Duke Energy has launched a pilot program for installing home solar generation with battery energy storage in its Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress service areas in North Carolina.
The incentive-based program, called PowerPair, is designed to help make a home solar plus battery system... Read More »
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities will use PJM Interconnection’s competitive planning process to help New Jersey advance its offshore wind goals.
The collaboration, which asks PJM to solicit transmission solutions to serve an additional 3,500 MW of offshore wind energy, totaling 11,000 M... Read More »
In a recently submitted letter of intent, PSEG Nuclear, LLC notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that it intends to pursue subsequent license renewal for three nuclear plants in southern New Jersey: Salem Generating Station Units 1 and 2, and Hope Creek Generating Station.
Together, t... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today finalized the energy efficiency standards for distribution transformers last week.
These updated standards—which includes a longer compliance timeline of five years—will save American utilities and commercial and industrial entities $824 million per y... Read More »
PacifiCorp recently submitted an update of its 2023 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) to regulators, laying out revised processes to acquire electric generation and transmission resources over the course of the next 20 years.
The update stemmed from two things: PacifiCorp’s own biennial resource ... Read More »
Duke Energy Indiana recently requested a sizable rate increase from state regulators, citing improvements to the electric grid, built-up customer service options, and environmental obligations.
Overall, the request would spur bill increases of approximately 16 percent if approved. This would be s... Read More »
Rhode Island Energy got approval from the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission to spend $326 million to improve the safety and reliability of the state’s electric and gas networks.
The planned spending includes approximately $300 million in capital investments, with $132 million earmarked f... Read More »
On Tuesday, FirstEnergy Pennsylvania requested a review of its base electric rates by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
The company, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. doing business as Met-Ed, Penn Power, Penelec, and West Penn Power, said its proposed rate adjustment will build on ser... Read More »
Chosen by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), the Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI) recently announced it will develop a $273 million transmission project across northern Missouri.
ATXI is a subsidiary of the St. Louis-based Ameren Corporation, and on this endeavor, ... Read More »
Tennessee is about to undergo a large energy shakeup, thanks to the announced intent of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to retire its nine unit Kingston Fossil Plant by the end of 2027 and replace it with a state of the art, combined use energy complex instead.
The plant first opened its do... Read More »