Utility Dive Top Stories 8/28

Top Stories

A utility in the making: The municipalization of Boulder, Colorado  A fight between Colorado regulators and the district court will decide who owns the poles and wires.

California set to impose statewide solar permitting and interconnection standards Efficiencies that cut installation delays could save solar buyers $1,000.

Ex-NRC inspector: California's Diablo Canyon nuclear plant needs to be shut down The Napa earthquake causes the Senate to investigate.

Salt River Project mulls smart inverters to ease solar transition The growth in rooftop solar installations could cause problems for the Arizona utility.

RMI: Electricity pricing must adapt to embrace distributed generation But changes to traditional pricing structures could be disruptive, the report's authors warn.

EIA: Investment in U.S. transmission grew five-fold from 1997 to 2012 Reliability and new capacity needs get buy-in from investors and private developers.

Fitch: Financial innovation to fuel residential solar growth Already under fire, the traditional utility model will face further challenges from new investor classes and financing arrangements.

How 4 utilities are turning distributed generation into an opportunity Black & Veatch has a 6-step plan to help utilities "flip the DG equation."