The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee explored the potential for new advanced building management and control systems to achieve greater energy efficiency, and the impact on homes and businesses in rural areas, during a hearing on Tuesday.
Representatives from the Department of Energ... Read More »
Looking to advance greater grid reliability through cleaner energy use in Indiana, Duke Energy has announced plans to install battery storage equipment and solar panels at the National Guard’s Camp Atterbury.
The installation will create a sort of microgrid in Johnston County, which will be bol... Read More »
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) announced this week that it is seeking members for a working group that will assess the capabilities emerging technologies and integrates them into the grid as part of its NextGrid: Illinois’ Utility of the Future study.
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The American Petroleum Institute (API) issued a statement Tuesday welcoming Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt’s recent actions to replace the majority of members on the agency’s scientific advisory board.
“Smart, science-based regulations are essential to our... Read More »
Government agencies announced Tuesday a settlement with Denver, Colorado’s PDC Energy, Inc. that resolves complaints of Clean Air Act violations filed against the company and requires it to take steps to reduce its volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions.
The complaint, which was filed on Ju... Read More »
Puerto Rico Public Power Authority (PREPA) CEO Ricardo Ramos recently sent a letter to the American Public Power Association (APPA) and the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) requesting assistance in bringing resources to Puerto Rico to support power restoration.
APPA and EEI received the letter an... Read More »
With the start of operations for a coal-fired power plant earlier this year, Houston, Texas, has become notable as hosting one of only two operating power plants capable of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the world.
The Petra Nova facility is also the only one of its kind in the United States... Read More »
The MidAmerican Energy Company recently announced plans to build a new wind farm in Iowa’s Poweshiek County, becoming the third site overall selected to participate in the company’s Wind XI project.
According to MidAmerican, the Poweshiek County wind farm will share an operations and mainten... Read More »
Urban Grid Holdings announced on Monday the completion of two solar installations in Allegany County, Maryland, with a total capacity of 2.14 megawatts (MW).
The two solar arrays consist of 6,688 solar panels and are projected to produce 2,736,000 kilowatt hours of electricity in their first yea... Read More »
Western Energy Alliance and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) recently filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming for a preliminary injunction to seek relief from impending compliance dates for the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) venting and flari... Read More »