The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently approved a request from Energy Transfer Partners to resume Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) operations along the Rover Pipeline Project.
Energy Transfer expects to begin the approved operations this week on nine HDD locations and will... Read More »
The current policy-driven energy market could create a less diverse grid, increased price fluctuations and higher price, a new study from IHS Market said.
The report, titled Ensuring Resilient and Efficient Electricity Generation: The Value of the Current Diverse U.S. Power Supply Portfolio, sai... Read More »
Soltage, LLC recently announced that the 4.75-megawatt (MW) Bird Machine Solar Farm located in Walpole, Massachusetts has been completed and is now in operation.
Built on a former industrial site, the new solar farm is comprised of 14,600 panels that will produce approximately six million kilowa... Read More »
In a massive blow to the state’s electric infrastructure, the Florida Division of Emergency Management now reports that, when Hurricane Irma struck, 64 percent of all electricity customers were left without power.
Those numbers have since turned around. Whereas 6.7 million were left in the dark... Read More »
In the wake of the devastating effects from Hurricane Irma, Georgia-based electric cooperative crews have recently worked to restore more than 550,000 meters less than six days after the storm subsided.
According to Terri Statham, media relations manager for the Georgia Electric Membership Corpo... Read More »
Williams Partners L.P. announced this week that construction began in Pennsylvania on the greenfield portion of the Atlantic Sunrise project, which expands the existing Transco natural gas pipeline.
The project will connect Marcellus gas supplies with Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern U.S. markets.
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Following the recent devastation caused by Hurricane Irma throughout the southeast, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently granted 132 airspace authorizations to fly drones in affected areas in order to assist with disaster recovery operations.
As part of federal response efforts, th... Read More »
Georgia Power recently announced that it restored power to more than 95 percent of - or more than 960,000 - customers who were impacted by Hurricane Irma in four days.
Approximately 40,000 still do not have power.
The company mobilized more than 8,000 personnel as part of its restoration eff... Read More »
While fracking has proven a controversial topic in recent years, a Delaware River Basin Commission proposal to outright ban hydraulic fracturing sparked a chiding response from API Pennsylvania.
Pointing to the economic benefits fracking has brought the state, the oil and natural gas industry ass... Read More »
U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently introduced legislation that would require the Department of Defense (DOD) to produce a one-time report on cybersecurity risks to the electric grid and the effects of those risks on military readiness.
Under the Securing the Elect... Read More »