Robert Walton
Senior Reporter | @TeamWetDogRobert Walton has spent 15 years covering policy, regulation and business in Washington, D.C., with a focus on the natural gas and electric utilities. In addition to a journalism degree from the University of South Carolina, he has a culinary diploma from the Art Institute of Washington and his documentary photography has been supported by the National Endowment of the Arts. Robert left Washington in 2013 to explore the United States, and he now lives in a tiny off-grid cabin in upstate New York. His exact location is a mystery.
6338 articles by Robert Walton
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New England offshore wind procurement taps 2.9 GW, less than half the total initially sought
Sept. 9, 2024 -
Utilities need ‘broad culture change’ to deploy emerging clean resources at scale: DOE’s Shah
Sept. 9, 2024 -
ChargePoint enhances charging stations with AI as shares slide amid slower EV sales growth
Sept. 6, 2024 -
Texas denies Aegle Power loan application for 1.3-GW gas plant after NextEra’s unauthorized inclusion
Sept. 5, 2024 -
CenterPoint to propose $5B for Houston grid resilience, forego profits from mobile generation lease
Sept. 4, 2024 -
Sierra Club sues Arizona regulators over UNS Electric 200-MW gas expansion
Sept. 4, 2024 -
Texas PUC selects 17 gas-fired projects totaling almost 10 GW for possible loans
Aug. 30, 2024 -
US clean energy jobs grew 4.2% in 2023: DOE
Aug. 28, 2024 -
Interregional power transfer capability ranges from 1% to 92% across North America: NERC
Aug. 28, 2024 -
DOT awards $521M in EV charging grants amid slowing sales growth
Aug. 27, 2024 -
ERCOT successfully navigates heat wave, new peak demand record
Aug. 26, 2024 -
New England may need ‘vast renewable build-out’ by 2050 to meet state decarbonization goals: ISO
Aug. 23, 2024 -
DOE selects 13 states, Virgin Islands for $54M in low-income weatherization, renewables funding
Aug. 22, 2024 -
CenterPoint issues all-source RFP for Indiana territory
Aug. 21, 2024 -
More efficient electric vehicles can reduce grid stress, cut charging costs by almost a third: ACEEE
Aug. 20, 2024 -
New York encourages electrification with new grid planning process, affordability pilot
Aug. 19, 2024 -
CenterPoint cannot cancel $800M lease for large mobile generators unused during Beryl
Aug. 16, 2024 -
Texas AG investigates CenterPoint storm response, possible ‘fraud, waste’
Aug. 14, 2024 -
New York ISO reforms interconnection queue, launches cluster study reviews
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FERC calls SPP Western market proposal ‘deficient,’ requests more info
Aug. 2, 2024 -
New York could see electricity demand grow 90% by 2042: ISO
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Dominion miss on Virginia efficiency target could impact gas peaker approval
July 31, 2024 -
Texas weighs clawing back $800M CenterPoint spent on unused generation
July 31, 2024 -
NREL tool lets utilities quantify potential monetary losses from cyberattacks
July 29, 2024 -
NERC wary of 100 GW in possible plant retirements and other takeaways from CEO Jim Robb
July 26, 2024