Sunday, December 04, 2022
Infrastructure
Solar, storage industries call on Commerce Department to reject petition for new tariffs
Roughly 240 solar and storage companies and organizations are imploring the U.S. Department of Commerce to reject a petition for new anti-circumvention tariffs on solar products. The Commerce Department must make its preliminary determination in Auxin Solar’s anti-circumvention case by Dec. 1.... Read More »
BOEM releases proposal for 1.7 million acres of draft Central Atlantic Wind Energy Areas for public review
Pushing forward with the Biden administration's plans to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) this week proposed eight draft Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) off the United States central Atlantic coast for public review and comment. These areas wou... Read More »
Jersey Central Power & Light begins upgrade of 19 miles of transmission lines
A total of 19 miles of transmission power lines in New Jersey's Monmouth County will be upgraded through two projects by Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L), which announced construction on the $53 million effort this week. "These upgrades to our lines and equipment will help to fortify our tran... Read More »
Avangrid sets new carbon neutrality targets
Sustainable energy company Avangrid is furthering its environment, social, and governance (ESG) commitments by expanding its carbon neutrality targets. The company is now planning to reach carbon neutrality in scopes 1 and 2 by 2030 and is developing a strategy to address scope 3 emissions. Avan... Read More »
Biden administration to work with Entergy Arkansas to meet climate goals
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) signed a memorandum of understanding with Entergy Arkansas to help federal agencies in Arkansas meet the goals the climate goals of the Biden administration. Specifically, the administration has set a goal of sourcing 100 percent of the federal gove... Read More »
New consortium created to accelerate the growth of energy storage for buildings
A new consortium has been created to accelerate the growth, optimization, and deployment of energy storage technologies for buildings. The consortium, called Stor4Build, will be co-led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Lawrence Berkeley National La... Read More »
Consumers Energy aims to finish more than 2,000 electric reliability projects this year
Pushing ahead with its ongoing projects, Consumers Energy announced this week that it would finish more than 2,000 electric initiatives by the end of 2022, from power line work to replacing poles and new substations. Since 2020, the company assessed all 60,000 miles of its electric lines in Mich... Read More »
ComEd tops charts for electric reliability fifth year running
Strong performance continued to flow from Illinois’ ComEd this year, with reliability better than any year prior, running on the heels of industry standard measures that determined the company experienced fewer power outages on average last year than any comparable company. With its performance... Read More »
