The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently approved a request from Energy Transfer Partners to resume Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) operations along the Rover Pipeline Project.
Energy Transfer expects to begin the approved operations this week on nine HDD locations and will... Read More »
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit recently dismissed the appellate case on Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and Western Energy Alliance’s challenge of a final rule regarding hydraulic fracturing on federal and Native American lands.
“Today’s court decision ... Read More »
The current policy-driven energy market could create a less diverse grid, increased price fluctuations and higher price, a new study from IHS Market said.
The report, titled Ensuring Resilient and Efficient Electricity Generation: The Value of the Current Diverse U.S. Power Supply Portfolio, sai... Read More »
Soltage, LLC recently announced that the 4.75-megawatt (MW) Bird Machine Solar Farm located in Walpole, Massachusetts has been completed and is now in operation.
Built on a former industrial site, the new solar farm is comprised of 14,600 panels that will produce approximately six million kilowa... Read More »
The Montana Public Service Commission (MPSC) has been requested to approve the acquisition of Avista Corporation (Avista) by Hydro One Limited (Hydro One), to the tune of $5.3 billion.
The merger would see a U.S. corporation bought up by a Canadian firm, and in turn create a regulated utility ser... Read More »
FirstEnergy Corp. announced this week that it would issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to purchase 71,000 Solar Photovoltaic Alternative Energy Certificates (SPAECs) annually over a two-year period on behalf of three of its Pennsylvania utilities.
FirstEnergy will purchase the credits on behalf ... Read More »
U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Sen. Angus King (I-ME) introduced Wednesday a bill that aims to streamline the permitting process for interstate natural gas infrastructure projects at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
“For too long, the natural gas pipeline permitting process h... Read More »
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved Wednesday two final rules and issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) regarding mandatory standards aimed at supporting the resilience and reliability of the U.S. bulk electric system.
One approved final rule adjusts reliability stan... Read More »
In a massive blow to the state’s electric infrastructure, the Florida Division of Emergency Management now reports that, when Hurricane Irma struck, 64 percent of all electricity customers were left without power.
Those numbers have since turned around. Whereas 6.7 million were left in the dark... Read More »
Duke Energy announced Wednesday that it completed the bulk of the power restoration work needed in Florida following Hurricane Irma with the exception of a few scattered outages.
Crews have so far restored 1.9 million outages, some of which have required rebuilding infrastructure.
"Our power... Read More »