Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) recently announced an estimated $92 million project that will rebuild approximately 46 miles of 138-kilovolt (kV) line and replacing lattice structures with steel monopoles.
The Granger-Benton Harbor Transmission Line Rebuild Project includes transmission line headin... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) forecasts that record gains in natural pipeline capacity in the Northeast this year will address limited takeaway pipeline capacity in the Marcellus and Utica basins of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia that has restricted access to new markets.
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Under changes to Kentucky’s call-before-you-dig law, the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) will have the authority to enforce provisions of the law, which aims to protect natural gas and hazardous liquids pipelines.
The changes, which go into effect July 14, will allow the PSC to invest... Read More »
Sandia National Laboratories announced yesterday that it will receive $10.5 million from the Department of Energy to research and design a high-temperature concentrating solar power pilot plant with built-in heat storage.
Sandia will lead one of three teams competing to build the system.
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As the electric utilities industry works to strengthen the power grid in the face of extreme weather events and man-made threats, six major utilities have initially joined together to advance a grid recovery system that would quickly give them access to critical transmission replacement equipment.
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The New York Public Service Commission (PSC) anticipates that energy prices in the state will remain near historically low levels over the summer in response to the state’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) strategy, programs aiming to reduce energy demand and utilities using policies that prevent... Read More »
The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) recently began a management and operations audit of National Grid, which will focus on construction program planning and operational efficiency.
The audit includes three subsidiaries of National Grid USA collectively referred to as National Grid:... Read More »
The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPPA) urged U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry on Thursday to refrain from imposing U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) emergency authorities that would provide support to a particular class of power plants.
The American Exploration & Production Cou... Read More »
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) recently announced that it placed into service a solar storage project at the Borough of Pennington, New Jersey Department of Public Works (DPW) building to enable DPW services to continue even during an extended power outage.
The Pennington DPW sol... Read More »
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently issued an order requiring 17 utilities to provide their customers with a monthly credit to refund savings from tax changes under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017.
The refunds from all 17 electric, natural gas, and water and wastewa... Read More »