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Maine’s Versant Power provides relief for customers
Maine’s Versant Power is distributing roughly $5 million in relief to low-income customers in northern and eastern Maine. Versant Power, working with the Maine State Housing Authority and the Office of Public Advocate, will ensure all customers who have been deemed eligible for the 2020 federal... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/shutterstock_789727018-1-300x217.jpg)
Legislation seeks to develop carbon removal technology
A bill introduced in Congress this week looks to advance the research and development of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technology. The Carbon Removal, Efficient Agencies, Technology Expertise (CREATE) Act seeks to do this by directing federal agencies to include CDR development as part of their a... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/shutterstock_1211704798-1-300x225.jpg)
AEP Energy to purchase all output from 50 MW Columbus Solar Park
With a signed letter of intent, AEP Energy Partners has signaled a desire to purchase all 50 MW of energy output from the BQ Energy Development, LLC, developed Columbus Solar Park in Ohio. The Columbus Solar Park should be operational by December 2022 and bring with it the ability to power appro... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/shutterstock_1103707850-300x169.jpg)
CenterPoint Energy seeks to minimize methane emissions in Minnesota through new vacuum pump procedure
CenterPoint Energy is taking a unique approach to tackling methane emissions and other potential environmental and safety hazards for natural gas pipelines in Minnesota, with a procedure based on vacuum pump technology. “A key benefit of vacuum purging is that it helps avoid methane emissions w... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/shutterstock_526986238-300x193.jpg)
Ameren gets set to transform into a clean energy machine
Having reached its carbon-reduction Paris Agreement objectives five years early, Ameren Corp. has decided to upgrade its carbon emissions plans, going net-zero CO2 company-wide by 2050 and expanding solar and wind generation — goals aimed at essentially transforming the utility into a clean energy... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/shutterstock_1521195122-300x141.jpg)
U.S. utility-scale battery storage costs dropped thousands of dollars per kWh between 2015-2018
A new report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that the average energy capacity costs of utility-scale battery storage for the United States has been in a major downward spiral, dropping from $2,152 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in 2015 to $625/kWh in 2018. That is a nearly 70 perc... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/shutterstock_1501235690-300x169.jpg)
EPRI joins Global Power System Transformation Consortium to help break hurdles to renewable energy
The Global Power System Transformation Consortium (G-PST) gained a new member this week to support its efforts to remove barriers to renewable energy integration, in the form of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The consortium seeks to identify technology solutions and coordinate effo... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/shutterstock_1809405256-300x200.jpg)
Florida Power and Light touts $5B spent on grid reliability efforts over last 15 years
In response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Wilma in 2005, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) began investing in the grid, looking to make it smarter and more resilient in the face of successive storms, an effort the company now says has benefited from $5 billion. In Wilma's wake, this f... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/shutterstock_768557374-300x200.jpg)