A newly developed safety standard released by the American Petroleum Institute (API) this week sets new safety precedents for maintaining pipelines’ structural integrity, targeting existing mechanical issues with new industry research.
“Assessment and Management of Dents in Pipelines” is me... Read More »
Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Co. (SIGECO), a subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, filed a request last week to recover investments made in its southwestern natural gas service territory following the completion of a seven-year, $240 million modernization effort for its pipelines.
The company's ... Read More »
Ameren Missouri announced the construction of a 6 MW web of solar panels in Montgomery County, about an hour west of St. Louis, its largest solar facility to date.
When finished, the solar facility will be the second site for Ameren Missouri’s Community solar program customers and its first cl... Read More »
According to the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), only 197,300 southern electricity customers of nearly 3.1 million affected by Hurricane Zeta earlier this month remained without power as of Monday morning.
When the storm ravaged the American South last Thursday, it brought high winds and heavy r... Read More »
The governors of Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia struck a deal to advance offshore wind projects in the region and promote it as a hub for offshore wind energy and industry.
The new Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Regional Transformative Partnership for Offshore Wind Energy Resources (SMART-POW... Read More »
National Grid Partners (NGP) made two new investments totaling $6 million in data analytics startups that use artificial intelligence (AI) to protect critical infrastructure.
One of the investments is in Boston-based Aperio Systems, which uses AI and machine learning (ML) to analyze and monitor i... Read More »
NorthWestern Energy has terminated an agreement to purchase 92.5 MW of capacity generation from Puget Sound Energy’s Colstrip Unit 4, citing regulatory decisions as the cause.
That sale had required approval from both the Montana Public Service Commission and the Washington Utilities and Trans... Read More »
Throughout the Gulf Coast, utility crews have worked quickly to restore power to thousands after Hurricane Zeta made landfall Wednesday evening, brushing across the Florida panhandle and the Carolinas and moving west through Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.
The Category 2 hurricane included sustain... Read More »
Expanding and modernizing the transmission grid in the eastern United States will increase access to renewable energy, create jobs, lower electricity bills, and reduce carbon emissions, according to a new report from Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG).
The report, called “Consumer, Employ... Read More »
Under a funding opportunity from the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and its Coal FIRST Initiative, $80 million will be split between four projects for cost-shared research and development of hydrogen energy plants with net zero carbon emission.
Hydrogen plant... Read More »