Wednesday, May 01, 2024
Re-introduced Loan Interest Payment Relief Act would require FEMA to reimburse local governments, electric cooperatives for emergency loan interest
The FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act introduced this week would put new monetary demands on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) if passed, requiring it to reimburse local governments and electric cooperatives for any interest on loans used for restoration work after natural disasters... Read More »
Warrior Run Coal Plant in Cumberland, Md.
Potomac Edison looking to buy out contract with Warrior Run plant
Potomac Edison is looking to buy out its contract with AES Corp.’s Warrior Run coal-fired generating station approximately seven years early. The company, owned by FirstEnergy Corp., would save customers nearly $80 million over that seven-year period if the proposal is approved by the Maryland ... Read More »
House E&C Committee seeks feedback on nuclear regulation from industry stakeholder
A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House Energy and Commerce Committee requested information from nuclear energy stakeholders on the regulatory efforts of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The NRC plays an important role in overseeing the safety and security of the nation’s nuclea... Read More »
PG&E successfully cuts pipeline emissions more than 20 percent, two years ahead of schedule
As confirmed in a report from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) released earlier this year, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) successfully cut its emissions from gas pipelines by more than 20 percent, beating out a self-set deadline of 2025. That goal was floated in 2017 an... Read More »
Reliability improvement project announced for Shreveport
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) announced Monday it would begin a construction project to improve reliability in Shreveport, La. The reliability project would span an estimated 2 miles from the substation in South Shreveport on La Highway 3132, up along Linwood Avenue to Flournoy Lucas R... Read More »
More than 400 companies beg Congress not to hit solar industry with $1B in retroactive tariffs
In response to a Congressional push to make foreign solar manufacturers pay for violating U.S. trade law, more than 400 American companies wrote a letter this week imploring lawmakers to reject the $1 billion in retroactive solar tariffs such actions would bring. Led by the Solar Energy Industri... Read More »
ACP says $150B in major clean energy projects invested since last August
The American Clean Power Association (ACP) outlined the more than $150 billion invested in utility-scale clean energy projects since federal incentives were signed into law last August. This $150 billion alone is equivalent to five years’ worth of clean energy investment commissioned between 2... Read More »
Entergy New Orleans proposes two, five-year phase resilience updates to service area
Distribution and transmission hardening projects are insight for Entergy New Orleans, which this week filed a request with the New Orleans City Council for the first phase of a two-pronged, five-year phase each resilience update plan for its systems, totaling $1 billion in investments. The Enterg... Read More »
