Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL) filed recently its regulatory rate review with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) to cover the cost of replacing coal plants with new natural gas plants.
“At IPL, we have a responsibility to find the balance between cleaner energy solution... Read More »
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) began this week the annual drawdown of the St. Joseph River, upstream of the Elkhart Hydroelectric Generating Station to help reduce ice buildup and flooding upstream of the dam.
I&M will lower the water level by two feet total at a rate of approximately six inches p... Read More »
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) issued orders Wednesday requiring for-profit utilities to track their savings resulting from lower corporate tax rates that take effect Jan. 1, so that those savings can be passed on to customers through rate reductions.
Under recently enacted federal... Read More »
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) plans to hold oral arguments on administrative rules pertaining to net metering on Jan. 10, 2018 at the PUCO Offices in Columbus, Ohio.
Parties to the case that have filed for or against rehearing of PUCO’s Nov. 8 ruling will have the chance to ma... Read More »
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently granted a request from the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) to modify the emergency preparedness plan for the Fort Calhoun Station nuclear power plant in Washington County, Nebraska to reflect the facility’s decommissioning status.
Under the c... Read More »
In a unanimous vote, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) voted through a set of three long-term infrastructure improvement plans (LTIIPs) to press forward the replacement of an aging utility framework.
The approvals went to PPL Electric Utilities Corp. (PPL), Aqua Pennsylvania Wastew... Read More »
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) announced Tuesday that several of its member investor-owned electric companies will deploy approximately 1,500 additional restoration workers and support personnel to Puerto Rico in early January.
These crews will work under the direction of the seven incident... Read More »
The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) recently directed Dominion Energy Virginia to rebuild the 115-kilovolt transmission line currently connected to the Norris Bridge under the Rappahannock River between Lancaster and Middlesex Counties, Virginia.
The SCC found that underwater constru... Read More »
Interstate Natural Gas Association of America President and CEO Don Santa recently commented on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) plans to review its policies on certification of natural gas pipelines.
FERC Chair Kevin McIntyre recently announced that he plans to launch a revie... Read More »
A recent report from the Electric Power Research Institute has determined a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (EMP) blast could disrupt regional and local delivery of power, spurring the industry to cooperate with federal agencies on grid protection.
In that report, the EPRI conducted 11 simula... Read More »