After renegotiating three of its four renewable energy contracts on Hawaii Island at fixed rates, Hawaiian Electric reported this week that the results will be stabilized bills and long-term savings for customers.
The amounts aren’t small, either. Based on today’s rates, the average residenti... Read More »
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) said it anticipates having enough energy to meet demand across its 15-state region for the summer of 2023.
During SPP’s 2023 Summer Seasonal Assessment on during its May 18 2023 Preparedness Workshop and Emergency Communications User Forum, the company said its analy... Read More »
At a public meeting last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) appointed state nominees to the Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission, filling vacancies left by departing representatives of the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners.
New app... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will award $42 million in funding for 22 projects in 14 states to advance technologies for deploying clean hydrogen.
The 22 projects will develop technologies for solar fuels, hydrogen storage technologies, lower the costs of hydrogen fuel cells for medium- an... Read More »
Last year was the third highest year on record for combined U.S. wind, utility solar, and energy storage capacity development, according to the Clean Power Annual Market Report produced by the American Clean Power Association (ACP).
The report found that more than 25 gigawatts (GW) of new clean p... Read More »
The latest look at a government takeover of a privately run utility company will take a little longer to complete after state officials in New York rescheduled a planned hearing on the future management of the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) to the other side of summer.
The state commission over... Read More »
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) proposed updates to siting, construction and modification processes for new or existing electric transmission and generation facilities, to help regulations match California’s modern needs and the demands of reliability and climate change.
“Up... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched a new $99.5 million funding opportunity and selected 45 projects totaling $87 million to advance electric vehicles.
First, the $99.5 million funding opportunity, the Advanced Vehicle Technologies Funding Opportunity, will support projects to reduce so... Read More »
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) proposed another rate decrease on Friday.
If approved by the Florida Public Service Commission the $256 million rate reduction would take effect in July. FPL is calling for reducing the fuel portion of customers’ bills to reflect continued downward projects ... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced a bill recently that is designed to reform the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) interregional transmission planning process.
The Interregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act (S.1748) directs FERC to create an interregional transmis... Read More »