EPRI voices support for American Nuclear Society recommendation to boost nuclear R&D
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) voiced its support for a new report by the American Nuclear Society that examines research and development (R&D) program funding levels inside the U.S. Department of Energy. The report -- titled The U.S. Nuclear R&D Imperative -- outlines the level of... Read More »ComEd reports Future Energy Jobs Act bringing clean energy benefits, savings to customers
The benefits are outweighing any costs of the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA), ComEd reported to the Illinois Commerce Commission last week, saving residential customers an average monthly savings of more than $1.30 between 2017 and 2020. FEJA is a state-enacted law passed in 2016. Its goal is to ... Read More »NIPSCO to retire two Indiana coal-fired units in 2021
Continuing a larger shift away from coal-sourced energy, the Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (NIPSCO) announced last week that it will retire two coal-fired units by the end of 2021, eliminating half of its capacity at the R.M. Schahfer Generating Station. Schahfer’s coal-fired unit... Read More »UGI Utilities in Pennsylvania signs deal for renewable natural gas from landfill
UGI Utilities signed a deal with Archaea Energy for delivery of renewable natural gas from the Keystone Landfill located in Dunmore, Pa. The supply of natural gas will be injected into UGI Utilities’ high-pressure natural gas pipeline serving its distribution system in Lackawanna County. Th... Read More »Indiana Michigan Power to upgrade transmission line in Whitley County
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) plans to invest $43 million to upgrade the electric transmission network in Whitley County, Ind. The Whitley County Transmission Line Rebuild Project will upgrade about 15 miles of 69-kilovolt transmission line. It also includes rebuilding a substation near the inters... Read More »United States exported more petroleum than it imported in 2020, according to EIA
In 2020, the United States exported more petroleum than it imported – marking the first time that has happened, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s February 2021 Short-Term Energy Outlook. However, EIA expects the U.S. to return to being a net petroleum importer in 2021... Read More »Bipartisan Policy Center forms Net Zero Business Alliance to cut emissions by 2050
Pulling together companies from various sectors of U.S. industry, the Bipartisan Policy Center assembled the Net Zero Business Alliance (NZBA) this week, with the stated goal of promoting decarbonization of the economy by 2050. Founding companies include Southern Company, Occidental Petroleum, T... Read More »Credit: Entergy