ComEd of Illinois recently announced that $130 million has been successfully dispatched through its distributed generation rebate program to date, following its creation in 2017 by the Future Energy Jobs Act and its expansion by the 2021 Illinois Climate and Equitable Jobs Act.
The record-breakin... Read More »
On Monday, FirstEnergy Corp’s Ohio Electric companies – Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company, and Toledo Edison -- reached a settlement on their Grid Modernization (Grid Mod) II plan.
If approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), the $421 million plan will upgrade the syste... Read More »
A total of 26 organizations from the American West recently signed a letter of support for Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) development of Markets+, cheering its unique design and governance structure.
On March 29, 2024, SPP submitted a tariff to establish Markets+, a centralized Day-Ahead and Re... Read More »
Targeting abandoned or no longer in-use oil and natural gas wells, a team of University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) researchers are investigating the potential for fly ash to recover and enhance production.
Fly ash is a fine powder made from coal combustion and used in ... Read More »
In a move the Biden administration claims could save American as much as $1 trillion over three decades, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently finalized energy efficiency standards for general service lamps.
While the new standards won’t go into effect until July 2028 for newly produced... Read More »
The Paradise Combustion Turbine Plant in Kentucky recently gained three new natural gas units, in a move by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to shore up reliability and meet demand in the region.
Whale commercial operation of the new units began at the end of last year, they were just dedica... Read More »
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 »
In a testament to what can be achieved through collaboration, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Edison Electric Institute's Institute for the Energy Transition, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Council convened a group of specialists in ... 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 »
As a way to research the potential wind energy could provide in Kentucky, PPL Corporation recently installed the state’s first utility wind turbine.
PPL is the parent company of the Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company, and based its new, 165-foot project at the E.... Read More »