ENGIE and AES sign agreement to expand liquid natural gas marketing partnership to Central America

Published on May 09, 2017 by Daily Energy Insider Reports

ENGIE and the AES Corporation recently agreed to enter into a joint venture to market and sell liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Central America, expanding their joint marketing agreement signed late last year. The joint venture will use the Costa Norte LNG terminal in Colón, Panama, which is curr... Read More »

Chamber of Commerce report examines economic impacts of denying new pipeline permits in US Northeast

Published on May 09, 2017 by Daily Energy Insider Reports

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for 21st Century Energy recently released a report examining the economic and job impacts of limiting natural gas infrastructure in the Northeastern United States. According to the report, if no new pipelines are built in the region, the area would lose m... Read More »

Duke Energy outlines 10-year plan in company’s first online shareholder meeting

Published on May 09, 2017 by Daily Energy Insider Reports

Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good recently announced that the company would invest in natural gas, renewable energy and grid modernization during the next 10 years in the company’s first online shareholder meeting. "The new format gave small shareholders like me, who live outside Charlotte, a chance t... Read More »

Sen. Rubio introduces legislation to extend Eastern Gulf drilling moratorium, allow Florida to share Gulf drilling revenue

Published on May 09, 2017 by Daily Energy Insider Reports

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) recently introduced legislation that would extend a moratorium on oil and gas leasing in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and allow Florida to share in revenue from drilling in the central and western portions of the Gulf. Since the Gulf of Mexico Security Act (GOMESA... Read More »

Consortium urges Department of Energy to support small modular reactors

Published on May 09, 2017 by Daily Energy Insider Reports

SMR Start, an industry consortium of small modular reactor (SMR) developers and customers, recently sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Rick Perry’s chief of staff to comment on the valuation of SMRs in relation to grid reliability. The group sent the letter in part in response to Perry’s r... Read More »

National Electrical Contractors Association, lawmakers highlight need for infrastructure improvements

Published on May 09, 2017 by Daily Energy Insider Reports

National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) members and staff discussed with members of Congress the need for infrastructure improvements and their role in economic growth at the 2017 National Legislative Conference and Political Leadership Council Summit in Washington, D.C. Rep. Brenda... Read More »

Florida legislature advances solar tax relief, consumer protection bill

Published on May 08, 2017 by Daily Energy Insider Reports

The Florida legislature recently advanced S.B. 90, which would provide tax relief for solar installations and create protections for consumers installing solar systems. The bill would implement Amendment 4 of 2016, which Florida residents approved with 73 percent of the vote last August. It will... Read More »

Hydropower group applauds Sen. Wyden’s technology-neutral renewable incentive bill

Published on May 08, 2017 by Daily Energy Insider Reports

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) recently introduced the Clean Energy for America Act, which would create an approach to tax incentives for renewable energy deployment that would not differ based on the technology. Congress’s 2015 decision to provide extensions to tax incentives for wind and sola... Read More »

Ameren Missouri Proposes Plan for Solar Panels at Lambert Airport

Published on May 08, 2017 by Daily Energy Insider Reports

Ameren Missouri announced plans last week to build a new solar generation facility at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, which would generate up to one megawatt (MW) of solar energy through the company’s Community Solar Program. "What better way to showcase that we're a progressive regio... Read More »

Utility-scale solar installations have grown faster than any other generating technology in last six years

Published on May 08, 2017 by Daily Energy Insider Reports

Utility-scale solar installations, including photovoltaic (PV) and thermal technologies, grew at an average rate of 72 percent per year between 2010 and 2016, faster than any other generating technologies, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Utility-scale solar gener... Read More »