Congress members from Alaska are urging the Department of the Interior to finalize the supplemental environmental impact statement for ConocoPhillips’ Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
The Willow project is a multi-billion-dollar development proposed by ConocoPhillips in ... Read More »
The electric utility industry has seats at many tables this spring as the nation begins the tentative process of “reopening” its economy after an unprecedented hard shutdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many states have convened some form of a task force, roundtable, or advisory counci... Read More »
May could prove to be a crucial time for utilities as advocates of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) press Congress to urgently increase funding for the venerable program in the face of rising temperatures and the economic haymaker thrown by the tenacious COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Monday extended the due date for comments in the New England Ratepayers Association’s (NERA) legal challenge of full net metering transactions.
Comments are now due by June 15 in NERA’s petition requesting FERC to “declare that there is exc... Read More »
Voters in Pueblo, Colorado, overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to form a municipal electric utility in a special election on Tuesday, and instead voted to continue the city’s contract with Black Hills Energy.
According to unofficial results Tuesday night, 19,727 voters rejected measure 2A and ... Read More »
Calling for a moratorium on natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Reps. Vicente Gonzales (D-TX), Bill Flores (R-TX), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Jim Costa (D-CA), and Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX) recently forwarded correspondence to the Federal Energy Regulatory ... Read More »
Jumping at an opportunity provided by Ameren Missouri’s economic development incentive rate, the Dollar General Corporation announced this week that it intends to invest $9 million into a new general distribution facility in Berkeley, Mo.
"Ameren Missouri continues to be an active partner with ... Read More »
The State of New Jersey considers solar projects “essential construction projects” during the COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency.
Under Gov. Phil Murphy’s recent executive order, “utility projects, including those necessary for energy and electricity production and transmission and any... Read More »
ALLETE Clean Energy sold passive membership interests in Great American West Wind to JPM Capital in support of the South Peak wind site in Montana.
The Great American West Wind sale generated funding for ALLETE Clean Energy’s Glen Ullin Energy Center wind site in North Dakota. This facility began... Read More »
Thanks to seven new contracts, Southern California Edison (SCE) plans to create 770 megawatts of additional battery-based energy storage resources to the region, marking one of the nation’s largest energy storage additions to date.
“These new emissions-free projects will help us ensure the r... Read More »