After weeks of considerable discussion, Duke Energy Corp. says it has reached an agreement with the leading rooftop solar installers in North Carolina to support the investor-owned utility’s originally proposed net metering filing.
There are some modifications to Duke Energy’s original propos... Read More »
If approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC), a new cost recovery request from ComEd would tack $50 million onto customer bills – about 30 cents per month for the average residential customer – to expand customer energy efficiency programs.
The request, which would be implemented in ... Read More »
As part of the first realized effort to open offshore wind lease sales on America’s West Coast, the Biden administration announced last week that public comments are now welcome for sales in two regions in the Outer Continental Shelf near California.
It was announced by the U.S. Department of... Read More »
Entergy Mississippi completed construction on a 100-megawatt renewable solar power station near Ruleville in the Mississippi Delta.
The Sunflower Solar Station is the largest solar installation in Mississippi and will provide enough energy to power 16,000 homes.
“It’s a historic day for En... Read More »
The Bureau of Land Management granted final approval for the construction of the 416-mile Energy Gateway South Transmission line that runs from Wyoming to Utah.
This project will modernize the power infrastructure in the West, permitting at least 25 gigawatts of solar, wind, and geothermal produc... Read More »
Duke Energy Florida began operations on a utility-scale solar power plant in Bay County this week.
The Sandy Creek Solar Power Plant, built on 625 acres, is the first of its kind in the county. The facility, which will generate 74.9 megawatts (MW) of energy, consists of approximately 220,000 sin... Read More »
General Electric (GE) was awarded two projects worth more than $12 million by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to advance hydrogen combustion.
The funding will allow GE to develop technologies to integrate higher levels of hydrogen into its gas... Read More »
A rollout of new safety settings – the Enhanced Powerline Safety Settings – to approximately 25,000 distribution lines in high fire-risk areas (HFRA) in California is largely complete as of this week, according to Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E).
In addition, such measures have been expanded... Read More »
Looking to add more clean energy options for its customers, AEP Appalachian Power announced a new request for proposals (RFP) this week that would enable it to purchase up to 200 MW of solar and/or wind generation.
Issued by the Kingsport Power Company – operating as AEP Appalachian Power in n... Read More »
Securing a green energy future means the nation’s power sector must continue making major cuts in carbon emissions and that involves more than one strategy, according to three of the industry’s top electric company chiefs who spoke during the May 25 session, The Power Sector’s Transition to Ne... Read More »