Mississippi Public Service Commission (PSC) Chair Brandon Presley recently introduced the Hire Mississippi Rule, which would require rate regulated, investor-owned utilities to expand how they offer contracting and business opportunities to Mississippi-based companies.
The rule would create the ... Read More »
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (ETP) recently announced that two natural gas pipelines in West Texas, the Trans-Pecos Pipeline and the Comanche Trail Pipeline, as well as the Trans-Pecos Pipeline WAHA Header (WAHA Header) have begun operation.
The pipelines and the WAHA header transport natural ... Read More »
A team of researchers from Michigan Technical University proposed in a new paper that, in order to enhance national electric grid security, military infrastructure should be outfitted with solar photovoltaic (PV)-powered microgrid systems.
Their study found that the military requires 17 gigawatt... Read More »
President Donald Trump announced Monday his intent to nominate Robert Powelson and Neil Chaterjee to be members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which would reestablish a quorum at the agency.
As FERC currently lacks a quorum, with three vacancies on the five-member commission... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-ME) and Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee
on Water and Power Jeff Flake (R-AZ) recently introduced two pieces of legislation that would help
address regulatory issues affecting the utilization of hydropower resources.
The Exemptions for ... Read More »
In honor of Public Service Recognition Week, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) President Robert F. Powelson issued a statement last week commending and thanking state utility commissioners
and their staff for their work.
“I am grateful for this opportunity to t... Read More »
Nuclear plants have produced over half of Illinois’ electricity generation since 2010, but the state’s two largest plants would have been retired if the state had not created a zero emission credit (ZEC) mechanism to support the facilities.
The two plants, Quad Cities and Clinton, collective... Read More »
NEI President and CEO Maria Korsnick asked Congress at a recent hearing to emphasize improving efficiency at the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), dealing with used nuclear fuel and supporting new technologies in the fiscal year 2018 budget.
“Congressionally-directed independent asse... Read More »
The National Hydropower Association (NHA) recently announced that David
Moller, a director of Power Generation at Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), was presented with the Dr. Kenneth Henwood Award at Waterpower Week in Washington, D.C.
The award is NHA’s most prestigious honor and is g... Read More »
Electromagnetic pulse (EMP) is a threat to national defense — that’s the one agreement everyone acknowledged during a recent U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing.
Decisions beyond that statement would have been difficult for senators to make after they heard testimonies ... Read More »