More Renewable Energy For Arizona, More Support For Climate Bill
The power of the renewable energy lobby in Arizona will be tested as the US Senate (finally) votes on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
The power of the renewable energy lobby in Arizona will be tested as the US Senate (finally) votes on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
The Energy and Policy Institute (EPI) is tracking which utilities are suspending disconnections during the coronavirus outbreak, as well as regulators that are mandating suspensions.
The Navajo Generating Station, a coal-burning power plant, has closed its doors for good. It was run for 45 years in Arizona and was the largest coal plant in the West. Its closure will most likely affect the entire region. USA Today reports that the mine that supplied the plant with coal has also closed — it closed back in August.
The Center for Biological Diversity took legal action in Arizona federal court this week to challenge the Salt River Project, an Arizona utility, in its ongoing rate discrimination against residential solar customers who had their rates bumped up 60% in 2015.
Salt River Project plans to add 200 megawatts of solar generation every year for the next five years, adding to its existing 800 MW renewable portfolio. By the end of its fiscal year 2025, SRP will have a total of more than 1,200 MW of solar energy capacity. The utility goal is to have 20% green generation by 2025, by adding renewable generation and battery storage.
Tesla and Salt River Project have settled their lawsuit just weeks before the US Supreme Court was ready to hear oral arguments. Both companies got a little of what they wanted but green groups are less than thrilled.
SolarCity has challenged a fee structure proposed by the Salt River Project and approved by the Arizona Corporations Commission that it says is in violation of federal antitrust laws. The US Supreme Court has added the case to its docket.
The Navajo Generating Station in Arizona is no longer financially viable. The utility companies that own it have voted to shut it down. But the Trump administration wants to commit up to $2 billion in subsidies to keep it open — and please large campaign contributors.
Three of the largest coal fired generating plants in the US will be closed before the end of 2019. But how much will replacing them with natural gas facilities do to protect the environment?
Annual US energy storage installations will surge from 51MWh in 2013 to 3,659MWh by 2020 on improving economics and policy developments, predicted GTM Research’s Shayle Kann.