Vectren, Utility Consumer Counselor files settlement on energy grid modernization plan
Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana - South (Vectren), the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) and a coalition of industrial customers recently filed a settlement agreement regarding Vectren’s seven-year improvement plan to modernize its electric infrastructure. The electric sys... Read More »Senators ask Energy Department to end delay of research and development grants to small businesses
Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) recently sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) and Small Business Administration (SBA) leaders, asking them to end a delay of federal research and development (R&D) grants to small businesses. Through the Small Business Innovation Resea... Read More »Consumers Energy to invest $440 million to improve, expand natural gas system
Michigan-based utility company Consumers Energy announced Monday that it will spend nearly $440 million in 2017 to modernize its natural gas system in the areas of infrastructure replacement, growth and pipeline integrity. "At Consumers Energy, the safe, reliable delivery of natural gas is a top... Read More »Pacific Gas and Electric Company announces cost reduction in its Solar Choice program
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) recently announced that the cost to participate in its solar energy program has dropped by 30 percent for residential customers and by close to 50 percent for some business customers. PG&E’s Solar Choice program allows customers to purchase up to 100 per... Read More »National Grid Massachusetts congratulates Boston for being named most energy efficient city in country
National Grid Massachusetts, an electricity and natural gas delivery company serving the state, recently published a news release, congratulating Boston on being named the most energy efficient city in the United States. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) bestowed the... Read More »Thomas Brice
Thomas Brice named Southwestern Electric Power Company vice president of regulatory and finance
Southwestern Electric Power Company's (SWEPCO) recently announced that Thomas P. Brice was named the company’s new vice president of regulatory and finance effective May 20. Brice is responsible for SWEPCO’s regulatory and financial strategy as well as the company’s budgeting process. He f... Read More »Stephen Bergstrom