A discussion draft released by U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) last week provides practical reforms of the nation’s nuclear waste management policy to better dispose of spent nuclear fuel.
Presently, used up nuclear fuel is scattered across 39 states, as the nation lacks a permanent repository i... Read More »
Avista announced last week it signed an agreement with the California Independent System Operator to participate in the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).
The Western EIM is a real-time energy wholesale market that automatically provides the lowest-cost electricity resources available to meet... Read More »
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), along with Converge Strategies LLC, recently released a report that reviews methodologies for quantifying the value of energy resilience, particularly as it relates to investments in distributed energy resources.
The Value of ... Read More »
A coalition of renewable energy groups told Congressional leaders they are opposed to the Trump Administration’s proposed cuts for energy innovation in the Department of Energy’s FY 2020 Budget.
The Trump Administration has proposed cutting more than $2.4 billion from programs supporting ener... Read More »
New York State is offering $280 million for energy storage projects as part of an initiative to reach the goal of 3,000 megawatts of energy storage by 2030.
It also supports Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Green New Deal, a clean energy and jobs agenda that puts New York State on a path to a carbon-neutral... Read More »
After being recently disconnected from the electrical grid, officials said the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station Unit 2 reactor is again fully functional.
“Our proactive maintenance work will keep Susquehanna generating dependable, carbon-free energy safely and efficiently to meet the needs o... Read More »
This year’s Earth Day saw the introduction of the Marine Oil Spill Prevention Act to the House of Representatives -- an effort to ban oil and gas drilling around Florida’s coast and increase preventative and cleanup measures linked to spills.
The bill was introduced by U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasser... Read More »
The largest solar farm in the state of Tennessee recently began operations at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Mid-South in Millington.
The project is the result of a public-private partnership that included the City of Millington, the U.S. Navy, Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW), Tennessee Valley ... Read More »
Entergy Louisiana and Cleco announced this week that the companies completed a 36-mile, storm-hardened transmission line to improve service reliability for their customers across southeast Louisiana.
The 230-kilovolt (kV) line runs from Gray, Louisiana to Patterson, Louisiana on steel structures ... Read More »
PSEG Long Island won the 2019 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year award for its efforts to lower customers' energy usage and reduce their carbon footprint.
The ENERGY STAR program, administered by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), honors businesses and organizations that have made ou... Read More »