ComEd officially submitted its plan to support the adoption of beneficial electrification technologies to the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) this week, setting up potential commitments of up to $100 million per year over the next three years.
This money would take the form of incentives, edu... Read More »
A new effort from the Department of Energy (DOE) under the Biden administration seeks to allocate $2.3 billion to state, tribal, and territorial governments to help modernize the power grid and build a cheaper system more resilient to climate change.
This is an extension of the Preventing Outages... Read More »
The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) has found that more consumers are generating and using renewable energy in recent years, according to electric utility reports filed with the commission.
Specifically, customer-sited renewable generation installations increased approximately 44 percent ... Read More »
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted Dominion Energy approval to fly Skydio drones to inspect power generation facilities in seven states.
Dominion obtained the waiver in partnership with Skydio’s regulatory team under the FAA BEYOND program. The waiver allows individual opera... Read More »
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on Tuesday released a memorandum announcing the 2022/Round 6 Designated Alternative Fuel Corridors, which will help build out the backbone of the national electric vehicle (EV) charging network.
The newly designated corridors will provide additional con... Read More »
CenterPoint Energy achieved the final milestone in realigning its corporate structure after it acquired Vectren Corporation in 2019.
The realignment, completed on June 30, will allow the company to fund future capital investments more efficiently and better align with the company’s management a... Read More »
Writing to U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm this week, a total of 20 U.S. representatives urged the reallocation of bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funding for use on microgrid expansion and local power resilience efforts.
Among its provisions, the IIJA authorized ... Read More »
Following some challenging years for the Texas grid and with investments in mind for the future, Entergy Texas, Inc. filed a rate proposal with the Public Utility Commission of Texas last week calling for jumps to residential bills and more than $2.5 billion of investments by 2024.
This would be ... Read More »
ISO New England outlined four pillars to developing and maintaining a decarbonized electric in its 2022 Regional Electricity Outlook (REO) report.
Specifically, the report says decarbonization will require significant amounts of clean energy; balancing resources that keep electricity supply and d... Read More »
Severe weather is one of the major effects of climate change, and Hawaiian Electric last week announced a five-year, $190 million investment plan to harden its island grids against those dangers.
Oahu, Hawaii Island, Maui, Molokai, and Lanai would all see their share of updates under the proposed... Read More »