A new partnership announced this week will see Xcel Energy purchase low-emission intensity natural gas for use in Colorado as produced by Crestone Peak Resources and certified by Project Canary.
Driven by increased usage of environment, social and governance (ESG) information for sustainable nat... Read More »
The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) approved this week two battery storage projects proposed by Potomac Edison.
A response to the Maryland Energy Storage Pilot Program, the projects would consist of one 1.75 MW battery project in Allegany County and a second 500 kW battery at the Maryla... Read More »
Protect Our Power, a nonprofit group promoting grid security, is calling on the Biden administration and Congress to make grid security and resilience a top priority in pending infrastructure legislation.
The organization's renewed call was made more urgent by the recent cyberattack on the Coloni... Read More »
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) approved the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project, located off the coast of Massachusetts.
This is a major step for the project as it was the final federal regulatory hurdle it had to clear. With the approval, construction on Vineyard Wind 1, an 80... Read More »
Hawaiian Electric is looking for feedback on its strategy to increase the use of rooftop solar and other forms of customer energy resources.
Customer energy resources are technologies and devices on the customer-side of the meter that can alter energy use. The strategy is laid out in Hawaiian El... Read More »
Dominion Energy received approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to renew Surry Power Station's operating licenses for another 20-years.
The power station, located in Surry County, Va., operates two nuclear units that can power 419,000 homes.
"Renewing Surry's licenses for anoth... Read More »
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) earned a $3.9 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) this week to expand a pilot cybersecurity partnership dedicated to information sharing.
After beginning last year, the cybers... Read More »
In response to the record hurricane and wildfire seasons last year, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and its member companies issued a reminder this week for customers to stock, plan, and otherwise prepare early for emergencies that could induce power outages this year.
“Last year’s storm ... Read More »
Ameren Corporation published a series of five reports last week chronicling the frameworks most desired by investors on the path to sustainability, insight into environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters, and the foundation for its net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 plan.
The reports incl... Read More »
A new rate review application pushed by Black Hills Energy last week seeks an increase of roughly $2.27 per month for its average residential Kansas customer bills and renewal of its Gas System Reliability Surcharge (GSRS) to put toward pipeline upgrades and replacements.
Inclusive of federal and... Read More »