Continuing the country’s ongoing energy reforms, Mexico’s National Center for Natural Gas Control (Centro National de Control del Gas Natural—CENAGAS) recently conducted Mexico’s first natural gas grid capacity open season to auction pipeline capacity rights, according to the U.S. Energy Inf... Read More »
The Southeastern Electric Exchange (SEE) recognized Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) this week with its Chairman’s Award for the company’s environmental protection efforts during a transmission project in the Sanford area.
"This award is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our ... Read More »
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, U.S. weekly ethanol production averaged 1.02 million barrels per day (b/d) during the first six months of 2017.
This marks a 5 percent increase over the same period in 2016. U.S. ethanol production set a weekly record of 1.06 million b/d in... Read More »
Appalachian Power began upgrading some of its meters in Virginia this week with new technology that allows the company to read meters remotely.
The company plans to install 54,000 Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) meters in the Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Lynchburg and Lovingston areas.
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The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC) recently announced the temporary suspension of the Residential Solar and Wind Rebate program and the Commercial and Industrial (C&I) Solar Rebate program, citing budget constraints and a high volume of waitlisted applications.
The Renewable Ene... Read More »
TECO Energy Inc. and the Florida utilities Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas, which operate under the Canadian-based Emera Inc., gained new members to their senior leadership earlier this month.
In the case of TECO Energy, Rob Bennett – the president and CEO of Emera U.S. Holdings Inc. – has bee... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently launched a new project to develop experiments to better understand rock fractures in
order to remove technical barriers to commercializing enhanced geothermal systems (EGS).
Conventional geothermal technology requires heat, fluid and permeability â€... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently announced that it is working with Panasonic Corporation and Xcel Energy to model and optimize the energy load profile of a planned mixed-use development in Denver, Colorado.
NREL will use its Energy System... Read More »
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee recently held a hearing to consider six nominees from President Trump for leadership positions at the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of the Interior (DOI).
Trump nominated Brenda Burman for Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation... Read More »
In a paper designed to assess potential grid vulnerabilities and make recommendations for improving
security, a committee of scientists and engineers called for increased collaboration between the energy industry and government.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine con... Read More »