West Virginia utilities offering business discounts
As an added incentive to attract new or expanding businesses to West Virginia, Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power are offering a discount on their electric service. The new rate applies to new or existing customers who have new demand of 500 kilowatts (kW) or more and create at least 10 jobs o... Read More »Oak Ridge, Los Alamos labs join utility EPB to demonstrate next-gen grid security
A partnership between the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Labs at Oak Ridge and Los Alamos and the utility/telecommunications company EPB is putting a new type of secure communication into action for U.S. electricity suppliers. The three partners have demonstrated the effectiveness o... Read More »Natural gas proved reliable during polar vortex
The U.S. natural gas industry proved reliable and resilient during the polar vortex that put portions of the country into a deep freeze from Jan. 26 through Feb. 2. “Natural gas was reliably and safely delivered throughout the country to customers that surely needed it. The entire value chain... Read More »Portland General Electric, NextEra to construct clean energy facility in Oregon
Portland General Electric Company and NextEra Energy Resources will join forces to construct a new clean energy facility in Eastern Oregon. The facility -- called the Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility -- will generate 300 megawatts of wind power, 50 megawatts of solar generation, and 30 megaw... Read More »Ameren Missouri launches five-year plan to modernize grid
Ameren Missouri is launching a major, five-year effort to modernize the energy grid and enhance how customers receive electricity. The company’s $5.3 billion Smart Energy Plan includes more than 2,000 electric projects over the next five years, making it the largest infrastructure upgrade plan... Read More »Credit: Dominion Energy
Dominion seeks to halve methane emissions in natgas infrastructure 10 years
Dominion Energy is pledging to reduce its methane emissions from its natural gas infrastructure by 50 percent by 2030, the Richmond, Va.-based utility said on Feb. 12. Dominion aims to reduce methane emissions by 50 percent of 2010 levels to an estimated total of about 430,000 metric tons. The co... Read More »Sen. Lisa Murkowski