Southern Company Gas has taken ownership of the Meadow Branch Landfill Methane Recovery Facility from its sister company PowerSecure.
The renewable natural gas facility in Athens, Tenn., will now be operated by Southern Company Gas Renewables, a new subsidiary of Southern Company Gas. The compan... Read More »
The 5,500-mile Colonial Pipeline, the largest pipeline in the United States, was hit with a cybersecurity attack on May 7.
The Colonial Pipeline Company, which is owned by a conglomerate of companies, reported that it was a ransomware attack. As soon as the attack was discovered, officials took ... Read More »
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved the merger of PNM Resources, including its Texas utility subsidiary, Texas-New Mexico Power Company (TNMP), with Avangrid.
The merger has already received many federal regulatory approvals from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)... Read More »
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) is selling its PSEG Solar Source portfolio to Quattro Solar, an affiliate of LS Power.
The deal includes the sale of Solar Source’s 467-megawatt-dc portfolio across 25 solar facilities located across the country. The sale is part of PSEG’s Strategic Alt... Read More »
PPL Corp. is looking to acquire The Narragansett Electric Company from National Grid USA.
The companies both submitted filings this week with the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers. The request follows PPL’s announcement in March that it had planned to acquire Narragansett E... Read More »
In an effort to add resiliency to the Clay County grid, Ameren Illinois began this week the two-year construction of a $33 million Louisville, Ill., transmission substation.
The first step is grading and foundation work across the 16-acre site adjacent to the current Louisville South Substation. ... Read More »
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) received notice of an impending settlement agreement between Alliant Energy and various Wisconsin stakeholders this week that will result in the tying of rate increases to customer cost savings and nearly 1,100 MW of new solar generation.
“We ap... Read More »
U.S. Reps. Bob Latta (R-OH) and Jerry McNerney (D-CA) are sponsoring two bills that seek to improve grid security and resiliency.
The Cyber Sense Act and the Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act encourage coordination between the Department of Energy (DOE) and electric... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it will invest $15.5 million in funding to help deploy solar energy in underserved communities.
The funding is for two DOE programs, SolSmart and the Solar Energy Innovation Network. First, $10 million in funding will be allocated for a SolSmart ... Read More »
In an effort to shift to renewable energy and an increasingly digital infrastructure, Talen Energy Corporation announced intentions this week to build 1 GW of battery storage projects across three states over the next three to five years.
These projects will range approximately from 20 MW to 300... Read More »