grid
Climate change brings urgency to debate over Detroit’s grid resilience
As recent blackouts bring grid resilience back to the forefront, stakeholders have different views on solutions.
Midwest
PACE financing
Study: Nonpayment risk remote for commercial clean energy loans
Commercial building owners very rarely miss payments on property assessed clean energy loans, a federal lab found.
storage
With new study, critics push back on PJM’s proposed 10-hour storage rule
Industry groups argue that even batteries that don’t meet the 10-hour threshold still provide the same reliability benefits as fossil fuel power plants.
Missouri
Small Missouri utility proposes big pivot to clean energy in latest resource plan
Empire District Electric Co. wants to retire its coal plant early and replace it with cheaper wind, solar and storage.
activism
In Gary, Indiana, students lament revival of controversial ‘energy’ facility
The waste-sorting operation would produce material that could be turned into an energy feedstock by customers.
Michigan Public Service Commission
Michigan appointments add clean energy expertise to utility board
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s additions to the Public Service Commission include two former clean energy advocates.