The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is investing up to $5.5 million for the collection of geophysical and geotechnical data to determine future offshore wind development sites.
The funding is to look at seabed soil and geological data for the preliminary design... Read More »
Con Edison, in collaboration with ICF and Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, recently released a study evaluating historical and projected climate-driven impacts on Con Edison’s energy delivery systems through the 21st century.
The New York State Public Service Commission... Read More »
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced on Dec. 20 that it reached a settlement in its 2020 General Rate Case (GRC), which funds measures to improve safety and reduce wildfire risk.
The parties involved in the settlement agreement agreed that the California Public Utilities Commission (... Read More »
The United States and Israel have joined together to award funding for seven clean energy projects as part of the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program.
The program is conducted through a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy, Israel’s Ministry of Ener... Read More »
Eaton was awarded a $3 million grant by the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) for research and development initiatives that enables wider adoption of solar power and energy storage.
Eaton, a power management company, will focus on developing a controller for distribu... Read More »
The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing on Dec. 19 to discuss the impacts of wildfires on the reliability of the U.S. electric grid.
During her opening remarks, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), chairman of the committee, discussed last year’s Camp Fire in California.... Read More »
Duke Energy Florida filed with the Florida Public Service Commission last week to recover costs related to its storm response to Hurricane Dorian and Tropical Storm Nestor, both of which occurred in 2019.
Hurricane Dorian resulted in an estimated $171 million in storm costs, while Tropical Storm ... Read More »
Looking for new ways to meet the future demands of the summer 2022-2023 season, El Paso Electric (EPE) has announced a long-term energy supply resource plan based on expanded solar energy, its first utility-scale battery storage effort and a new natural gas fired unit.
Since 2017, EPE has known t... Read More »
The American Petroleum Institute’s (API) recently released Q4 2019 Industry Outlook and November 2019 Monthly Statistical Report hails the nation’s role as a net exporter of total energy.
The analysis also determined as of November the United States produced a record 12.8 million barrels of c... Read More »
Legislation that would advance research and development in electric grid modernization and energy storage was approved on Thursday by the U.S. House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy.
The subcommittee approved three bills, including H.R. 5428, the Grid Modernization Research ... Read More »