The American Petroleum Institute (API) testified before the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) at a hearing on a proposed rule to establish processes for benefit-cost analyses (BCA) for significant rulemakings conducted under the CAA.
Specifically, the proposal, “Increasing Consistency and Tra... Read More »
AEP Energy, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for 400 MW of renewable energy from the Panther Grove Wind Energy Facility in Woodford County, Ill.
The agreement was reached between AEP Energy and an affiliate of Copenhagen Infrastructure Par... Read More »
Touting the investment as a potential boost to Hawaii’s recovery from COVID-19, Hawaiian Electric announced last week that its planned 29 gid-scale renewable energy projects on four islands will represent between $3.5-4 billion for the economy.
Of those projects, 14 are currently underway on O... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a report assessing the opportunities for energy-related growth in the Appalachian region.
The report -- titled “Appalachian Energy and Petrochemical Renaissance: An Assessment of Economic Progress and Opportunities” – indicates the potential for ... Read More »
Residential electricity sales in the United States increased 8 percent in April compared with April 2019, while the commercial and industrial sectors saw decreases of 11 percent and 9 percent in April, reported the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA).
The reason for these numbers rel... Read More »
A coalition of more than two dozen energy industry groups wrote the regional transmission organization PJM Interconnection LLC this week to implore it to continue examining carbon pricing for its market, both in terms of policy options and their implications.
The letter was in response to ongoin... Read More »
With the pending retirement of the Mystic Generating Station in 2024, the Independent System Operators-NE (ISO-NE) required new means to maintain grid reliability in the Boston area, and this week, its solution was the Ready Path Solution, created by Eversource and Nation Grid.
From a review of 3... Read More »
The Tennessee Public Utility Commission has ordered private-investor owned utilities in its jurisdiction to continue to suspend the disconnection of utility services for nonpayment of bills.
The disconnection suspension applies to all private-investor owned natural gas, electric, water, and waste... Read More »
Dominion Energy installed two 12-megawatt turbines for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project located 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach.
This the first offshore wind farm to be approved by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and installed in federal waters. It is... Read More »
Following the decline in demand brought about by stay-at-home orders and the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that the nation’s commercial crude oil inventories reached an all-time high in June at 541 million barrels.
That figure held as of the week of... Read More »