The New York State Public Service Commission updated its rules and requirements for interconnection to the power grid for solar projects over 50 kilowatts (kW) this week, in order to clear out an accumulation of inactive project proposals and enable well-developed projects to be completed.
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National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) President Robert Powelson recently sent letters to President Donald Trump and members of Trump’s energy and telecommunications transition teams on behalf of NARUC.
NARUC corresponds with each incoming administration’s transition... Read More »
The House of Representatives voted unanimously this week to advance the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act, which would provide policy direction to the Department of Energy (DOE).
Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) introduced the legislation.
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Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee Maria Cantwell (D-WA), along with other Senate democrats, announced this week a blueprint that would invest $1 trillion into rebuilding infrastructure and create 15 million jobs over the next 10 years.
A Blueprint to Rebuild America's I... Read More »
Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) expressed its approval this week of President Donald Trump’s decision to sign executive orders allowing the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines to move forward.
The executive orders overturned the Obama administration’s denial of the U.S.... Read More »
Montana Dakota Utilities (MDU) will increase its rates for gas and electric customers in eastern Montana this month due to increases in the utility’s property taxes, which is a move that required almost no input from the Montana Public Service Commission (PSC).
Montana law allows utilities to p... Read More »
A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientist and collaborators are working on generating hydrogen, a carbon-free energy source, from sunlight and water.
The technology uses photoelectrochemical cells (PECs), which absorb sunlight and drive water-splitting reactions to produce hydrog... Read More »
The U.S. House of Representatives advanced legislation this week designed to provide regulatory certainty for advanced nuclear technology.
The Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act, authored by Reps. Bob Latta (R-OH) and Jerry McNerney (D-CA), requires the Department of Energy (DOE) and the... Read More »
PSEG Solar Source announced this week that it acquired two North Carolina solar projects from BayWa r.e. with a total generating capacity of 47 megawatts for a total investment of $74.6 million.
The PSEG Cork Oak Solar Energy Center and the PSEG Sunflower Solar Energy Center, located about 90 mil... Read More »
Nuclear power plants will complete the full implementation of their cyber security programs by the end of the year in order to comply with regulations set by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to protect against cyber attacks.
This implementation will include adding supplementary techn... Read More »