As temperatures continue to plummet to abominable levels in Michigan and throughout the Midwest, Consumers Energy announced its public appeal for customers to voluntarily reduce natural gas usage during an emergency will end at midnight tonight.
Temperatures well below zero led to a spike in dema... Read More »
A "Green New Deal" (GND) plan that includes a 100 percent renewable energy target to help combat climate change could cost nearly $424 billion annually, according to an analysis by the American Action Forum, more than the entire retail cost of electricity in the United States in 2016.
U.S. Rep. A... Read More »
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) are developing the computer modeling methods and data sheets required to optimize soft magnetic components and improve the power grid.
This modernization of components is critical, researchers said. T... Read More »
The energy industry firm GridLiance has joined forces with the City of Winfield, Kan., as a means of improving the city’s transmission facilities.
The agreement calls for GridLiance to acquire a 65 percent ownership stake in 29-miles of Winfield’s 69-kV transmission line and terminal equipmen... Read More »
Oracle introduced Tuesday a service that utilities can use to help their rooftop solar customer gain insights into their utility bills and energy savings.
The Oracle Utilities Opower Distributed Energy Resources Customer Engagement Cloud Service will later expand into other types of distributed e... Read More »
Pacific Power customers in Oregon will see a decrease in their bills beginning Feb. 1 as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Pacific Power said Tuesday.
Residential customers in Oregon will see a bill reduction of approximately 3.8 percent. A typical Oregon residential customer who uses 900 ki... Read More »
ExxonMobil started construction on a new crude oil refinery unit at its Beaumont, Texas, facility that will increase crude refining capacity by more than 65 percent, or 250,000 barrels per day.
It is the third crude unit at the facility. It became necessary due to increased crude oil production ... Read More »
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending that the Department of Energy develop a program-wide strategy to clean up waste from Cold War nuclear weapons production.
The DOE is tasked with cleaning up waste from Cold War nuclear weapons production, much of which is hazardous o... Read More »
A recent Black & Veatch report has determined utilities are poised to undergo their most visible transformation in more than a century.
Citing the manner in which utilities are faced with the evolution of generation, transmission and distribution technology, the utility infrastructure firm’s 2... Read More »
Duke Energy said Tuesday that it plans to build on the success of its solar power programs in 2018 to deliver solar power to more North Carolina and South Carolina customers in 2019.
"Combined with constructive legislation, our programs have solar energy growing in both North Carolina and South C... Read More »