Talen Energy announced that it will eliminate coal use at all its facilities as it transforms its assets and business model toward an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) focused future.
As part of this effort, Talen's Montour facility in Pennsylvania and Brandon Shores and H.A. Wagner faci... Read More »
Ameren Illinois intends to forego approximately $48.7 million in revenue next year, cutting rates for its customers for the third consecutive year and shaving around $12 per year off the delivery portion of electric bills for its average residential customers.
The new rates are set to take effect... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has proposed two directives addressing the safety and reliability of powerline operations therein to better protect national forests and grasslands
“Our nation’s forests and grasslands provide an important link in delivering electricity t... Read More »
The U.S. House of Representatives approved four bills this week that promote energy-efficiency, education, and conservation.
The Reliable Investment in Vital Energy Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3361), introduced by Reps. David McKinley (R-WV), Paul Tonko (D-NY), and David Loebsack (D-IA), would rea... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the U.S. energy sector could be 11 percent lower in 2020 than in 2019.
EIA’s December Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) report said CO2 emissions are expected to fall by 19 percent for coal, 13 pe... Read More »
Through a joint venture known as Align Renewable Natural Gas, Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods, Inc. have completed their first cooperative renewable natural gas (RNG) project in Utah, leading to RNG production from a network of 26 family hog farms.
Those farms are currently under contract wi... Read More »
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) signed off on a request from ComEd this week that will see service delivery charges decrease by $14 million in 2021.
The decrease will be compared to rates as they stood this past January and follows an eight-month-long proceeding. It is the third consecuti... Read More »
Commercial power generation has begun at the Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility in Eastern Oregon, Portland General Electric (PGE) recently announced.
Wheatridge is a 300-megawatt wind farm that will be one of the first large-scale energy facilities in the United States to combine wind, solar, ... Read More »
ISO New England expects to have enough supplies and resources to meet New England’s electric needs this winter.
ISO New England, operator of the region’s power grid, says demand will peak at 20,166 megawatts (MW) under normal weather conditions, which is 1.5 percent lower than the 2019-20 for... Read More »
Come spring next year, Alliant Energy intends to begin construction of a 1 MW community solar project in Wisconsin and finish it within the same year.
The project marks Alliant’s first foray into community solar and will be located near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, along the side of a highway. An e... Read More »