The U.S. House of Representatives passed three bills this week that seek to improve energy cybersecurity.
The House passed the Energy Emergency Leadership Act (H.R. 3119), introduced by U.S. Reps. Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), would elevate energy emergency and cybersecurity resp... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) held a roundtable this week to discuss the findings of a new report on employment trends in the energy sector.
The roundtable discussion was called Investing in America’s Energy Sector: An Opportunity to Recover and Build Back Better, which was based on the f... Read More »
Exelon reported this week that its four nuclear plants servicing Chicago and northern Illinois are approaching 41 years -- 15,000 consecutive days -- of continuous service, providing more than two-thirds of the state’s carbon-free energy along the way.
“The workers at our plants are the best ... Read More »
Pushing back against the string of cybersecurity threats instigated this year, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued a new Security Directive this week that requires owners and operators of critical pipelines to roll out urgent cyber protections.
“I’m pleased to see tod... Read More »
Large-scale electrification of fleets across the country will help governments and private entities reduce harmful emissions, but experts say achieving that will require coordinated responses from policymakers, utility companies and corporations.
A diverse group of stakeholders discussed the adva... Read More »
There’s a technical interdependence between the production of natural gas and the production of electricity, which in many states each rely on the other to be produced, a situation increasingly impacted by the ongoing and more frequent assault of extreme weather on both systems.
Think about wha... Read More »
Experts say microgrids, which can help keep the grid energized in the event of a broad power outage, are ready to advance, but their deployment is complicated by questions of market price, valuation and who exactly stands to benefit from them.
“Microgrids are part of the resilience toolbox for ... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Association (USEA) recently published a guide to help companies in the power sector deal with cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and risks.
The Electricity Sector Cybersecurity and Digitalization Handbook was developed from a 17-part cybersecurity webinar series hosted by US... Read More »
According to a new report, the U.S. power sector saw the largest annual decrease in carbon dioxide emissions ever in 2020.
Carbon dioxide emissions fell 10 percent in 2020 compared to 2019, the largest year-over-year decrease since the Benchmarking Air Emissions of the 100 Largest Electric Power ... Read More »
Solar is breathing new life into vacant old sites in Michigan this week, with the announcement from Consumers Energy that its Cadillac Solar Gardens has begun operations on a former brownfield site.
The Cadillac facility will generate nearly half a megawatt of electricity, or 500,000 watts, provi... Read More »