Nearly 45 percent of electricity retail sales in 2016 in the United States were affected by an energy efficiency resource standard (EERS), according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and
the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).
An EERS, the firs... Read More »
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) recently filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit opposing a lawsuit by the state of Texas that requests “restitution and disgorgement” payment from the Nuclear Waste Fund.
Texas’ March 2017 lawsuit challenges the failure of the U.S.... Read More »
Based on the results of a recent study, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommended that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) periodically review the effectiveness of its Risk Ranking Index Model.
The GAO report also recommended that PHMSA document the de... Read More »
The Senate recently confirmed Dan Brouillette as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) and Neil Chatterjee and Robert Powelson as members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), restoring a quorum to the commission.
The Senate approved Chatterjee and Powelson by unanimou... Read More »
The state of Texas consumed more energy than any other state, totaling 13 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) or 13 percent of the total U.S. energy consumption, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) State Energy Data System’s 2015 data estimates for all 50 states a... Read More »
In an effort to enhance the performance and reliability of their wind-based energy generation, ALLETE
Clean Energy announced this week it would be pumping $80 million into refurbishment of 385 turbines across Minnesota and Iowa.
As part of the project, blades, gearboxes and generators on turbin... Read More »
Crowley Maritime Corp. and other third parties recently towed out and installed a tension-leg platform
(TLP) to be operated by Hess in the Stampede site in the deep waters of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Six Crowley vessels, including ocean class tugboats and 455-series high-deck strength barges, ... Read More »
The New York Public Service Commission (PSC) approved on Wednesday a Con Edison program that will provide solar energy to low-income customers in Brooklyn, Queens and Westchester County.
Con Edison plans to install three megawatts (MW) of solar capacity in the first phase of the program. Over fi... Read More »
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Wednesday that it would withdraw its year-long delay of ozone designations required under the Clean Air Act following a lawsuit by 15 states and the
District of Columbia.
“We believe in dialogue with, and being responsive to, our state part... Read More »
The American Petroleum Institute (API), Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) and the Mexican Association of Hydrocarbon Companies (AMEXHI) published a joint paper Wednesday, outlining their shared policy positions on various areas North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The pa... Read More »