Georgia Power is working with Georgia Tech to open a 1.4 MW microgrid project in Atlanta.
The microgrids will be located in Tech Square at Spring and 5th streets in Metro Atlanta. The Tech Square Microgrid is being used to evaluate how a microgrid can effectively integrate into and operate as pa... Read More »
The Alliance to Save Energy is among a collation of organizations calling on Congress to fund energy efficiency programs at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Further, the organizations are seeking increased funding for the Environmental Protection... Read More »
Advancing the next phase of its Smart Energy Future Plan, CenterPoint Energy last week filed an application with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) to replace portions of its coal-fired generation fleet with two natural gas combustion turbines.
The turbines would be combined in a ne... Read More »
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) joined forces last week to create a joint new federal-state task force charged with exploring electric transmission.
NARUC will nominate up to 10 state regulators to join the ... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) received nearly 100 replies to a Request for Information (RFI) the agency published in April pertaining to steps that electric utilities and government agencies could take to continue protecting the electric power system from foreign threats.
A core concern is ... Read More »
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is working with the Metropolitan Energy Center (MEC) to install electric vehicle charging units on existing streetlights in Kansas City, Mo.
The streetlight charging stations will be open to the public and be available for anyone to use. They will b... Read More »
As Florida Power & Light Company exits operation of its last coal-fired power plants, it is ramping up the development of additional solar and clean energy power facilities.
At the end of 2020, FPL officially closed its last coal-fired plant in Florida at Indiantown.... Read More »
As Congress continues debates over infrastructure needs, the California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA) and more than 50 California energy storage companies wrote lawmakers in a plea for a new storage investment tax credit to be included in any future legislation.
“As you consider clean energy a... Read More »
The initial step in AES Ohio’s digital transformation efforts was greenlit by the Public Utility Commission of Ohio (PUCO) this week, which approved a settlement involving plans to invest $249 million over the next four years into a variety of capital projects on the grid.
Phase one of the AES... Read More »
The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a four-year microgrid pilot program for Tampa Electric Company (TECO) this week.
The pilot program includes battery storage and solar photovoltaic equipment at customer residences.
The system will be designed to operate independently while ... Read More »