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Duke Energy, one of the largest utility holding companies in the U.S., has pronounced a new growth strategy: Renewable energy.

Tesla Energy has revealed new information about its highly publicized Powerpack battery storage system; the company lists Target and others as customers.

Illustrative of the broader transformation underway in the U.S. power sector, PSEG Power plans to deploy a highly efficient, digitally enabled system at a Connecticut power plant.

The Ohio utilities of FirstEnergy Corp. have filed comprehensive plans with state regulators that would offer a menu of energy efficiency programs for customers.

Once operational, the electricity from the projects is expected to bring KCP&L's total wind energy portfolio to nearly 1,400 MW.

The Berkshire Hathaway Inc. subsidiary announced plans for a new, $3.6 billion wind project that is expected to add up to 2,000 MW of wind generation in Iowa.

Google has signed a 200-MW bundled, long-term power purchase agreement for power and renewable energy credits from a 400-MW wind farm under construction in Kansas.

After conducting what Edison International called "perhaps the most comprehensive study ever done on the role of energy in large organizations and the challenges and changes in corporate energy management," the company launched a new, unregulated business unit dedicating to serving the C&I energy market.

One of Michigan's two biggest utilities is reportedly working on a new program aimed at helping its largest customers obtain more renewable-backed power.

In a move that shows recognition of value in the "energy-as-a-service" approach, Edison International has launched an energy advisory company aimed at C&I customers.