A recently released report from Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG) has recommended that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) undertake rulemaking to expand the nation’s transmission capacity.
The report, “Planning for the Future: FERC’s Opportunity to Spur More Cost-Effecti... Read More »
The state of America’s energy industry is solid, growing and generally on board with calling for bipartisanship in Congress to keep it headed in that direction, according to panelists during the Jan. 28 session of the 17th Annual State of the Energy Industry Forum hosted by the U.S. Energy Associa... Read More »
The Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G) got the go-ahead from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to develop electric vehicle charging infrastructure in New Jersey.
With this approval, PSE&G, the state’s largest utility, plans to invest $166 million over the next six years to buil... Read More »
A new analysis created by researchers at the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the University of San Francisco (USF), and the consulting firm Evolved Energy Research contends that carbon neutral is not only feasible but affordable, by 2050.
If th... Read More »
The Alamitos battery energy storage system (BESS) commenced operations this week in California, care of the AES Corporation, providing up to 400 MWh of energy to Southern California Edison (SCE) and pushing the state closer to its carbon free energy goals.
BESS is a stand-alone energy storage fac... Read More »
Several major power sector organizations expressed support for clean energy and climate change directives advanced by President Joe Biden through his executive orders on Wednesday.
Tom Kuhn, president of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), welcomed the president’s actions to “address climate... Read More »
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Center for Partnerships & Innovation released a report on emerging stakeholder engagement strategies used by public utility commissions.
Emerging stakeholder engagement processes gather input from diverse perspectives to enable info... Read More »
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will transfer roughly 2.5 million eligible residential electric customers in Northern and Central California to a new time-of-use rate plan to conserve energy.
Specifically, they will be moved to a time-of-use rate plan between April 2021 and March 2022... Read More »
As of March 1, Black Hills Energy will increase its rates by $10.7 million to cover investments in safety, reliability, and system integrity for its natural gas service in Nebraska.
The result will be monthly bill increases of around $4.02 for average residential customers and a more variable com... Read More »
New natural gas infrastructure being pursued by the National Carbon Capture Center reached a major milestone this week as it underwent its first fire to guarantee start-up and operational capabilities.
The system is a carbon capture testing operation for natural gas, consisting of a natural gas-f... Read More »