Portland General Electric (PGE) and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs this week agreed to extend a partnership agreement for the Pelton Round Butte low-impact hydropower facility for another 16 years.
Pelton Round Butte consists of three dams sitting on a 20-mile stretch of the Deschutes Ri... Read More »
Utility regulators are a key to the development of expansive – and expensive – plans to prepare the United States for the harrowing prospect of a “black sky” catastrophe, which would likely leave millions of Americans without electricity and other vital utility services for days or even week... Read More »
Seeking to maintain and grow the U.S. energy sector, its infrastructure, and supply chains while reducing carbon emissions, a bipartisan group of senators reintroduced the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act (ANIA) last week.
Sponsors of the new incarnation of the bill include U.S. Sens. Shelley ... Read More »
A program floated by Nicor Gas -- the Renewable Gas Interconnection Pilot -- received approval from the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) earlier this month, paving the way for new renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities to be interconnected.
By encouraging the development of RNG production facil... Read More »
The Vineyard Wind offshore wind project in Massachusetts has entered into a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) with the Massachusetts Building Trades and local union affiliates to start construction.
With this agreement, construction is expected to start later this year on Vineyard Wind 1, an 800 mega... Read More »
PSEG Long Island finished its upgrades to a 10.6-mile transmission line between East Shoreham and Riverside on Long Island, NY.
The Wildwood to Riverhead Conversion Project started in January 2020, with Phase 2 beginning in January 2021. The line was upgraded to handle 138kV, and improvements wer... Read More »
As General Motors works to accelerate the electrification of its fleet, the automobile giant has named Duke Energy subsidiary eTransEnergy as a preferred provider for fleet electrification, sealing its place in the electric transition effort known as the GM Ultium Charge 360 service.
“GM’s Ul... Read More »
Under a deal approved last week by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Pacific Power will transfer ownership of four hydroelectric dams, known as the Lower Klamath Project, to the Klamath River Renewal Corporation.
The settlement agreement provides a framework to decommission the f... Read More »
Working to keep in line with the analyses of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, Dominion Energy issued an updated climate report last week that highlighted new paths for it to reach net zero carbon and methane emissions by 2050.
Dominion Energy runs gas and electric businesses in 16 states. I... Read More »
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) approved a nine-year program to support electric vehicle charging infrastructure installation in the state.
PURA established a statewide Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Program that provides a combination of incentives for infrastructure... Read More »