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Ameren Missouri to buy Cass County Renewable Energy Center, double renewable energy program
Regulators this week cleared Ameren Missouri to purchase a 150 MW solar facility currently under construction in Illinois, as part of a plan to double its Renewable Solutions program. The Cass County Renewable Energy Center is currently under construction, but Ameren Missouri has been looking fo... Read More »Clean vehicle credit program results in consumer savings on EV purchases
A clean vehicle credit program created through the Inflation Reduction Act has saved consumers more than $1 billion in upfront costs on their purchases of clean vehicles since the start of the year, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The Infl... Read More »Xcel Energy works with NREL on study of heat pump performance in Colorado
A study by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Xcel Energy examined the performance of heat pumps in Colorado’s high altitudes and cold weather. The study measured the performance of two heat pump configurations across a range of conditions a... Read More »DLC completes part of project replacing century-old infrastructure
Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Light Company (DLC) announced recently that they had complete Phase 3A of a multi-phased project to transmission line installed more than 100 years ago. DLC said the Brunot Island-Crescent transmission Reliability project had completed its work replacing century-old lin... Read More »Consumers Energy begins undergrounding two miles of power lines in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula
Work began this week to bury two miles of Consumers Energy power lines near Standish, Mich., as a smaller part of a year-long plan to bury 10 miles of power lines across six counties. This segment will impact the northeastern portion of the Lower Peninsula, and crews should be at work on the proj... Read More »New report from IEA features outlook on global oil markets
In a new report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) sees oil markets being comfortably supplied through 2030, but an unwavering focus on energy security will remain crucial as the sector transforms. Oil 2024, the latest edition of the IEA’s annual medium-term market report, examines the key... Read More »Storm drills prepare Mon Power workers for emergencies, put restoration process to test
Mon Power of West Virginia recently gathered its employees for an annual emergency preparation drill that sought to reinforce their roles during severe weather and test the company’s restoration process in the event of outages. "Storm drills provide our employees a controlled, no-fault forum to... Read More »Chesapeake Energy outlines ESG record in sustainability report
Chesapeake Energy released its 2023 Sustainability Report this week, outlining their record and performance in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Among the key sustainability highlights, Chesapeake achieved its 2025 climate targets on its pathway to net zero. By year-end 2023, th... Read More »Kirk Andrews