Colorado Petroleum Council Executive Director Tracee Bentley announced this week that the American Petroleum Institute (API) hired Michael Paules as the new associate director for its division in Colorado.
“Paules is a well-known, reputable leader in the oil and natural gas industry,” Bentle... Read More »
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) announced this week that they plan to add almost 2,100 megawatts (MW) of solar capacity in Florida over the next seven years.
That number includes 600 previously announced MW that is expected to be operational by 2018.
FPL also plans to replace its power p... Read More »
MidAmerican Energy Company recently filed with the Iowa Utilities Board for the approval of a program that would allow MidAmerican’s customers to claim the renewable energy they use in the state to meet sustainability goals.
If approved, the MidAmerican Energy GreenAdvantage program would allo... Read More »
Investments in energy efficiency and demand response remain at a record high level, the Consortium for Energy Efficiency’s (CEE) eleventh Annual Industry Report found.
“Despite ever-increasing cost cutting pressures on utilities and their tremendous record of accomplishment, the results indi... Read More »
Federal lawmakers on Tuesday expanded their examination of how well the U.S. electric grid is protected against cybersecurity threats to include the efforts of defending the nation’s natural gas pipelines against cyber terror.
“Given the interdependency of natural gas and electricity, it is i... Read More »
The Last Frontier State could use some of the federal funds expected to flow from the Trump administration’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan, the details of which should be released by year’s end, according to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine Chao.
Chao didn’t provid... Read More »
U.S. onshore-focused oil production companies increased capital expenditure by $4.9 billion, or 72 percent, between the fourth quarter of 2016 and the fourth quarter of 2015 based on public quarterly financial statements.
This increase represents the largest year-over-year increase for any quart... Read More »
Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) recently published a report on the tools that state and municipal energy agencies can use to support the deployment of solar and storage technology in the low- and moderate-income (LMI) market.
The study, Solar+Storage for Low- and Moderate-Income Communities:... Read More »
Iberdrola Chair Ignacio Galán highlighted the achievements of AVANGRID in its first year of operation in
a recent speech to shareholders in Bilbao, Spain.
AVANGRID was formed in December 2015 following the merger of Iberdrola USA and UIL Holdings Corporation. Bilbao-based Iberdrola is the maj... Read More »
Ameren Corporation recently announced the start of Ameren Accelerator, a program created in partnership with the University of Missouri System, UMSL Accelerate and Capital Innovators, to assess, mentor and invest in energy technology startup companies in St. Louis, Missouri.
The partners will ch... Read More »