A new report from the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) outlines how Puerto Rico is working to meet the challenges of updating its grid and becoming energy independent. Part of the solution could be microreactors.
The challenges of maintaining Puerto Rico’s electrical system were underscored in ... Read More »
Since its peak in 2007 of 1.1 billion short tons, U.S. coal consumption has declined by almost half to 590 million short tons (MMst) in 2019, reported the U.S. Energy Information Administration in its Quarterly Coal Report.
The electric power industry now accounts for the vast majority of domesti... Read More »
Hawaiian Electric announced plans this week to seek information from owners of land or even large rooftops and parking lots on the islands of Oahu, Hawaii Island, Maui, and Molokai to jumpstart a transition to clean energy and aid in economic recovery.
Parcels as small as one acre and rooftops wi... Read More »
With unemployment figures still rising and the COVID-19 pandemic continuing without relief, Dominion Energy Ohio announced this week that it would increase support to programs for customers in need, provide payment flexibility and waive both deposit fees and late fees.
The greater push for paymen... Read More »
Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) was cleared to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after lining up the financing necessary to settle billions of dollars in claims stemming from a series of wildfires in its northern California service territory.
A federal bankruptcy judge in San Francisco appr... Read More »
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) launched a database with carbon emissions intensity rates for delivered electricity that can be accessed by corporate customers.
To develop this new database, EEI, working with member companies, corporate customers, and the World Resources Institute (WRI), dev... Read More »
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has created a new task force focused on emergency preparedness, recovery, and resiliency.
The Presidential Task Force on Emergency Preparedness, Recovery and Resiliency was established in response to recent extreme weather event... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $65 million for various nuclear energy research, crosscutting technology development, facility access, and infrastructure projects.
Specifically, the DOE made awards to 93 organizations in 28 states through the Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP), ... Read More »
In September, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will assemble a technical conference for wholesale power markets, to address how these competitive markets can cost-effectively reach carbon emissions reduction goals through carbon pricing.
That meeting will be open to the public and... Read More »
Both ComEd and Ameren Illinois have released new measures to support customers struggling amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as a result of cooperation with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) and stakeholders.
For ComEd, this took the form of an ICC-approved customer support package that will extend... Read More »