Upgrades to the power grid helped Commonwealth Edison’s
Chicago area customers stay warm and avoid outages this winter.
ComEd's smart grid improvements, including the installation of "smart switches" that reroute power around trouble spots, helped avoid more than 280,000 customer interruption... Read More »
Entergy Arkansas and NextEra Energy Resources have agreed to
build a 100-megawatt solar energy facility in White County near Searcy, Ark.
This would be the largest utility-owned solar facility in the
state and the first with a battery for storing solar power. It would provide a
total of 281 meg... Read More »
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) fifth Reliability Leadership Summit focused on identifying and prioritizing emerging risks, as well as developing approaches to managing the bulk power system’s future.
“The collaboration between industry and government at each R... Read More »
Avista recently filed a request with the Public Utility Commission of Oregon (PUC) to increase its natural gas base rates to recover continuing capital investments in natural gas infrastructure.
The proposal would increase overall natural gas billed revenue by approximately $6.7 million or 7.8 p... Read More »
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) launched a new
program where it will share solutions for sustainable and affordable energy infrastructure
with local communities.
Specifically, the lab will share its research and technology
expertise in clean energy technologies -- including microgr... Read More »
The Pennsylvania Public
Utility Commission (PUC) took a step toward facilitating the installation of
more electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in the state.
The commission voted to
unanimously approve a supplement tariff for Duquesne Light, a
provider of charging stations. This was done in re... Read More »
Public Service Enterprise Group’s PSEG Solar Source arm will invest
about $65 million to purchase two North Carolina solar farms that are currently
being developed by BayWa R.E.
The two solar farms are currently under construction. One is
called Five Forks Solar, a 25.9 MW-dc facility in Warr... Read More »
Orange & Rockland (O&R) announced Wednesday its selection of Albany-based Key Capture Energy (KCE) to plan, design, install and operate a new battery storage project in Pomona, N.Y.
The project, stemming from New York’s initiative to install 1,500 megawatts (MW) of battery storage by ... Read More »
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is seeking to
establish a new community solar program that would offer its customers the
chance to participate in providing Florida with solar energy.
Through this voluntary program, called FPL SolarTogether,
customers who subscribe to a portion of new sol... Read More »
National Grid recently announced plans to acquire Geronimo Energy, a clean energy company based in Minneapolis, Minn., for approximately $100 million.
“National Grid is committed to the
evolution and decarbonization of our energy system. Renewable power, such as
wind and solar generation is a ... Read More »