Bipartisan Senate legislation pushes for modernized Carbon Capture Technology
A forum of supporters for a bill to encourage technological evolution over carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) met last week in Washington, D.C., to discuss the issue from corporate and federal angles. On hand were four of the bill’s supporters in Congress: U.S. Sens. Sheldon Whitehou... Read More »Sens. Warren, Tillis introduce bill requiring report on cybersecurity risks to electric grid
U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently introduced legislation that would require the Department of Defense (DOD) to produce a one-time report on cybersecurity risks to the electric grid and the effects of those risks on military readiness. Under the Securing the Elect... Read More »EIA forecasts 28 percent growth of energy consumption by 2040
The U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) recently released International Energy Outlook 2017 (IEO2017) projects that world energy consumption will increase by 28 percent between 2015 and 2040. Most of the growth is predicted to occur in countries not in the Organization for Economic Co... Read More »New York introduces new value-based distributed energy compensation system
The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) recently announced a new compensation system for distributed energy resources (DER) based on the value that the resources bring to society and the electric grid. The PSC also approved an implementation plan for the system that includes a plan to... Read More »Source: EEI
Duke Energy won’t rest until power restored to customers rocked by Hurricane Irma
As Florida struggles to recover from the wrath of Hurricane Irma, Duke Energy is pushing forward to restore electricity to its customers as quickly as possible, with thousands of lineworkers, support personnel, and resources from around the country at their side. “One thing we focus on in this... Read More »Florida Power & Light restores power to 97 pct of high-priority critical infrastructure in service area
Florida Power & Light Company said Thursday that power had been restored to 97 percent of high-priority critical infrastructure, including all hospitals, emergency operations centers, air and seaports, correctional facilities and active military installations in its service area. All 6,897 miles... Read More »Hurricane Harvey caused transmission system outages, decreased electricity demand, EIA report says
At its peak, Hurricane Harvey forced outages of more than 10,000 megawatts of electrifying generating capacity in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid and distribution lines, according to recently released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The report n... Read More »New Jersey Board of Public Utilities honors clean energy participants
At the 2017 Clean Energy Conference and Awards Ceremony in New Jersey this week, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities paid tribute to participants in the state’s Clean Energy Program. Over the previous 15 years, New Jersey has invested more than $3.1 billion into energy saving projects, red... Read More »Dan Gage