U.S. power grid operators have adequate capability to restore their systems using blackstart resources in the event of widespread outages, according to a recent report by staff at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC).
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The state of Illinois has imposed new sales and marketing rules on retail electric suppliers seeking to solicit customers in the state.
The rules were changed and adopted by the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) to ensure consumers have the necessary tools to make an informed decision when choo... Read More »
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted approval for additional Phase 2 facilities of the Rover Pipeline into Service, Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., announced on Tuesday.
Expected to be in full service this year, the 713-mile Rover Pipeline is designed to transport 3.25 bil... Read More »
Appalachian Power and AEP West Virginia Transmission Company, Inc. recently announced plans to fund improvements to the Ravenswood Area Improvements Project, a $60 million project to upgrade the electric transmission system in Jackson and Mason counties in West Virginia.
The project involves reb... Read More »
Entergy Texas kicked-off construction on the first leg of a high-voltage transmission line project in Southeast Texas on Tuesday that will span 25 miles between Jefferson and Chambers Counties.
The company plans to spend $2 billion on energy infrastructure in the region in coming years, with the... Read More »
ISO New England Inc. said recently that it expects to have adequate resources to meet peak consumer demand for electricity this summer under normal weather conditions.
If forecasted peak system conditions associated with extremely hot and humid weather occur, ISO New England said, tight supply ma... Read More »
Dominion Energy Virginia filed its new Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) Tuesday with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), which included solar fleet expansions of approximately 4,720 megawatts (MW) of capacity within the next 15 years.
This represents an approximately 50 percent increas... Read More »
DTE Electric is offering $525 million in “green bonds,” which are bonds to finance environmentally-friendly energy investments, like low-carbon, renewable, and energy efficient projects.
Detroit-based DTE is the fifth energy company in the nation to sell green bonds. They will have a maturit... Read More »
Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) President Lisa Jacobson released a statement Monday, praising emergency preparedness and response provisions of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill recently advanced by the House of Representatives.
“The Council was pleas... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Monday $19 million in funding for twelve new cost-shared research projects involving batteries and vehicle electrification technologies to enable extreme fast charging for electric vehicles (EVs).
The research projects are focused on systems that can ... Read More »