California and Massachusetts rank Nos. 1 and 2 in energy efficiency according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) 2020 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard.
The report examines the energy saving policies and programs each state has adopted through July, scoring states... Read More »
With the addition of power from the Nobles 2 wind project, approximately half of the electricity provided to Minnesota Power customers now comes from renewable sources, making it the first Minnesota utility to achieve that level of green progress.
“We are committed to advancing a sustainable fu... Read More »
The December Capacity Demand and Reserves (CDR) report, released this week by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), notes that new generation resources are being quickly added to the region, resulting in bolstered planning reserves for the next five years.
A major contributor to this... Read More »
A panel of energy experts called on Congress and federal agencies Thursday to expand government assistance efforts and to help broaden public support for decarbonization, as the new administration and Congress beckons in the new year.
Norm Augustine, former chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin, sa... Read More »
Exelon utility subsidiary PECO Energy Co. awaits a decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on whether its millions of customers will retain the option to allow the investor-owned utility to continue universally installing smart meters in its service territory.
The state Commonwealth Court rule... Read More »
U.S. solar companies installed 3.8 gigawatts (GW) of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in the third quarter, a 9 percent jump from the prior quarter, according to the U.S. Solar Market Insight Q4 2020 report issued by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie.
The repor... Read More »
PJM Interconnection, the regional transmission organization (RTO) serving Midwestern and Eastern states, conducted an exercise to test responses to a simulated pipeline outage in winter weather.
The drill was done with Enbridge Texas Eastern Pipeline and gas distribution divisions from UGI Utilit... Read More »
A new report from the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA) this week revealed that the average monthly electricity bill for residential customers dropped around $3, or 1.8 percent, in 2019, despite electricity prices having risen 14 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh).
The figures, cal... Read More »
While resources are fundamentally changing the power grid like wind and solar, the growth of distributed energy resources (DER), and the retirement of old resources, a new report from the North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) found that in all but two areas, capacity should meet demand over ... Read More »
A considerably larger and more complex electric grid will be needed if California plans to meet the challenge of completely eliminating carbon emissions in the next 25 years, Southern California Edison (SCE) said in a newly released white paper.
About $170 billion will be required to ramp-up sola... Read More »