Saturday, January 16, 2021
Infrastructure
SEIA applauds Massachusetts’ passage of clean energy bill
The Massachusetts state legislature passed a bill that includes several provisions related to clean energy, including measures that clarify tax treatment for solar projects. The legislation -- An Act Creating A Roadmap for the Next Generation of Climate Policy – serves as a blueprint for shift... Read More »
Monolith Materials proposes $1B expansion of Olive Creek power facility in Nebraska
Monolith Materials has proposed a $1 billion expansion of its Olive Creek facility (OC2) near Hallam, Neb., a project that is expected to generate 2 million megawatt-hours of renewable wind and solar energy each year. The project was announced this week by officials from Monolith Materials, along... Read More »
AES to sell Vietnamese coal-fired plant by early 2022
On the final day of 2020, the AES Corporation reached an agreement with a consortium to sell its entire equity interest in the 1,242 MW Mong Duong 2 coal-fired power plant in Vietnam. The deal, expected to close either late this year or early 2022, requires sign-off from both the Vietnamese gover... Read More »
DOE extends export authorizations for five LNG facilities
The terms of five long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) export authorizations were extended through 2050 by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Today’s actions follow several LNG export term extensions issued since October pursuant to an export term policy statement DOE finalized in July. “T... Read More »
Basin Electric makes progress on wind and solar projects in 2020
Basin Electric Power Cooperative and its member signed purchase power agreements for approximately 500 megawatts (MW) of new energy from wind and solar in the past year. Among the new projects in 2020 are 200 MW Northern Divide Wind Energy Project in North Dakota, the 150 MW Cabin Creek Solar Pro... Read More »
Idaho Power provides small decrease to customer rates following Oregon plant closure
In response to the closure of the coal-based Boardman Power Plant in Oregon, Idaho Power has been approved to decrease its customer rates by 0.33 percent. However, a separate application will leave the reductions significantly smaller. Boardman, which started service in 1980, consists of a single... Read More »
NRG study reveals main customer needs for distributed energy resources
A recent study by NRG Energy, in collaboration with Smart Energy Decisions, found that energy cost savings was the number one customer need when considering distributed energy resources (DER). The study – called the State of Distributed Energy Resources – featured the responses of more than ... Read More »
MGE files for partnership with Madison city, schools to create an 8 MW solar array
Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) has filed an agreement with the City of Madison, Wisconsin and the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) that will result in an 8 MW solar array if approved by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW). The solar array would contain around 28,000 sola... Read More »
