FERC Commissioner Allison Clements said addressing transmission planning issues will be a key component of cutting down interconnection backlogs.

New Jersey officials wrestle with the role of natural gas as building electrification efforts grow in an effort to decarbonize the grid.

Renewables pledge calls for ending investment in new coal-fired power plants, "which is incompatible with efforts to limit warning to 1.5°C.”

Earth is living through its hottest year on record, and global efforts to curb human-generated greenhouse gas emissions driving those high temperatures are not keeping up with commitments to cut emissions.

The bills codify many of the Michigan governor's climate goals, such as giving the Public Service Commission power to approve sites for new large-scale renewable energy projects and a 100 % clean energy goal of 2040

Hydrocarbons are not going away anytime soon despite growing climate financing and escalating renewables deployment, industry analysts said.

NYISO will keep two natural gas peaker plants online past their planned 2025 retirements to solve a 446-MW shortfall in New York City. 

A report funded by Chesapeake Climate Action Network questioned Dominion's plans for new natural gas in its pending IRP.

FERC hosted a senior EPA staffer and heard from the industry and states on how the environmental regulator's latest proposal to cut carbon emissions from  power plants will impact grid reliability as it is implemented.