Senate Energy Committee holds hearing on energy storage capabilities
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing this week with representatives of various energy storage-focused entities, focusing on the technology’s capabilities in relation to the greater grid. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), committee chair, opened the session by linki... Read More »Nuclear expansion expected to slow in the coming years, IAEA report says
While nuclear power’s global potential up to the year 2050 remains high, its expansion is expected to slow in the coming years, according to a recently published report on energy and electricity projections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The report, titled Energy, Electricit... Read More »American Wind Energy Association CEO testifies before Congress on wind’s reliability, resilience
Wind energy can provide essential electric reliability services thanks to technological improvements, American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) CEO Tom Kiernan said in testimony Tuesday at a hearing on grid reliability before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Kiernan offered several policy ... Read More »Florida PSC plans hurricane preparedness and restoration review, swears in new commissioner
The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) established on Tuesday its plan to review electric utility hurricane preparedness and restoration actions during the 2017 hurricane season in an effort to potentially further minimize infrastructure damage and outages. The PSC will create a generic doc... Read More »Nearly 30 utilities join equipment-sharing program to support disaster recovery efforts
Twenty-eight utilities recently joined the Regional Equipment Sharing for Transmission Outage Restoration (RESTORE) program, which creates a process for sharing equipment among utilities to aid in potential disaster recovery efforts. Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Com... Read More »CMS Energy to purchase 24-megawatt Lansing solar project
CMS Energy announced Tuesday that its subsidiary, CMS Enterprises, would purchase Delta Solar, a two-part 24-megawatt (MW) solar project currently under construction near Lansing, Michigan. The project, which is located on about 190 acres in Delta Township in Eaton County, will provide energy to... Read More »State gas, diesel taxes on rise in 2017
Drivers are paying more at the pump this year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest figures, which have revealed a 4.5 percent in average state gas and diesel taxes over this time last year. Each state bases their tax rate changes on different methods, with som... Read More »Gwen Pinson