Early voting begins April 24 in El Paso, Texas, where environmentalist and climate-justice activists have placed a proposal on the ballot that could result in the city embarking on what critics see as an ill-conceived municipal takeover of the local electric company.
Both sides of ballot Propositio... Read More »
More than 20 solar and energy storage projects for Dominion Energy Virginia have been approved by the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), the company said Friday.
The projects are expected to generate more than 800 MW of carbon-free electricity, the company said, enough to power about 2... Read More »
Diversity in ComEd’s supply chain continued to grow last year with the investment of $963 million – 43 percent of its total supply chain spending – into businesses owned by women, minorities, and veterans, with $651 million going to Illinois-based businesses, specifically.
This brought the... Read More »
American Electric Power (AEP) outlined its commitment and strategic plans for two of its Kentucky subsidiaries, Kentucky Power and AEP Kentucky Transco.
This follows recently announced plans by AEP to terminate the sale of its Kentucky operations to Liberty, a subsidiary of Algonquin Power & Uti... Read More »
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) announced new committee leaders last week, promoting various members to chair positions on its critical infrastructure, gas, international, and telecommunications committees.
“The Association is grateful to Commissioners Fay,... Read More »
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) has filed a report with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on whether a minimum level of physical security protections should be established for all bulk power system transmission stations, substations, and primary control centers.
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Duke Energy Florida recently completed two community solar projects in Alachua and Suwannee counties.
One is the High Springs Renewable Energy Center in Alachua County, a 74.9-MW facility with approximately 216,000 single-axis tracking solar panels. The other is the Hildreth Renewable Energy Cent... Read More »
As part of its Sustainable Gas Program, Virginia Natural Gas (VNG) has increased the amount of next generation natural gas, with lower methane emissions, that it procures.
VNG recently entered into new agreements with several natural gas suppliers so that now roughly half of its customers are be... Read More »
In May, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) will conduct two technical conferences to improve understanding of the state’s electric grid and its issues, focusing on utility resilience and reliability.
These will be information gathering meetings, checking out who in the state faces th... Read More »
Dominion Energy, based in Richmond, Va., announced Wednesday shakes ups in its nuclear division as its chief nuclear officer retires and new leadership comes on board.
Daniel Stoddard, Dominion’s current senior vice president, president of Contracted assets, and chief nuclear officer, will ret... Read More »