EPA: U.S. carbon emissions down 4.9 percent
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released figures on Tuesday showing that carbon emissions from power plants, oil drilling, factories and other industrial sources are down approximately 4.9 percent in the U.S. “It’s becoming more widely known that the United States is leading the wor... Read More »Maria G. Korsnick
Korsnick elected president and CEO of NEI
Maria G. Korsnick, former senior vice president of Exelon’s Northeast operations, was elected as the Nuclear Energy Institute’s (NEI’s) new president and chief executive officer on Tuesday. “I couldn’t be more proud to have the opportunity to lead NEI and advance nuclear energy,” Kors... Read More »Maine PUC extends LNG storage RFP
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) extended the deadline for responses to a request for proposals (RFP) on Tuesday regarding physical energy storage (PES) contracts for liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage, pushing the deadline to Nov. 4. The initial RFP was issued Sept. 14 with a deadlin... Read More »Robert “Bob” C. Skaggs, Jr.