The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will award $25 million in funding for 10 projects that develop systems that look at the delivery risk of power plants.
The initiative is part of the DOE’s Performance-based Energy Resource Feedback, Optimization, and Risk Management, or PERFORM, program. Thes... Read More »
Ameren Illinois announced plans to modernize its natural gas transmission pipeline running through central and southern Illinois with work on a major line in Macon County beginning in June.
Crews will arrive in the Decatur, Ill., area that month to install the last one-mile stretch of 10-inch st... Read More »
Under a new proposal submitted by Minnesota Power last week, customers could see a rate increase from November 2019 rolled back and refunds issued across the board, as the utility attempts to address economic fallout caused by COVID-19.
Back in November last year, Minnesota filed for a rate incre... Read More »
A new report from the U.S. Nuclear Fuel Working Group of the Department of Energy envisions a world where the United States is once again at the helm of the world’s nuclear energy if the country follows several avenues to revive uranium capabilities and push forward technologically.
In all, the... Read More »
Hawaiian Electric is set to expand massively beyond the 8-megawatt limitation of its first phase community-based renewable energy program, thanks to approvals from the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission.
The second phase of the program would see a leap from that 8 MW to 235 MW of renewable gener... Read More »
The Polaris Wind park in Gratiot County, Mich., became operational recently and is now providing clean energy to more than 64,000 homes.
The wind park – the largest in Michigan -- features 68 turbines and generates 168 megawatts. It is owned and operated by Detroit-based DTE Energy. It is the ... Read More »
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) reviewed the reliability considerations and operational preparedness during the coronavirus pandemic in a new report.
The report – titled Pandemic Preparedness and Operational Assessment: Spring 2020 – funds that while the pandemic introduc... Read More »
Pueblo, Colorado will consider establishing its own municipal electric utility and ending its contract with Black Hills Energy in a May 5 referendum, a lengthy and complex endeavor that would require significant acquisition costs and lead to higher utility bills.
A Sept. 2019 feasibility study co... Read More »
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), which represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies, on Thursday said it plans to closely monitor the implementation of new rules unanimously adopted on Thursday by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) making the entire 1,200 megahertz of spectrum ... Read More »
Several U.S. Senators are calling on Trump administration officials to act swiftly to make loans available to domestic energy producers.
“We face a real and present danger of seeing hundreds, if not thousands of oil producers shuttering, an event that will profoundly and negatively impact the i... Read More »