Thanks to strategic sales and purchase of energy, El Paso Electric (EPE) announced this week that, come June, its customers in Texas and New Mexico will see varying savings on their monthly bills.
"We are proud to provide our customers with approximately $1 million in savings, much of which has ... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched a new initiative that aims to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from carbon-based fuels and products.
The initiative, called the Clean Fuels and Products Shot, focuses on reducing carbon emissions from the fuel and chemical industry ... Read More »
Utility consumer debt reached $19.5 billion by the end of March 2023, up $2 billion from just two months prior.
According to a report by the National Energy Assistance Directors Association, the amount consumers owe their utility providers was $17.5 billion at the end of January. By the end of M... Read More »
Ground broke on the largest solar project currently scheduled for the Upper Midwest this week, as Xcel Energy began work on the 460 MW Sherco Solar project near Becker, Minn.
Expected to be completed sometime in 2025, the solar site would provide enough clean energy to power approximately 100,00... Read More »
Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) increased its spending with diversity-certified suppliers last year by 42 percent, the company reported.
Overall, BGE purchased $497 million in goods and services from diversity-certified suppliers last year, with $174 million going to Maryland suppliers and $26 mil... Read More »
A group of renewable energy organizations are urging Congressional leaders to enact transmission permitting legislation that builds on the clean energy policies included in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Specifically, the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), Advanced Energy United (United... Read More »
Furthering attempts to showcase hydrogen as an effective means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Constellation confirmed this week that it recently operated a blend of 38 percent hydrogen and natural gas at one of its facilities – nearly double the previous record.
Testing took place at th... Read More »
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finished its environmental analysis of the proposed Ocean Wind 1 wind project to be located about 13 miles off the coast of New Jersey, near Atlantic City.
Ocean Wind plans to build up to 98 wind turbine generators (WTGs) and up to three offs... Read More »
Highlighted in Emera Inc.’s 2022 Sustainability Report this week were major gains in emissions and coal usage reductions since 2005, coupled with billions of dollars in investments planned on capital spending for cleaner energy as it pursues a net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 goal.
“Our comm... Read More »
U.S. Rep Norma J. Torres (D-CA) announced Tuesday she had reintroduced legislation that would develop technologies to mitigate wildfire-related electrical grid damage.
The Wildfire Grid Resiliency Act would allocate $10 million to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to mitigate wildfire damage a... Read More »