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 »
The mix of energy sources to generate electricity in Texas went through a significant shift in 2023 as more solar was added to the grid, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
While wind power remains the largest source of renewable power in Texas, the installation of new wind ... 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 »
Duke Energy Florida is lowering customers’ electric bills for the second time this year.
The company filed a fuel midcourse rate request with the Florida Public Service Commission to account for lower projections for natural gas costs. The latest rate reduction is set to begin in June.
Under... Read More »
Under a collective proposal from Xcel Energy, Dairyland Power Cooperative, Rochester Public Utilities and Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, a new 100 miles of transmission line could stretch across southern Minnesota to aid clean energy delivery and system reliability.
Known as the Manka... Read More »
Duke Energy has launched a pilot program for installing home solar generation with battery energy storage in its Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress service areas in North Carolina.
The incentive-based program, called PowerPair, is designed to help make a home solar plus battery system... Read More »