Appalachian Power’s Integrated Resource Plan shows increasing portfolio diversity, continued coal reliance
Appalachian Power filed this week its 2017 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), which highlights how the company plans to meet energy needs through increased portfolio diversity over the next 15 years in the state. The plan includes continued use o... Read More »Ryan Zinke
Interior Secretary Zinke signs secretarial orders at Offshore Technology Conference
U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Ryan Zinke discussed America’s offshore energy potential and signed several secretarial orders to implement directives from President Trump’s recent executive order at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) this week. Zinke discussed potentia... Read More »U.S. House energy subcommittee drills into drafts on updating pipeline, hydro infrastructure
Several industry stakeholders think expanding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) authority is a good idea toward accelerating permitting for pipeline and hydropower infrastructure modernization projects. But members of Congress learned Wednesday that the proposed strategy concerns e... Read More »Rocky Mountain Power takes third in annual SEPA solar rankings
The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) recently named Rocky Mountain Power to its annual Top 10 utility industry lists that connected the most solar or the most storage to the grid in 2016. Rocky Mountain Power ranked third for annual megawatts with 760 megawatts (MW) installed in 2016. The c... Read More »Michihiro Ezawa