Arizona Public Service Electric Company surpasses hits major solar energy capacity milestone
The Arizona Public Service Electric Company (APS) recently surpassed one gigawatt (GW) of solar energy capacity, becoming the only utility outside of California to reach such a milestone and enabling the company to meet the partial daytime needs of approximately 250,000 Arizona households. APS... Read More »Testing underway at Paradise Combined Cycle Plant
The Paradise Combined Cycle Plant reached 84 percent completion last week, with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) meeting a major deadline on Monday by attaining first fire in Unit 1. “We’ll admit natural gas fuel into the combustion turbine, establish ignition and bring the turbine up to ... Read More »NRECA’s Haiti co-op devastated by Hurricane Matthew
A co-op in Haiti built by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Associate (NRECA) was found destroyed on Monday after Hurricane Matthew destroyed the Cooperative Electrique de l’Arrondisement des Côteaux (CEAC) just 13 months after it was inaugurated. CEAC serviced three communities in south... Read More »Solar Alliance announces Colorado expansion, plans to hire for new Denver office
Solar Alliance Energy announced an expansion of services on Tuesday into Colorado, with a new office situated in Denver that will seek to employ local sales employees. “We are excited to continue our U.S. expansion with this move into the Colorado solar market,” Solar Alliance President Alex ... Read More »Stewart Kantor
Vulnerable grid infrastructure leads utilities to seek security through private data transmission
The proliferation of critical infrastructure systems connected to public networks across the globe over the last decade has provided new entry points for would-be cyber terrorists to exploit, putting the U.S. electric grid at risk. The vulnerable points of entry were exposed in December when a Ru... Read More »Sean McGarvey
North America’s Building Trades Unions: Pipeline project delays hurt economic growth
Investing in U.S. energy infrastructure is critical to driving energy independence and economic growth, but opposition to oil and natural gas pipeline projects has far-reaching consequences, a major union official recently told Daily Energy Insider. “When projects are postponed or canceled or ... Read More »NRC accepts joint application for transfer of FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant
Federal regulators from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) accepted a joint transfer application in an announcement on Thursday, moving forward with consideration to transfer ownership of the FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant from Entergy to Exelon. “I’m happy to see that the Nuclear Regul... Read More »Stephen G. Burns