The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Vehicle Technologies Office signed on Jan. 17 a five-year memorandum of understanding to collaborate on electric transportation research, development, demonstr... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasted in the January 2020 update of its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) that U.S. crude oil production will continue to grow but at a slower rate.
EIA forecasted that U.S. crude oil production will average 13.3 million barrels per day (b/d) i... Read More »
Antin Infrastructure Partners has created a new brand called Vicinity Energy, a district energy provider.
Vicinity Energy was created from Antin’s purchase of Veolia North America’s district energy assets in the United States. The company is comprised of central energy plants and associated d... Read More »
Duke Energy Florida recently announced the launch of two new solar power plants.
One is the Twin Rivers Solar Power Plant in Hamilton County, Fla. This 74.9-megawatt (MW) facility will consist of approximately 235,000 tracking solar panels, which will produce enough electricity to power about 23,... Read More »
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Jan. 23 endorsed the continued work of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and approved two reliability standards.
In the NERC 2019 Five-Year Performance Assessment (RR19-7-000), FERC recognized that the corporation “cont... Read More »
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), an American Electric Power company, recently reached a settlement agreement with the Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) General Staff, the Office of Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge and Walmart, Inc. regarding a proposal by SWEPCO to acquire ... Read More »
The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) and its Electric Grid Ontology Task Force released a tool that provides a model to discuss current and future smart grid technologies unambiguously.
Smart grid interoperability standards and deployment require a universal vocabulary and framework to defin... Read More »
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) released a white paper that examines the impacts of changes in the electricity generation mix on operating coal-fired power plants.
Over the past two years, about 30 gigawatts of coal capacity having retired. The report, called ... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will invest nearly $300 million for research and development of sustainable transportation resources and technologies.
This investment supports the DOE’s goal of ensuring that consumers have affordable, clean, and efficient transportation options.
“As w... Read More »
Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company (LG&E and KU) filed with the Kentucky Public Service Commission on Jan. 23 for the approval of three solar energy agreements in Kentucky.
The filing includes a renewable power agreement with Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, I... Read More »