The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) laid out the first renewable gas standard in the United States last week, marking a major change for California and the gas distribution utility giant SoCalGas, which will need to replace a significant chunk of its product with renewable gas by 2030.... Read More »
Duke Energy Florida recently completed its Park & Plug pilot program, installing 627 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in public spaces and on thoroughfares in Florida.
Duke Energy Florida launched the Park & Plug pilot program in 2018 to expand access to EV charging stations as part of an ... Read More »
Orange & Rockland Utilities (O&R) added approximately 29 megawatts of customer solar power to its electric system in 2021.
This is the second-largest annual increase of customer solar to O&R’s electric system in the past 10 years. Since 2001, O&R customers have completed more than 10,650 projec... Read More »
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming recently formed a coalition to jointly compete for a portion of the $8 billion in federal funding currently offered for the development of regional green hydrogen hubs.
The basis for this clean energy effort was laid in the federal Infrastructure Investmen... Read More »
PPL Corporation received approval from the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers to acquire the Narragansett Electric Co. from National Grid USA.
Based in Allentown, Pa., PPL expects to complete the acquisition in March. The deal is valued at $5.2 billion.
"We're pleased with... Read More »
With approval granted by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) this week, Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) is set to cut residential rates for its Indiana customers by almost 6 percent, or $94.7 million, over two phases between now and January 2023.
The first base rate change went into imm... Read More »
Earlier this month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Northwest River Forecast Center (NWRFC) revised its water supply forecast of the Columbia River Basin’s supply to below normal, as opposed to mired in active drought.
That change could bring with it an 8 percent increas... Read More »
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) sold off its fossil generating assets in New York and Connecticut to ArcLight Capital Partners through its ArcLight Energy Partners Fund VII.
Newark, N.J.-based PSEG has now completed the sale of its 6,750-megawatt PSEG Fossil portfolio, including 13 fossil ... Read More »
Exelon Corporation is urging Congress to fund the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) at the highest level possible.
The federal investment is necessary to help meet the home heating and cooling needs of more than 6 million American households that are struggling financially, Exel... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched a $150 million funding opportunity announcement this week to increase efficiency and tamp down carbon emissions among energy technologies and manufacturing.
With energy providers such as solar, batteries, and carbon capture and storage (CCUS) in mind,... Read More »