Emma Louise Penrod

1 week ago | utilitydive.com | Emma Louise Penrod

Solar power purchase agreement prices remain essentially unchanged since the end of 2024, while wind PPA prices declined slightly in spite of uncertain and even adverse policy actions coming out of the Trump administration, according to data from LevelTen Energy's PPA marketplace. The average North American solar PPA went for $57.04 per MWh in the first quarter of 2025, up 28 cents from the end of 2024 and 9.8% since this time last year.

3 weeks ago | utilitydive.com | Emma Louise Penrod

Energy storage systems, as well as other newer forms of distributed energy resources, could be particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks and other security risks because of their reliance on cloud-based computer software, experts said Tuesday during a panel hosted by the Clean Energy States Alliance.

1 month ago | utilitydive.com | Emma Louise Penrod

When Michael Wara, a senior research scholar at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, helped set up the California Wildfire Fund in 2019, he suggested the fund aim to save $40 billion in order to have enough to pay off claims against Southern California utilities that triggered catastrophic wildfires. He also believed, at the time, that $40 billion might be too high.

1 month ago | utilitydive.com | Emma Louise Penrod

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The County of Los Angeles filed suit Wednesdayagainst Southern California Edison and Edison International, the utility's parent company, alleging that the utility's transmission towers sparked last month's Eaton wildfire in Altadena, an unincorporated suburb of Los Angeles. The suit alleges that the fire caused “hundreds of millions of dollars” in damages to the county's physical properties.

1 month ago | esgdive.com | Emma Louise Penrod

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. After several years of decline, acquisitions of renewable energy projects to pick up in North America in 2025, especially toward the latter half of the year, according to LevelTen Energy, which operates online marketplaces for renewable energy assets and power purchase agreements.