As more federal funding pours into expanding the resilience of the U.S. power grid, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is ramping up its technical assistance for state regulatory commissions that will play a role in deciding how the bonanza is parceled out to the utility industry and what will be r... Read More »
After creating its first agency-related foundation – the Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation (FESI) – the United States Department of Energy (DOE) released a Request for Information (RFI) this week seeking input on how the pair should engage and their priorities going forward.
“FE... Read More »
Treatment of decades-old cleaning solvents that leached into the groundwater beneath Ameren Missouri’s Huster substation in St. Charles, Missouri, began this week under the supervision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
This mission includes deploying targeting chemicals directly und... Read More »
U.S. Reps. Nanette Barragán (D-CA) and Yvette Clarke (D-NY) introduced a bill that would launch a federal program to build clean energy microgrids for communities.
The Energy Resilient Communities Act (H.R. 891) would authorize $1.5 billion in annual grants for clean energy microgrids to suppor... Read More »
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan announced a new pledge this week from electric utilities to support efforts by school districts to switch to electric school buses.
The announcement came as Regan visited Wabaunsee USD 329 School District in Alma, Kansas, to cel... Read More »
As part of a build-transfer agreement first announced last year, Ameren Missouri will acquire the 200 MW Huck Finn Solar Project in central Missouri from EDF Renewables, giving it control of its largest solar facility to date and, according to current projections, pumping out clean energy by late 20... Read More »
A new report from the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) examines the potential benefits of that additional transmission could have provided during record winter electricity demand across much of the Central and Eastern United States in December.
The report, the Value of Transmission Du... Read More »
Potomac Edison invested nearly $10 million last year on service reliability projects throughout its service territory in Maryland.
Potomac Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy, completed several distribution automation projects last year that allow personnel to automatically switch customers to a... Read More »
NRG Energy has introduced an energy plan for its customers designed to make it easier for them to own and charge their electric vehicles (EVs).
The new EV Power Charger plan will be available to electricity customers who live within range of select utilities in Pennsylvania and Maryland. The pla... Read More »
An analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said that 15.6 gigawatts (GW) of electric-generating capacity will be retired in the United States in 2023.
The EIA’s Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory said that most of the retired plants will be natural gas-fired... Read More »