The United States is already running at the head of the pack in the race to cut greenhouse gas emissions as it rejoins the Paris Agreement, leaders of the energy industry said this week.
The industry was largely supportive of President Joe Biden’s statement move on his first day in office, whic... Read More »
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) launched a new report that outlines its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals.
The PSEG ESG Performance Report includes stats on its sustainability and ESG goals, vehicle fleet electrification, waste reduction, as well as an overview of its COVID... Read More »
National Grid Renewables sold the Springfield Solar project in Dodge County, Wisc., to Alliant Energy.
Springfield Solar is a planned 100 megawatt (MW) solar energy project that is part of Alliant Energy’s plan to build more than 1,000 MW of solar projects in Wisconsin by 2023. The 100 MW Sprin... Read More »
With fuel costs on the rise, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that generation from natural gas-fired power plants will decline for the first time since 2017, by about 8 percent this year.
This follows a year of the lowest natural gas prices in decades, at a 2020 nominal... Read More »
Dominion Energy acquired the 150 MW Hardin solar generating facility in Hardin County, Ohio, from Invenergy this week, taking on a new operation that will allow it, in turn, to supply electricity to Facebook under a long-term power purchase agreement.
The agreement had been signed before the pro... Read More »
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) recently issued an order in Kentucky Power’s rate case, approving the first base rate increase to the residential class since 2015.
In July 2020, Kentucky Power had filed an application seeking an annual increase in its electric revenues of $70.1 mi... Read More »
A new paper from the research arm of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) posits that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) should reassess its long-established theories of regulation.
The paper, "Whither the FERC?: Overcoming the Existential Threat to I... Read More »
Duke Energy Florida (DEF) filed a proposal with the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) to modernize the grid, advance clean energy, and set new rates for the next three years.
The agreement includes roughly $5 billion in investments over the next three years to modernize the electric grid, ... Read More »
In a plan approved by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (PSC), Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power will provide approximately $13 million in Fresh Start financial assistance funds to customers struggling to pay their bills as of Jan. 15, 2021, with reduced restrictions.
The Fresh St... Read More »
In an open letter, U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette urged state and territorial governments to move critical energy infrastructure workers further up the priority chain for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
This, he urged, should apply to public and private sector alike, be they workers... Read More »