The Wyoming Public Service Commission approved a certificate of public convenience and necessity for Black Hills Energy’s – a subsidiary of Black Hills Corp. – Ready Wyoming project this week, clearing the way for a $260 million transmission expansion project.
Expected to begin in 2023, the... Read More »
Cameco and Brookfield Renewable are acquiring Westinghouse Electric, one of the world’s largest nuclear services businesses, from Brookfield Business Partners.
The deal is valued at $7.9 billion. Westinghouse’s existing debt structure will remain in place, leaving an estimated $4.5 billion e... Read More »
The AES Corp. recently opened its 100 MW, 400 MWh Luna Battery Storage and 127 MW, 508 MWh Lancaster Area Battery Storage (LAB) facilities in Lancaster, Calif.
The facilities came online in August and September 2022, respectively. Combined, they are one of the largest battery storage facilities ... Read More »
A series of new deployments to the area around San Diego, Calif., began this week, with San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) kicking off testing on a 40 MW energy storage project in Fallbrook, Calif., and starting construction on one of four new storage and microgrid projects.
When finished, the latt... Read More »
Four Florida energy companies – Duke Energy Florida, JEA, Seminole Electric Cooperative, and TECO Energy – recently signed agreements to join the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM), beginning Jan. 1, 2023.
With active energy trading expected to follow by mid-2023, the companies have now... Read More »
In anticipation of a multi-organization effort known as the Rio Grande Valley Transmission Reliability Project, the chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) toured a substation in Edinburg, Texas, this week and discussed the grid with local business and civic leaders.
The Rio Grande... Read More »
Under a request for proposals (RFP) submitted by FirstEnergy Corp. this week, its three Ohio utilities -- Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison -- will seek to purchase 470,000 state-compliant Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to meet renewable energy targets.
Such targets were cr... Read More »
A proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that would eliminate natural gas furnaces used in millions of American homes suffers from an array of economic, technical, and procedural flaws that will render it harmful to consumers, counterproductive to energy efficiency goals, and unlawfu... Read More »
Allentown, Pennsylvania-based PPL Electric Utilities was awarded two Achievement Awards from the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies (AEIC) on Oct. 6 at the association's annual meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The awards recognized PPL's innovation in its wood utility pole inspection pr... Read More »
In a new proposal to the North Carolina Utilities Commission this week, Duke Energy Progress requested a steady rate increase over three years to back spending on electric grid infrastructure improvements, weather resistance, and a two-way system overall.
Customers would feel a pinch – a $14.72... Read More »