Utility regulators and attorneys general also want the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to require independent monitors to help oversee powerline planning.

States continue to act as laboratories of innovation, taking unique policy approaches and testing their own solutions to various clean energy policy issues, the author writes.

There are two basic approaches to pricing carbon emissions and either can work, most economists agree. Though neither is politically viable, there is a way toward them, many analysts say.

Without putting forth the resources and rewarding effective blueprints to pull off a monumental scaling effort of community solar, the DOE’s new targets will not be met, the author writes.

The storage industry executive says building a domestic supply chain is essential to meeting the country’s clean energy goals. 

While a portion of the project could be online as early as 2026, Hydrostor expects the full capacity of the Pecho facility to be available in 2027.

In a separate decision, the North Carolina Utilities Commission declined to accept the power supply portfolio portion of the long-range resource plans for Duke Energy Progress and Duke Energy Carolinas.

The purchase represents First Solar’s third record-setting sale to close this year, according to a company spokesperson, and might indicate a growing interest among solar developers in larger, longer-term procurement deals.

Manufacturers warn the changes will reduce transparency and hurt consumers, while efficiency advocates say there are even more revisions needed to improve standards for a range of appliances.

A report backed by energy and tech executives finds that global long-duration storage could reach 140 TWh by 2040 as part of an economy wide energy transition.