City of Tallahassee Commissioner Nancy Miller addressed the State of Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday regarding the city’s energy management programs after Tallahassee was named the best power operations city in the U.S.
“Living in Florida’s Capital City, our 117,000 cu... Read More »
Otter Tail Power Co., which provides electricity for customers in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, submitted a plan to state regulators this month that calls for shutting down its older Hoot Lake coal-fired plant near Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and increasing its clean energy initiatives.
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Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., CEO Micheal McInnessaid on Thursday that the company might discontinue its Clean Power Plan until the Supreme Court adopts the “pencil down’ approach.
“We have supported states ‘putting the pencil down’ for many reasons, but prim... Read More »
Ohio is well positioned to try and plan for implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan if it survives legal challenges, even though it opposes the rule, Asim Haque, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), recently told Daily Energy Insid... Read More »
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) called for additional information into the use and administration of Section 1603 cash grants and energy tax credits in letters sent on Thursday to the Department of Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Inspector General f... Read More »
Exelon Corp. announced an intention on Wednesday to file a second 20-year license extension to extend the operations at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in an effort to continue to provide safe, carbon-free energy to Pennsylvania residents.
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National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) President Travis Kavulla of Montana announced the appointment on Tuesday of North Carolina Commissioner Edward S. Finley, Jr., as the new NARUC electricity committee chairman.
“Commissioner Finley and the electricity committee ha... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a report on Tuesday that projected that shale and tight oil plays will soon make up the majority of total U.S dry natural gas production, while other production will stagnate or decline.
According to the EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2016... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently published extensive data on the relative costs associated with the construction of utility-scale power plants based on technology type.
“For fuel-consuming electricity generation technologies, fuel costs often make up a substantial porti... Read More »
A program launched by ComEd in 2014 that enables customers to earn credits towards their electric bills by voluntarily reducing energy use during peak hours has reached record enrollment leading up to the summer months this year, with 160,000 participating customers.
From June 1 through Septembe... Read More »