The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) last month gathered regulators and stakeholders alike for a policy summit to discuss issues pertaining to energy and utilities.
Attendees turned out in record numbers, with nearly 1,900 people in attendance for workshops, speec... Read More »
The final rules to expand the reach of the clean energy tax credits were issued this week by the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
The Inflation Reduction Act created new credit delivery mechanisms — elective pay (or direct pay) and transferability — to help st... Read More »
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for its New England Wind lease area.
The New England Wind lease area has the potential to provide approximately 2 Gigawatts to the region, which is enough energy to power nearly 1 million hom... Read More »
Customers should be aware that scammers are using more advanced digital tactics to target them, warned Utilities United Against Scams (UUAS) during this week's annual National Consumer Protection Week.
“A more recent scam uses fraudulent websites that are identical to a utility payment page and... Read More »
Consumers Energy won regulatory approval for a $3.7 million pilot program this week that will allow it to underground 10 miles of otherwise overhead power lines over the next year.
This will impact six Michigan counties, as the company seeks to improve electric reliability and reduce outages. Ev... Read More »
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing a rule to establish a licensing process for advanced commercial nuclear power plants.
The proposed rule, which will be published in the Federal Register in about six months, is the first regulatory framework developed for advanced technologies ... Read More »
The National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) released a new tool that provides an overview of advanced nuclear activities and partnerships organized by state government entities.
The Advanced Nuclear State Acti... Read More »
The sustainable energy company Avangrid, Inc., recently began work on its National Training Center (NTC) in Oregon to offer hands-on training to wind and solar industry employees.
The facility will eventually become a mixed-use building, with virtual reality and mixed-reality machines at hand, a... Read More »
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) recorded the best year in its history in 2023 for reliability.
In its annual report, filed recently with the Florida Public Service Commission, the company detailed how it delivered the best-ever performance in key industry metrics. Those metrics include the a... Read More »
Dominion Energy South Carolina filed a rate review request with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina this week.
If approved as requested, the bill of a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per month would be approximately $151. This would be an average... Read More »