Former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz discussed why the United States needs a strong nuclear power sector at a recent event that highlighted the most important “externalities” associated with nuclear energy as its national security and environmental benefits.
Moniz, who spoke at a Bipartisan ... Read More »
Georgia Power recently announced a new program, Community Solar, which allows residential customers to subscribe to receive a bill credit based on actual production at a solar facility.
Three megawatts (MW) of new Georgia Power solar facilities, including a two MW facility currently under constr... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently announced the completion of two important steps toward the transfer of excess federal property at the Bannister Federal Complex in Kansas City, Missouri.
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens formally granted ... Read More »
Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) President and CEO Maria Korsnick met with a group of 13 young nuclear industry leaders at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) headquarters in Washington, D.C., as part of Nuclear Science Week.
Perry highlighted nuclear’s national se... Read More »
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently proposed new cybersecurity management controls for low-impact, bulk electric system cyber systems to further enhance the reliability and resilience of the United State’s bulk electric system.
The proposal clarifies obligations related to... Read More »
The energy intensity of U.S. manufacturing has continued to decrease, according to a recently-published Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS) from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Specifically, from 2010 to 2014, U.S. manufacturing fuel consumption increased by 4.7 perce... Read More »
The Maryland Public Service Commission has scheduled second comment hearings for two solar projects in the state in Cecil County and Queen Anne’s County, respectively.
Both meetings will be held on Nov. 1, 2017, and will be proceeded over by public utility law judges. Each had previous meetings... Read More »
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) hosted Thursday a policy session in Chicago addressing the impacts of integrating renewable energy resources on the region’s transmission infrastructure and energy markets.
The session, held in light of the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA) and future state g... Read More »
AEP Ohio, an American Electric Power company, today issued on Wednesday a Request for Proposals (RFP) for up to 400 megawatts (MW) solar energy generation resources in Ohio.
Proposals will be evaluated based on the criteria outlined in the RFP. The company will give preference to sites that are ... Read More »
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) recently held its seventh annual grid security conference, GridSecCon 2017, in St. Paul, Minnesota, which focused on the importance of collaboration between industry, government, and stakeholders.
“Grid security depends on an enter... Read More »