Health benefits company Anthem has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with solar developer SunEnergy for the output from a new 20-megawatt solar field in Hanover County, Virginia.
The Hanover County solar field is expected to be fully operational later this year. Anthem also has a similar ... Read More »
As part of a major new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between Sandia National Laboratories and PNM announced this week, the partners will work to advance energy storage, solar photovoltaics, power electronics, artificial intelligence, and sensor technologies, among others.
Through... Read More »
Amid record summer heat in Illinois, Exelon Generation reports that all six of its nuclear plants ran around the clock, at near full power, to keep the lights on for approximately 11 million homes and businesses in the state over three months.
"Our nuclear facilities are among the most reliable p... Read More »
Despite disruptions from Hurricane Laura and uncertainty related to the pandemic, the United States remained a net energy exporter in August, according to the American Petroleum Institute (API).
API’s August 2020 Monthly Statistical Report and Q3 2020 Industry Outlook said imports of crude oil ... Read More »
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved a final rule allowing distributed energy resource (DER) aggregators to compete in all regional wholesale electric markets.
DERs range from electric storage and intermittent generation to distributed generation, demand response, energy effic... Read More »
Signaling a push toward innovative energy options, the Dayton Power & Light Company (DP&L), a subsidiary of The AES Corporation, announced plans to build a Smart Operations Center in Ohio this week.
"The transition to a cleaner, more efficient energy future depends in large part on the adoption o... Read More »
With the passing of Category 2 Hurricane Sally through the Gulf Coast, utilities have had their work cut out for them in dealing with power outages, but as of last night, crews from various utilities had restored power to nearly 299,000 customers, 51 percent of those affected.
The outages came a... Read More »
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing to consider the nominations of Mark Christie and Allison Clements to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
“Decisions that FERC Commissioners make matter—not only to the energy sector but to the nation,” U.S. Sen... Read More »
Duke Energy is looking to roll out a new program in the Carolinas called Solar Choice Net Metering, which credits small customers with rooftop solar arrays for excess electricity they generate and provide to Duke Energy via the grid.
The program is designed to provide pricing and incentive option... Read More »
A new report released this week by the nonprofit Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative (SECC) highlighted consumer views on energy-related behaviors and decision-making, as well as on their providers.
“As technology and massive amounts of data are now available about consumer behavior, consumers ... Read More »