PJM Interconnection released a study this week on the impacts of the energy transition that the country will go through in the coming years.
Energy Transition in PJM: Resource Retirements, Replacements and Risks is the third in a series of reports that PJM has put out on this topic. It explores t... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Grid Deployment Office (GDO) released a draft of a study on the anticipated future capacity constraints and congestion on the nation’s electric transmission grid.
The DOE is seeking public comment and input on the National Transmission Needs Study to prov... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $48 million in funding support for a new program to develop power grid technologies to improve control and protection of the nation’s power grid, modernizing it and minimizing the potential for failures and outages.
The new program is known as the U... Read More »
Due to the rise in fuel costs that year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently reported that the costs of producing electricity rose 6 percent in 2021 among major utilities, including inflation.
The most staggering hit came from purchasing electricity due to a 17 percent rise... Read More »
Consumers Energy Co. customers could soon see lower electric bills, thanks to a mid-year temporary order approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) this week that seeks to counteract the higher costs for natural gas the company currently uses to generate power.
The order allowed Co... Read More »
U.S. Reps. Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Toney Cardenas (D-CT) and U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) are requesting $300 million in additional funding for zero-emission school buses.
In a letter to Michael Regan, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, and Shalanda Young, d... Read More »
While construction only just began on Longroad Renergy’s Umbriel Solar facility in Polk County, Texas, Entergy Texas announced last week that it secured a long-term Power Purchase Agreement for the facility’s total 150 MW going forward.
Expected to reach commercial operation later this year,... Read More »
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) ordered utilities in the state to procure an additional 4,000 MW of capacity in addition to the 11,500 MW ordered in June 2021.
CPUC officials said the additional 4,000 MW procurement is in response to updated load forecasting from the California ... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will award $2.52 billion for two carbon management programs to catalyze investments in carbon capture systems and carbon transport and storage technologies.
The two programs -- Carbon Capture Large-Scale Pilots and Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program... Read More »
Following a storm that stretched from the West Coast through the Midwest Wednesday, during which hundreds of thousands lost power in the United States, utility crews are currently working to restore and recover from the damage caused by the sheer scope of ice, snow, and wind.
The Midwest saw the... Read More »