If Colorado’s coal plants were replaced with a mix of wind and solar backed by battery storage and natural gas, the switch could save electric customers almost $250 million per year, or roughly $2.5 billion in net present value through 2040, according to a new report from Community Energy.
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The American Public Power Association in a partnership with SmartEnergy IP released a new whitepaper that provides a roadmap for cities and utilities considering implementing a smart city program.
The paper, called “Creating a Smart City Roadmap for Public Power Utilities,” offers guidelines... Read More »
PPL Electric Utilities announced recently that its electric service reliability is ranked in the top 10 percent nationally and first in the Mid-Atlantic region, according to figures for 2017 performance from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
The figures are based on me... Read More »
Black Hills Energy recently announced the start of a Demand Side Management (DSM) program that increases the company’s current low-income DSM Program investment by 70 percent and energy savings goals by 30 percent.
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved Black Hills Energy to sp... Read More »
Dominion Energy, Inc. and SCANA Corporation announced Wednesday that they completed their proposed merger.
"Dominion Energy is pleased to add SCANA's fast-growing, high-performing Southeastern businesses to our 18-state footprint,” Thomas F. Farrell, II, chairman, president and CEO of Dominion ... Read More »
Orange & Rockland Utilities (O&R) is looking to develop a microgrid to maintain electric service reliability for customers in several New York communities, including Washingtonville, and parts of Blooming Grove and Salisbury Mills.
O&R is seeking proposals from prospective business partners on h... Read More »
Technology in the U.S. power and utilities sector will continue to evolve in the new year as customers demand more involvement and control over their electricity purchasing and energy use, according to Deloitte's 2019 Power and Utilities Industry Outlook.
But author Scott Smith, vice chairman of ... Read More »
The American Petroleum Institute recently issued a statement in response to the Department of the Interior’s announcement that it would release a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the leasing program proposed for the 1002 Area (coastal plain) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (AN... Read More »
New research from a drilling site near Morgantown, W.V., will help the U.S. Department of Energy and its partners improve gas recovery from horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing at sites throughout the region.
The research is being conducted by Marcellus Shale Engineering and Environment... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is rolling out a new funding opportunity to support early stage, transformative energy technologies.
The funding opportunity – called the “Solicitation on Topics Informing New Program Areas” -- al... Read More »