A lawsuit recently filed by Western Energy Alliance and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) seeks to challenge the final rule on venting and flaring from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
IPAA and Western Energy Alliance have argued that the new rule overreaches the authori... Read More »
The volume of natural gas currently in storage in the United States reached a record high on November 4, with 4,017 billion cubic feet (Bcf) retained in working stocks across the country.
According to the Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (E... Read More »
Automaker BMW and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) are teaming up for the second phase of a pilot program that will test the impact electric vehicles have on the grid by integrating renewable energy through smart charging.
The first phase of the BMW ChargeForward program allowed 100 ho... Read More »
Researchers at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have developed a new nanocatalyst that could dramatically reduce the cost of operating electrochemical systems.
The molecular structure of the NETL catalyst utilizes nickel atoms in place of more expensive metals such as platinum t... Read More »
Rocky Mountain Power customers recently fully reserved the 20-megawatt solar plant that will begin supplying power in January 2017.
The Subscriber Solar program gives consumers the options to use solar if they rent their property or do not have the ability to install solar on their own. The prog... Read More »
A drilling productivity report recently released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has shown that while oil drilling activity in most regions of the United States covered by the report has seen a precipitous drop since 2015, drilling in the Permian Basin has continued to steadily i... Read More »
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has produced a comprehensive and balanced rate design manual that utility regulators can use to help navigate some of the most divisive issues confronting the electricity market, advocates of both publically owned utilities and the... Read More »
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) recently honored Commissioner Philip Jones and Raj Addepalli with the Terry Barnich Award at the group’s annual meeting.
The award recognizes state commissioners and staff who promote international cooperation among utility re... Read More »
ENVIA Energy completed construction on the first microchannel gas-to-liquid (GTL) plant in the United States two months ago, and is expecting the facility to be commissioned by the end of the year.
GTL plants convert natural gas or gasified solid fuel into higher-valued hydrocarbons – such as l... Read More »
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report on U.S. Department of Defense-owned utilities and the need to strengthen its resilience planning on future installations.
Based on a GAO-conducted survey of DOD-owned utility systems, there were 4,393 total instances of u... Read More »