The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently published its final rules regarding leasing and rental rates for renewable energy projects on public lands.
The new rules will reduce rents and fees for renewable energy projects through 2035 and eliminate duplicative payments for renewable energy... Read More »
National Grid reached an agreement on a three-year rate plan proposal for its customers in the New York City and Long Island areas.
If the three-year agreement is approved by the New York State Public Service Commission, a typical residential heating customer in New York City using 97 therms of... Read More »
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have partnered to produce a report on the potential for electric vehicle (EV) efficiency improvements to reduce infrastructure and consumer costs.
The study said that efficiency gains create opportunitie... Read More »
A group of 13 clean energy and environmental organizations are urging policymakers in coastal Atlantic states to utilize global hardware standards when planning offshore transmission systems.
These global standards have emerged through collaborative work between European utilities and the electri... Read More »
Construction began this week on ComEd’s Elmhurst transmission substation in DuPage County, Ill., heralding the expansion of the 345 kV facility meant to maintain reliability for existing customers and enable future capacity upgrades for regional growth.
Construction is expected to continue to D... Read More »
In a first for AES Hawaii, the company this week announced that a new 12.5 MW solar plus storage facility began generating power on Oahu.
Based in West Oahu, the site’s clean generation is backed by a 50 MW hour battery energy storage system. The whole facility operates under a 25-year power pu... Read More »
As of this week, Consumers Energy of Michigan gained another major employer participant in its Renewable Energy Program, with a 44 store commitment from Walmart Inc. that will see its locations powered by clean energy.
This puts the total for the program at more than 30 large businesses, account... Read More »
National Grid Ventures (NGV) and Con Edison Transmission are looking to build transmission infrastructure to bring offshore wind power to New Jersey’s electric grid.
The project is called the Garden State Energy Path, which would deliver approximately 6 gigawatts of offshore wind power from the... Read More »
Avangrid has struck a deal with Statkraft, Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy, on a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA).
Through this agreement, Statkraft will receive renewable energy certificates (RECs) from Avangrid’s 300 MW Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm in Illinois.... Read More »
Pushing forward with customer-sited resources, Hawaiian Electric recently released a new framework to streamline customer choices when participating in its rooftop solar energy programs.
“We are excited to offer our customers Smart Renewable Energy and BYOD, which give them an opportunity to o... Read More »