The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced on Friday that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approved the development of the Clean Line Energy’s Plains & Eastern Line transmission project, the largest U.S. clean energy infrastructure project to date.
The project will deliver wind tu... Read More »
PacifiCorp, doing business as Rocky Mountain Power in eastern Idaho, is seeking to modify its net metering tariff to increase its Idaho territory’s “participation cap” from 714 kilowatts (kW) to 2,000 kW.
Power is generated by net metering customers as a means of offsetting all or part of t... Read More »
The North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) recently approved a comprehensive settlement with Northern States Power Company (Xcel Energy) that addresses several persistent challenges between Xcel and North Dakota regulators.
“As a North Dakota regulator, my priority will always be North D... Read More »
The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) announced on Monday that it has granted Dakota Access a permit for a hazardous liquid pipeline subject to limited terms and conditions.
The permit will be issued only after Dakota Access has complied with the additional terms and conditions set forth in the IUB’s... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Friday announced that natural gas-fired generation is expected to surpass coal generation on an annual basis starting in 2016.
The forecast was included in the agency’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).
For decades, coal was the outright mo... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration announced this week that total electricity sales fell 1.1 percent in 2015, marking the fifth time in eight years that electricity sales have fallen.
This drop in sales reflects declining sales in the industrial sector and little to no growth in resident... Read More »
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment (SENSE) Act, H.R. 3797, by a vote of 231 to 183.
The bill was sponsored by Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-PA).
The SENSE Act would ensure that environmentally beneficial coal refuse-to-energy facilit... Read More »
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) released a statement on Wednesday in response to the Department of Interior’s 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing proposed program.
“The administration’s decision to maintain a limited number of lease sales in the Alaskan offshore and recog... Read More »
The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday passed a series of six energy-related bills to help stimulate growth in the industry and create jobs.
The first of the bills, entitled the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, would require energy efficient and energy saving technologies ... Read More »
The Wyoming Public Service Commission (WPSC) announced on Friday that it has approved a merger and reorganization of the Questar Gas Company to become a subsidiary of Dominion Resources, Inc.
Questar Gas is a public utility as defined in W.S. § 37-1-101(a)(vi)(D), and, as such,
is subject to t... Read More »