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In a recent filing, it asked utility regulators for permission to sell electricity to large businesses that defect from NV Energy.

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DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Michigan regulators on Friday cleared DTE Energy's request to build a near - $ 1 billion natural gas power plant, the first approval of such a large facility for a regulated utility in decades and a move that coincides with the retirement of coal - fired plants.

«Those pushing for net neutrality think the world would work better if the Internet was somehow magically transformed into a public utility, like a water or electricity company, with the FCC and state regulators setting rates, overseeing investment, and micromanaging relationships between providers and customers,» Downes says, adding the result would be devastating to the smooth functioning of ISP networks.

SolarCity and Nevada utility NV Energy, owned by Berkshire, famously have been battling it out in Nevada over that state regulator's decision to change the rates and economic structure for rooftop solar.

The solar industry, and the protesters, say the regulators and Gov. Sandoval have created an unfair advantage for the state's utility, NV Energy, which is owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Energy.

«The wireless industry has done everything it can to persuade federal regulators and state regulators not to require that backup power be put in place,» said Regina Costa, chair of the telecommunications committee of the National Association of State Utility Advocates, which speaks for consumer representatives.

Energy regulators in the state are battling utility companies over net metering, which is the process through which solar customers get a credit for a certain amount of electricity that they send back to the grid.

As the cryptocurrency market expands, it will be critical for regulators to distinguish between virtual currencies and utility tokens.

Regulators typically set customer rates for utilities to ensure investors recover a fair return on capital and allows the businesses keep their systems well maintained.

On Thursday, the utility filed a petition before the island's energy regulator for a new securitization charge, which would pay for the restructured debt following a planned bond exchange.

Regulators voted for affordable net metering in Arizona Thursday, letting consumers with rooftop solar panels sell excess power back to the utility, a major incentive for homeowners to invest in renewable energy.

While Trump's federal tax cut is causing headaches for some New Yorkers, Cuomo and regulators at the state Public Service Commission are working to ensure that utility customers in the state are able to reap some of the benefits as soon as possible.

Massachusetts» highest court has reduced penalties imposed against two electric utilities by state regulators for their poor responses to a pair of 2011 storms that left hundreds of thousands of customers without power for days.

After Hurricane Irma temporarily knocked out electricity for millions of Floridians in September, state regulators next week will hold a two - day workshop to look at utility preparedness and storm - response plans.

State Public Service Commission chairwoman Audrey Zibelman, who inhereted the project when she took the helm as the state's chief utility regulator, recently issued a statement noting that regulators will «re-examine» the need for the transmission lines.

With the state's energy portfolio surpassing 60 percent natural gas, Florida's utility regulators are pushing for greater diversity.

This may sound like an academic or a laboratory exercise, but for some businessmen, utility regulators, wildlife agencies and others, tinkering with the meaning of «normal» can mean big changes.

«Set it and forget it» a popular option Oncor's smart grid meter will cover $ 800 million, paid for by a $ 2.19 monthly charge on customers» utility bills that regulators approved.

So when the state set out to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, regulators did all the right things - stringent tailpipe standards for cars, tighter codes for buildings, higher renewable energy standards for utilities.

Regulators typically set customer rates for utilities to ensure investors recover a fair return on capital and allows the businesses keep th...

To put a specific point on it, EPA's top air regulator, Gina McCarthy, told utility regulators Nov. 13 that it would be «at least several years» before EPA addressed a top priority of environmentalists: carbon emission standards for existing coal - fired power plants.

The leaking well's owner, Southern California Gas Co., warned state utility regulators in 2014 of «major failures» without a rate hike to pay for comprehensive inspections of 229 storage wells.

If the local utility has sufficient pull with regulators, in rare cases no compensation is offered for surplus power.

Meanwhile Arizona, whose latest crop of regulators were bought and paid for by utility Arizona Public Service, is moving full speed ahead with changes that will curtail that state's distributed solar market.

