts, but critics say it's too lax on Duke Energy.By Jeff St. John .
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Emissions reduction
What to do about leaky methane
The EPA and the oil and gas industry are contemplating high-tech sensors to spot and eliminate leaks of this planet-warming gas.By Julian Spector .
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Fossil fuels
Aerial and satellite imagery can find methane leaks. Will EPA bake the tech into new rules?
High-altitude detection methods are a vital tool in reducing methane emissions, experts say. Making them work in federal regulations is a trickier matter.By Jeff St. John .
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