Universities increasingly outsource the management of their power/HVAC systems to private companies and investor-owned utilities (IOUs) to help meet their environmental/sustainability goals and to improve cost efficiencies.
With an ambitious goal to become an international pioneer in sustainabili... Read More »
The New York State Public Service Commission gave approval to the major upstate electric utilities to develop 62 local transmission upgrades to reduce congestion in three upstate regions.
Specifically, the commission approved the requests of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, New York Sta... Read More »
Li-Bridge, a public-private alliance representing the U.S. battery ecosystem, issued a report last week outlining a plan to accelerate the creation of a domestic manufacturing base and supply chain for lithium-based batteries.
The report — called Building a Robust and Resilient U.S. Lithium Bat... Read More »
Under an updated Smart Energy Plan filed with the Missouri Public Service Commission last week, Ameren Missouri called for $9.9 billion of investment into items such as smart technology, stronger poles, power line upgrades, and other infrastructure to improve grid reliability.
Already, similar ef... Read More »
In partnership with the University of Tennessee’s Baker Center, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced last week that it will advance a Valley Pathways Study to investigate all segments of the regional economy and drive clean energy efforts forward.
Although the TVA has experienced a de... Read More »
To prevent a catastrophic lack of energy access nationwide, federal funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) must be maximized for the upcoming fiscal year, Exelon, its energy delivery companies, the National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition (NEUAC), and other sta... Read More »
Thanks to fast growth, customer incentives, and an extension of federal tax credits, private solar systems on Hawaiian Electric’s grids rose to 96,912 solar systems across the five islands of its services.
The results were 1,058 MW of generating capacity and 155 MW of battery storage under the ... Read More »
Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) finished connecting a 19.8-megawatt solar project at a former landfill property in Mount Olive, N.J., to the grid.
JCP&L, owned by FirstEnergy, has worked with the project's developer over the past year to construct a grid connection point with an existing 34.... Read More »
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced a series of new and accelerated clean energy targets and commitments, including one that would require the state to generate 100 percent clean energy by 2035.
Speaking at Rutgers University, Murphy said the new, accelerated target means that by Jan. 1, 2025,... Read More »
The fourth quarter of 2022 brought 9.6 GW of total wind, solar, and battery storage installations to the United States, according to the latest report from the American Clean Power Association (ACP).
This brought the total installation figures for 2022 to 25 GW, leading to clean energy capacity c... Read More »