Florida Power and Light (FPL) expanded its solar generating capacity this week as four new solar plants began official commercial operations on Jan. 31.
The new solar plants generate nearly 300 megawatts (MW) of combined generating capacity and bring FPL’s overall solar capacity to 1,250 MW. FP... Read More »
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) recently conducted an exercise on Plum Island, N.Y. to test grid recovery following a staged cyberattack on a U.S. power grid.
The Liberty Eclipse Phase II exercise is the fourth and largest simulated cyberattack that DARPA has conducted us... Read More »
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) approved its Three‑Year Energy Efficiency Plan for electric and gas distribution companies.
The plan includes energy saving targets via the Mass Save program designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions and ultimately provide $8 billion in cust... Read More »
As Tampa Electric Co. (TECO) sets out to replace street lights and concert their traditional lighting into modern LEDs for greater efficiency, they have also tapped Itron, Inc. to provide a smart street lighting solution.
That solution would allow the more than 260,000 smart photocells to be ins... Read More »
Arizona Public Service (APS) officials said the utility's residential customers should soon expect lower bills of more than $3 on average.
APS customers would begin experiencing the savings this month as a result of more sales of electricity to other western states via an innovative energy tradin... Read More »
ExxonMobil, Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (Plains), and Lotus Midstream, LLC recently announced they formalized the previously announced Wink to Webster Pipeline LLC Joint Venture (JV) and ordered approximately 650 miles of domestically sourced 36-inch-diameter line pipe.
The common-carrier... Read More »
Non-utility customers purchased a record 4,203 megawatts (MW) of wind power capacity in 2018 through Power Purchase Agreements (PPA), according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) U.S. Wind Industry Fourth Quarter 2018 Market Report.
The new record for contracted wind capacity from non... Read More »