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To land Berkshire Hathaway solar plant, WV bypassed the PSC
West Virginia lawmakers went around their own utility regulators, in an effort to make a deal for a green power plant in Jackson County.
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Dominion SC plans to retire coal plants by 2030 but would mostly rely on natural gas
After a state commission told Dominion to rework a prior plan, the utility now says it can remove all its coal power from South Carolina within the decade.
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In wake of climate change, energy sector scrambles to adjust
New York's recently signed Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, designed to eventually eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from the state's economy, has been hailed by environmentalists as a milestone in the fight against climate change.
madison.com
Wisconsin utility regulators decline to consider climate impact of proposed natural gas plant
Wisconsin regulators will not consider questions of climate change and carbon emissions in the review of a proposed $700 million natural gas plant.
greatlakesecho.org
Energy alternatives on the rise in Michigan - slowly
The number of Michiganders producing some of their own electricity from solar, wind and water power jumped 35 percent in 2017. That helped offset some of their power costs, but it still amounts to a tiny bit of the state’s electricity needs, according to a recent report by the Public Service Commission.
SCE&G lost a battle to keep a critical audit about its SC nuclear project out of court
A Judge's ruling likely spoiled the utility's attempts to block a critical audit from being used against it as it seeks to charge customers $3.3 billion for its failed nuclear project in the coming decades.
Will solar power expand? Industry backers take rate case to S.C. Supreme Court
Solar advocates have appealed to the S.C. Supreme Court a ruling that would cut what they can charge SCE&G for solar power. Advocates say the appeal is an effort to expand renewable power. But SCE&G says it would cost consumers more.
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