The amount of energy exports from the United States to Mexico were more than double the energy imports from Mexico to the United States in 2016, according to recent data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, which represents a reversal of long-term trends.
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North Carolina’s first commercial-scale wind farm, the Amazon Wind Farm US East in Pasquotank and Perquimans counties, entered full operation earlier this month.
The farm is powered by Avangrid Renewables at Desert Wind and features 104 turbines with enough capacity to power the equivalent of ... Read More »
Idaho Power Company recently announced several executive changes, including the promotion of Adam Richins, the company’s general manager of customer operations, engineering and construction since January 2014, to vice president of Customer Operations and Business Development.
In his new role, ... Read More »
Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) President and Chief Executive Officer Maria Korsnick recently held a briefing with Wall Street financial analysts in New York, at which she highlighted the benefits of future outlook for nuclear energy.
Various new nuclear technologies are also being designed and l... Read More »
Over the last decade, the price of solar installations has declined significantly, but the electric utilities industry continues to debate the value and cost effectiveness of utility scale versus rooftop solar.
During a panel discussion at the 2017 National Association of Regulatory Utility Commi... Read More »
As the U.S. utilities industry invests billions of dollars to upgrade outdated infrastructure, industry leaders said on Monday they want the federal government under the new Trump administration to drive public policy in a direction that supports economic growth and affordable and reliable markets.
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The U.S. Energy Information Association (EIA) recently reported that coal production and coal-fired electricity production are expected to rise in 2017 and 2018, as natural gas prices will likely increase.
The amount of the increase in coal production is expected to vary across regions. EIA pred... Read More »
Consolidated Edison, Inc. recently created a new holding company, Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses, Inc., by combining three of its existing energy corporations, Con Edison Solutions, Con Edison Development and Con Edison Energy.
Mark Noyes serves as CEO and president of all three companies. J... Read More »
Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), John Barrasso (R-WY), and Mike Enzi (R-WY) recently introduced legislation aimed at protecting oil and gas companies in states that adequately regulate hydraulic fracturing from duplicative federal regulations.
“Many states, such as Utah, are doing the right thing and... Read More »
API-PA Executive Director Stephanie Catarino Wissman recently expressed her disapproval of
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed severance tax on the natural gas industry.
“Here we go again," Wissman said. "Governor Wolf should look at ways to assist projects that expand Pennsylvania energ... Read More »