A proposed reorganization plan for Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and its potential impact on rates will be the topic of discussion at a preliminary hearing before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in October.
The CPUC set the hearing for Oct. 23 at the commission’s offices in San F... Read More »
DTE Energy announced last week that it set a goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions in its electric company by 2050.
This goal builds on the company’s existing commitments to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2030 and by 80 percent by 2040.
"We are fully committed to doing our pa... Read More »
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neil Chatterjee recently announced the topics and several speakers for the first EnVision Forum, which will be held on Oct. 21 at Kroger Field Commonwealth Tower at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
The day-long EnVision Forum, which is ... Read More »
Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Joe Manchin (D-WV), James Risch (R-ID), Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Angus King (I-ME) introduced last week a bill designed to help strengthen the nation’s electric grid.
The Protecting Resources On The Electric grid with Cybersecurity Technology (PROTECT) Act dire... Read More »
With the approval of the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), gas rates are set to rise for customers of Consumers Energy Co.; however, both gas and electric customers will receive more than $1.6 billion in refunds from lowered federal corporate tax rates.
In all, Consumers will provide $1,... Read More »
Dominion Generation of Virginia purchased two solar generating projects from Savion, a subsidiary of Macquarie's Green Investment Group.
The energy generated from these two sites will go to telecommunications company T-Mobile USA, Inc., who has contracted with Dominion for solar energy. The faci... Read More »
The Hawaiian Electric Companies, subsidiaries of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc., issued requests for proposals (RFPs) to procure about 900 megawatts of renewable energy and energy storage.
It is one of the largest single renewable energy procurements undertaken by a U.S. utility and is in lin... Read More »
Solar panels are popping up everywhere, and PPL Electric Utilities says it needs more direct control over how those distributed energy resources (DER) are applied to the energy grid’s always-exacting balancing act.
The utility this month filed a tariff request with the Pennsylvania Public Utili... Read More »
The Exelon Foundation and Exelon Corporation launched Wednesday a $20 million Climate Change Investment Initiative (2c2i) to support startups working on technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change.
The Exelon Foundation will contribute $10 million over the next 10 ... Read More »
The Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) recently released a new report, which found that the majority of small-and-medium business (SMB) customers prefer alternative, time-varying rate plans, while residential customers represent an education opportunity.
The “Rate Design: What Do Consum... Read More »