The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) handed out industry awards at its winter meeting in Tucson, Arizona this week to power companies that best responded to emergencies.
Three companies were given EEI’s Emergency Recovery Award, which honors extraordinary efforts to restore power to customers af... Read More »
Congressional lawmakers released the framework for a new climate plan that seeks to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas pollution in the United States by 2050.
The Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act details sector-specific solutions to address the clima... Read More »
Superior Pipeline Co. completed the acquisition of about 600 miles of pipeline infrastructure in central Oklahoma.
Specifically, the company acquired gathering pipeline and compression assets. Gathering pipelines transport gases and liquids from the source - like rock formations - to a processin... Read More »
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has helped to establish a new resource library for utility pros for comprehensive electricity planning.
The library was created by NARUC and the National Association of State Energy Officials Task Force on Comprehensive Electric... Read More »
Dominion Energy announced Tuesday that it selected Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy as the preferred turbine supplier for what will be the largest offshore wind power project in the United States.
Dominion chose Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy through a competitive solicitation process based on a ... Read More »
Black Hills Corp. announced Tuesday that its 60-megawatt Busch Ranch II wind project in southern Colorado and the 35-mile Natural Bridge pipeline in eastern Wyoming have begun commercial operations.
Black Hills Corp.’s power generation segment, Black Hills Electric Generation, LLC, developed th... Read More »
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) highlighted its goals Monday for the solar industry in the 2020s, which it has declared the Solar+ Decade.
“The 2010s were filled with more highs than lows, and the solar industry is in a strong position to become the leading source of new energy g... Read More »
Duke Energy Renewables announced Monday that its 200-megawatt (MW) Mesteño Windpower project in Starr County, Texas started commercial operation on Dec. 31, 2019.
The energy produced by the project will be sold into the ERCOT market. Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke En... Read More »
U.S. electric companies have installed 98 million smart meters through the end of 2019, according to a new report from the Institute for Electric Innovation (IEI).
The report – Electric Company Smart Meter Deployments: Foundation for a Smart Grid -- projects that the number of installed smart m... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently selected 16 projects to receive approximately $25 million in federal funding to advance natural gas infrastructure technology development.
The selected projects are working to develop tools, methods, and technologies to improve the safety and efficien... Read More »