Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. announced Tuesday that it signed an agreement with a subsidiary of ALLETE Clean Energy (ACE) to purchase the energy from the expansion of Thunder Spirit Wind, an ACE wind farm located near Hettinger, North Dakota.
The 25-year agreement also contains the option for Mon... Read More »
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Solar Energy Finance Association (SEFA) formed a new joint entity this week focused on lowering the cost of and expanding access to investment capital for solar industry development.
The new entity, the Solar Energy Finance Advisory Council (... Read More »
A letter written by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) was recently sent to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), urging it to withdraw its Draft Regional Mitigation Strategy (DRMS) for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).
“First, the premises of the Draft Regional Mitigation Strategy are deep... Read More »
NV Energy and Edison Electric Institute (EEI) announced earlier this week that Tony Sanchez, senior vice president of government and community strategy at NV Energy, accepted a key loaned executive role at EEI in Washington D.C.
EEI represents U.S. investor-owned electric companies that operate i... Read More »
Southern Power, a subsidiary of Georgia-based Southern Company, recently announced an agreement with Renewable Energy Systems Americas, Inc. (RES) to jointly develop and construct 10 different wind power projects.
The projects will provide approximately 3,000 megawatts (MW) of energy and enter co... Read More »
In the third quarter of 2016, PECO completed nearly 1,200 projects to improve natural gas and electric service to Pennsylvania customers.
PECO spends $500 million each year on infrastructure improvements and plans to invest $275 million
more over the next five years to strengthen the local elec... Read More »
California Gov. Jerry Brown recently announced the appointment of Martha Guzman Aceves and Clifford Rechtschaffen to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
Guzman and Rechtschaffen will replace Michael Florio and Catherine Sandoval whose six-year terms ended on Jan. 1.
Guzman most ... Read More »
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (APUC) announced recently that it completed its acquisition of the Empire District Electric Company (Empire), which will help to expand the Canadian-based company’s operations in the United States.
The acquisition was completed by Liberty Utilities Co., one... Read More »
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently issued a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) in Virginia and North Carolina.
The natural gas transmission pipeline would stretch for 600 miles and deliver 1.5 million cubic feet of ... Read More »
Several energy efficiency tax credits for U.S. consumers and businesses expired on Dec. 31, 2016 after Congress did not renew them.
One expired incentive offered tax credits for efficiency upgrades and energy efficiency equipment purchases like weatherizing or installing new windows. Another enco... Read More »