In Arizona, regulators voted for a nine - month pause on any new large gas - fired power plants and told the state's largest investor - owned utilities that their future plans relied too heavily on natural gas and should include more wind and solar, electricity storage, and energy efficiency.

Regulators rejected the first in 2015 for a lack of specificity and the second version, filed in April 2016, was rendered moot when the PUC turned away NextEra Energy's bid to buy the utility.

For many years, Utilities Program researchers have studied how utilities and regulators integrate efficiency into their acUtilities Program researchers have studied how utilities and regulators integrate efficiency into their acutilities and regulators integrate efficiency into their activities.

Technology firms, utilities and regulators are also still in the early stages of figuring out the right market value for virtual power plants and how they should compete in the electricity market.

Investments by these investor - owned, regulated utilities face tremendous scrutiny from both investors and regulators, yet they are able to make a sound case for wind.

Consumers will continue to fight state utilities and regulators for their right to cheap renewable energy.

Considered a top state for solar energy potential — and home to a robust rooftop solar sector — Arizona's current net metering policy debates started in 2013, when utility Arizona Public Service sparked controversy with a fee proposal for rooftop solar customers that regulators ultimately scaled back to

The shift imposed by state renewables standards will, Sands said, cause utilities to pressure regulators to allow them to pass the increased costs for renewables on to ratepayers.

Considered a top state for solar energy potential — and home to a robust rooftop solar sector — Arizona's current net metering policy debates started in 2013, when utility Arizona Public Service sparked controversy with a fee proposal for rooftop solar customers that regulators ultimately scaled back to a $ 5 grid access charge.

Home to recurring, often acrimonious debates over how to compensate rooftop solar customers for the excess energy they send to the grid, Arizona regulators, utilities and the rooftop solar sector are still struggling to settle on a method that can satisfy both sides.

This includes the collection, reporting to regulators and public availability of key information about utility financial and technical performance that can provide a basis for investors and developers to assess investment opportunities.

Electric utilities have for the most part only under the duress of regulators moved towards renewable energy and energy efficiency.

That has created problems for utilities and regulators.

Now more than ever, these state regulators are charged with looking out for the best interests of utility customers in states that have regulated electric and other utilities.

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More important, Duke Energy is, for the most part, a regulated utility — meaning that its major investments and electricity rates must be approved by state public utility regulators.

Achieving the Clean Path Case's full range of benefits will require policy makers and regulators to work together with utilities, generators, advocates, regional transmission organizations, and other stakeholders to develop a Clean Power Plan (CPP) compliance plan that generates widespread benefits for Illinois.

Regulators disagreed, writing in the proposed order that «the direct participation rule requires the investor - owned utility to act as the meter data management agent for all community choice aggregation customers.

By developing guidelines for energy data access, regulators can help utilities embrace innovation and better serve their customers.

The comment period for the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan closed December 1, 2014, with over 1.6 million contributions, including over 200 from utilities, regulators, and other public agencies.

Travis Kavulla, a former president of National Association of Regulatory and Utility Commissioners, noted on Twitter that the Clean Power Plan also moved energy decision - making authority at the state level away from regulators and toward governors, creating more flexibility but less accountability for states.

Michigan utility regulators have examined how to compensate customers for solar projects backed by battery storage and create incentives to reduce electricity use when demand is highest.

If regulators don't order a refund of all tax savings, they might require some money to go to projects that produce savings and other public benefits, «such as modernizing the utilities» grids to allow for better incorporation of clean energy resources,» suggested a joint brief filed by the Environmental Defense Fund, Ohio Environmental Council, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club and the Environmental Law & Policy Center.

The Telegraph and British Gas also ignore recent findings from energy regulator Ofgem, which show that wholesale energy price rises over the past 12 months have raised costs for utility firms.

Arizona regulators reject utility - owned residential solar proposal, Exelon seeks funding for struggling nuclear plants, Kansas opens docket to study value of EV charging, and more.