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DOE seeking public comment on study on future capacity constraints, concerns
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 »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/shutterstock_536505745-300x200.jpg)
DOE puts up $48M for grid reliability, resilience efforts
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 »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/shutterstock_785666773-300x200.jpg)
EIA: U.S. electricity production costs rose 6 percent in 2021 due to rising fuel prices
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 »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/shutterstock_2050452320-300x200.jpg)
MPSC grants mid-year move by utilities to spread out costs, lower electric bills
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 »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/shutterstock_1555993346-300x200.jpg)
Congressmembers request extra funding for clean school buses
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 »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/shutterstock_1148443280-1-300x169.jpg)
Long-term agreement nets Entergy Texas 150 MW of solar power from Umbriel Solar facility
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 »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/shutterstock_2012926178-300x200.jpg)
California PUC directs utilities to procure an additional 4,000 MW of capacity
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 »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/shutterstock_1940866627-300x284.jpg)
DOE launches $2.5B funding opportunity for carbon capture systems
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 »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/shutterstock_773263222-300x200.jpg)