On Tuesday, more than 100 U.S. manufacturers and producers sent a letter to President Joe Biden, stating their support for long-term clean energy tax incentives in federal budget reconciliation legislation.
The letter, addressed to leaders in the House and Senate as well, voiced support from gro... Read More »
Southern Power announced that new battery energy storage projects at its Tranquillity and Garland solar facilities in California are now fully operational.
The capacity from both battery facilities has been sold to Southern California Edison under a 20-year power purchase agreement. The energy s... Read More »
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) completed work on a new 20MW/80MWh energy storage facility in Kearny Mesa.
This facility comes online less than a year after SDG&E completed the 30MW/120MWh Top Gun Energy Storage facility in the Miramar area.
“Investing in advanced technologies like energy... Read More »
Through DTE Energy’s Charging Forward program, DTE and Lyft have agreed to incentivize the latter’s ride-share drivers to upgrade to electric vehicles with up to $5,000 provided to purchase or lease such vehicles and use on their jobs.
“Lyft is excited to partner with DTE to help drivers ma... Read More »
New records for renewable energy production and penetration were set this week by Southwest Power Pool (SPP), which served 90.2 percent of its 14-state territory’s electricity demands with renewable sources.
It marked the first time a regional transmission organization had crossed the 90 percen... Read More »
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) will invest $38 million into rebuilding miles of power lines, replacing wire, and upgrading a substation in northeast Indiana through the recently announced East Allen County Transmission Line Project.
Approximately 12 miles of aging structure and power lines from out... Read More »
Green Mountain Power recently announced the launch of a pilot program with Enphase Energy Systems that will allow customers to lease or purchase two Enphase IQ energy storage batteries for their homes.
Through this program, customers can choose to lease Enphase batteries for a monthly payment of... Read More »
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) this week proposed to Congress an increased budget of $929.2 million in its fiscal year 2023 budget.
Specific requests therein would include:
$490.7 million for nuclear reactor safety efforts split with $402.1 million for operating reactors and the rem... Read More »
A new plan to determine whether imports of solar cells and/or panels from certain Southeast Asian countries are circumventing tariffs by the U.S. Commerce Department on solar cells and panels from China could reduce solar imports to the United States and undermine President Joe Biden’s climate goa... Read More »
President Joe Biden sent his fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget to Congress this week, which includes investments to strengthen U.S. energy independence and fight climate change through the accelerated deployment of clean energy.
Overall, the proposed budget for the Department of Energy in FY 2023 is $... Read More »