Efforts to create recommendations on a 21st Century utility regulatory model for Illinois are to be led by the Power and Energy System Area of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC/ECE).
The project, “NextGrid,” is a Utilit... Read More »
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) recently announced a total of $10.3 million for the Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing (MASH) Program, an initiative that provides rebates for affordable rooftop solar energy installation to disadvantaged communities across central and northern Californi... Read More »
The Billion Dollar Roundtable, Inc. (BDR), an organization that promotes diversity in U.S. corporations, announced Tuesday that Exelon would be inducted as its 27th member as it spent nearly $2 billion with diversity-certified suppliers in 2016.
BDR consists of U.S.-based corporations that have ... Read More »
The Montana Public Service Commission (MPSC) voted Tuesday to provide criteria for a study on net metering by NorthWestern Energy.
NorthWestern must be completed by April 1, 2018 to comply with a state law, HB 219, passed earlier this year. The law, sponsored by Rep. Zach Brown (D-District 63), ... Read More »
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) recently scheduled three hearings to assist in developing parameters of the integrated resource plans (IRP) rate-regulated utilities must use under the state’s new energy laws.
Utilities will use the IRPs to identify and assess options for meeting ... Read More »
In a recent statement, Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairman Stan Wise emphasized the differences between the Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project in Burke County, Georgia and the South Carolina Plant Summer project, which was recently cancelled.
Because of these differences, Georgi... Read More »
A new 2,000 megawatt (MW) wind farm that will be the largest in the United States and second largest in
the world once operational was recently announced by Invenergy and GE Renewable Energy.
The Wind Catcher facility will be constructed in Oklahoma’s panhandle and will generate wind electri... Read More »
The nation’s labor force and economy get a massive boost from the electric power industry, which overall supports more than 7 million American jobs and contributes $880 billion annually, or 5 percent a year, to the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), according to a new industry report.
“We lik... Read More »
The Wind Catcher facility, on track to be the second-largest wind-based renewable energy farm in the world, is currently under construction in Oklahoma as past of a joint project with Invenergy and GE Renewable Energy.
Slated for completion in 2020, the project consists of a 2,000 megawatt wind f... Read More »
ONEOK, Inc. announced plans this week to double the capabilities of its Canadian Valley natural gas processing facility in the STACK play western Oklahoma in order to accommodate increasing production.
The Canadian County, Oklahoma plant will expand to 400 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) fro... Read More »