A new analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows a clear link between grueling cold temperatures in the Midwest and record levels of natural gas use in the region.
January 2019 marked upper Midwest temperatures as low as -45 degrees Fahrenheit. The Midcontinent Indepen... Read More »
Emera Maine crews were out restoring power to the Northern
and “Down East” regions of Maine on Monday, Feb. 25 as strong winds caused
power outages.
As of Feb. 26, Emera Maine had restored service to more than
3,300 customers, primarily in the Bangor area, who had lost power from the
strong ... Read More »
Vectren Energy Delivery announced its latest project to upgrade gas mains and pipelines in the Dayton, Ohio, area.
The company will invest $18.3 million to retire 19 miles of gas main and nearly 2,000 service lines in Dayton this year. The bare steel and cast-iron pipeline system will be r... Read More »
The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has cleared the way for Paulding Wind Farm IV to build a wind energy generating facility in Paulding County, near Payne, Ohio.
The new Timber Road IV Wind Farm would include up to 37 wind turbines with a total generating capacity of up to 125.1 megawatts (MW)... Read More »
American Electric Power (AEP) announced this week that it began ground preparation for a new 65,000 square-foot, $16.6 million service center in Pikeville, Ky., to expand its transmission operations in the state.
The new facility, located a few miles from the current Kentucky Power Service Cente... Read More »
Montana-Dakota Utilities, an MDU Resources Group, Inc. subsidiary, announced Tuesday that it plans to retire three coal-fired electric generation units at two location in the next two to three years and build a new simple-cycle natural gas combustion turbine.
The availability of low-cost power d... Read More »
Department of Energy (DOE) officials recently announced the opening of a Battery Recycling Center at Argonne National Laboratory, with the overarching goal of reclaiming and recycling critical energy materials.
The recycling site would focus on cost-effective processes to recover as much economi... Read More »
The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) recently approved the construction of a new wind energy facility, the Dakota Range III, and transmission line to be built in Grant and Roberts counties.
The project will consist of up to 42 wind turbines with a combined capacity of up to 151.2 m... Read More »
A partnership between the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Labs at Oak Ridge and Los Alamos and the utility/telecommunications company EPB is putting a new type of secure communication into action for U.S. electricity suppliers.
The three partners have demonstrated the effectiveness o... Read More »
The U.S. natural gas
industry proved reliable and resilient during the polar vortex that put
portions of the country into a deep freeze from Jan. 26 through Feb. 2.
“Natural gas was
reliably and safely delivered throughout the country to customers that surely
needed it. The entire value chain... Read More »