Black Hills Energy upgrades eight-mile transmission line in Rapid City
Black Hills Energy recently completed a project to replace the eight-mile electric transmission line in Rapid City, S.D. The replacement of the 55-year-old line will improve the safety and reliability of the regional electric grid. Work on the project began in June 2020 and end in May 2021. ... Read More »Xcel Energy to complete $23.5M Texas substation project by mid-November
Xcel Energy is investing $23.5 million into grid upgrades around Hereford, Texas, shoring up reliability for large agribusiness along the Highway 60 corridor and making room for future growth. The bulk of the investment will go into the new Tierra Blanca substation, located south of Highway 60 an... Read More »National Labs unite to study large-scale hydrogen storage under $6.75M federal grant
Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNNL), and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) will receive $6.75 million from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) to consider large-scale hydrogen storage for the next three years. ... Read More »Credit: Central Maine Power
Maine governor scuttles public vote on consumer-owned electric utility
Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoed a bill that would have held a public vote in the fall on a controversial plan to replace the state’s two investor-owned utilities (IOUs) with a single consumer-owned power company to provide electricity to most of the state. Mills said she still had serious concern... Read More »Jen Easterly