Kentucky, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington will participate in the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices Policy Academy on Power Sector Modernization project, according to the NGA.
The project was established to help states as they align market incentives with policy goals ... Read More »
Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) announced this week that it distributed $7.5 million in energy efficiency incentives to businesses, schools and government buildings in 2016.
The projects involved 750 organizations and led to 80 million kWh of energy savings.
OG&E, a subsidiary of Ok... Read More »
Maryland’s proposed hydraulic fracturing regulations would harm jobs, investments and economic growth and would be the most restrictive in the United States, Executive Director of the Maryland Petroleum Council Drew Cobbs said this week.
The regulations have been drafted by the Maryland Departm... Read More »
The Maine Public Utilities Commission said this week that it would continue to review comments received about a proposed rule regarding net energy billing.
The commission proposed the rule on Sept. 13. On Oct. 17, the commission held a public hearing on the proposition and has also received sever... Read More »
Greater support is needed to ease the building of energy pipelines, both to hold down electricity prices for consumers and to kick-start the U.S. economy, according to the Consumers Energy Alliance (CEA), a national advocacy group with 450,000 members.
“Making sure we meet our long-term energy ... Read More »
The Atlanta, Georgia-based North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) released a report recently that assessed the principal challenges regarding bulk power system reliability.
The report found that dependency on natural gas, distributed energy resources and changes in the resource mi... Read More »
Statoil Wind US LLC won the rights to build a wind farm in federal waters 12 miles offshore from Long Island, New York, recently with a record-breaking bid of almost $42.5 million.
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held the auction, which took place ... Read More »
For the third year in a row, Consumers Energy was recognized for being among the top 6 percent of global utilities for its sustainable environmental, social and economic practices.
Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest utility, remains committed to delivering energy from green sources and placin... Read More »
The Georgia Public Service Commission’s Tim Echols won a second six-year term as commissioner, pledging to keep electric rates low and to continue supporting renewable energy development throughout the state.
Echols’ second term on the commission will begin Jan. 1, 2017.
“I want to cont... Read More »
MidAmerican Energy Co. has completed construction of a transmission line in northwest Iowa to help create a more reliable energy grid.
The high-voltage transmission line spans portions of Clay, Humboldt, Kossuth, O'Brien, Palo Alto and Webster counties.
“By updating the energy grid, we can b... Read More »