Southern Company Gas has taken ownership of the Meadow Branch Landfill Methane Recovery Facility from its sister company PowerSecure.
The renewable natural gas facility in Athens, Tenn., will now be operated by Southern Company Gas Renewables, a new subsidiary of Southern Company Gas. The compan... Read More »
The 5,500-mile Colonial Pipeline, the largest pipeline in the United States, was hit with a cybersecurity attack on May 7.
The Colonial Pipeline Company, which is owned by a conglomerate of companies, reported that it was a ransomware attack. As soon as the attack was discovered, officials took ... Read More »
Maine lawmakers have again proposed creating a new nonprofit, consumer-owned electric utility to replace two investor-owned utilities in the state, a move the electric companies say would cost billions of dollars to implement and delay the state reaching its clean energy goals.
Central Maine Pow... Read More »
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved the merger of PNM Resources, including its Texas utility subsidiary, Texas-New Mexico Power Company (TNMP), with Avangrid.
The merger has already received many federal regulatory approvals from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)... Read More »
The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) approved an agreement between Duke Energy Florida and other parties on customer rates through 2024.
The agreement includes base-rate increases of $67.25 million in 2022, $48.93 million in 2023, and $79.2 million in 2024. Further, it contains caveats tha... Read More »
A plan to support state economic recovery efforts through a $40 million investment into solar energy at Minnesota Power received unanimous approval from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) last week.
The effort will culminate in three projects: a 9.6 MW array at the Laskin Energy Cent... Read More »
A joint development agreement signed between Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc. and Puget Sound Energy will see the two collaborate on the development of projects and technologies concerning battery storage and green hydrogen storage.
Mitsubishi is one of the first to offer hydrogen-enabled gas tur... Read More »
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) is selling its PSEG Solar Source portfolio to Quattro Solar, an affiliate of LS Power.
The deal includes the sale of Solar Source’s 467-megawatt-dc portfolio across 25 solar facilities located across the country. The sale is part of PSEG’s Strategic Alt... Read More »
PPL Corp. is looking to acquire The Narragansett Electric Company from National Grid USA.
The companies both submitted filings this week with the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers. The request follows PPL’s announcement in March that it had planned to acquire Narragansett E... Read More »
In an effort to add resiliency to the Clay County grid, Ameren Illinois began this week the two-year construction of a $33 million Louisville, Ill., transmission substation.
The first step is grading and foundation work across the 16-acre site adjacent to the current Louisville South Substation. ... Read More »