Plant Vogtle Unit 4 officially entered commercial operation this week and is now serving customers in the state of Georgia, Georgia Power officials announced. The units at Vogtle are the first new nuclear build projects in the United States in more than 30 years.
The new unit, which can produce eno... Read More »
Thanks to a $10 million grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security based in Alabama, and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee plan to form a pilot regional cybersecurity center to research way... Read More »
As a way to counteract increased cases of severe weather, Consumers Energy of Michigan recently bought 1,200 iron utility poles it intends to dispatch throughout the state as long-lasting replacements for traditional wooden poles.
"These new iron poles will fortify our infrastructure, reducing ... Read More »
As the population in Texas continues to grow, so does the need for more electricity in the Lone Star State.
Entergy Texas, which serves two of the fastest-growing areas, Harris and Montgomery counties, convened a summit of industry leaders and stakeholders last week to address the challenges posed ... Read More »
With the launch of a nearly $1 billion Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant Program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently pushed forward with a plan to replace polluting heavy-duty vehicles with zero-emission vehicles.
The program will advance eligible Class 6 and 7 no emission veh... Read More »
During her keynote address at the Oceantic Network’s International Partnering Forum (IPF) in New Orleans last week, Maine Gov. Janet Mills discussed her state’s leadership in responsibly pursuing offshore wind.
In her remarks, Mills announced that the state has begun the process of procuring ... Read More »
An update from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Department of Agriculture (USDA) on energy codes today for federally supported homes across the country was welcomed by industry groups and advocates.
The newly adopted code requirements are designed to strengthen effi... Read More »
If the clean energy transition is to pick up speed, and transmission upgrades are to continue, the way interconnection works – from funding on up – needs to change, according to a new whitepaper from the Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2).
SI2 went so far as to call the interconnec... Read More »
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) long-awaited transmission planning and cost-allocation proposal is being considered on May 13 in a special meeting. Before the introduction of this particular rule, first proposed nearly two years ago, advocacy groups have been debating issues conn... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a final rule on transmission permitting and announced a commitment for up to $331 million to add more than 2,000 megawatts (MW) of additional grid capacity throughout the Western United States.
The final rule will establish the Coordinated Interagency ... Read More »