A new interstate natural gas transmission pipeline has been proposed from Virginia into central North Carolina.
The pipeline – called the MVP Southgate project -- has been proposed by the Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC to meet increasing residential and commercial demand for natural gas in the r... Read More »
On Tuesday, Nevada voters said ‘No’ to an energy-choice initiative while the Arizona electorate defeated a proposal to mandate a renewable resource standard.
Based on those results, seems some voters wanted to prevent seeing their electric bills possibly rise in the future.
“With Repu... Read More »
A recent report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed residential heating oil prices at the beginning of the 2018-2019 winter heating season were 23 percent higher than at the start of the last heating season, while propane prices were 4 percent higher.
During the winter months ... Read More »
The Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) announced this week the approval of a program to offer interest-free financing for repairs or replacements for Florida Public Utilities Company (FPUC) customers.
The program, called the Electric Restoration Payment Program, focuses specifically on home... Read More »
FuelCell Energy, Inc. announced Monday that it agreed to acquire an existing 14.9 megawatt (MW) fuel cell park in Bridgeport, Conn., from Dominion Energy.
FuelCell Energy developed, constructed and commissioned the fuel cell park in December 2013. It has operated and maintained it under a service... Read More »
The Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) recently approved an agreement under which Entergy Louisiana announced would purchase up to 43 megawatts (MW) of the power generated by the 80-MW Toledo Bend Hydropower plant.
The new five-year power purchase agreement replaces a 50-year contract that... Read More »
Two microgrids were officially activated at the Public Safety Headquarters in Gaithersburg, Md., and Correctional Facility in Boyds, Md., last week, according to Montgomery County, Md., Executive Ike Leggett.
The microgrids are on-site clean power generation systems that allow each of the facilit... Read More »
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will develop two large solar installations in Tennessee and Alabama as part of an agreement with Facebook to support its data center in Huntsville, Ala., with 100 percent renewable energy.
The solar installations will produce 150 and 227 megawatts of solar en... Read More »
At a summit hosted by the Consumer Energy Alliance this week, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry promoted domestic energy production and infrastructure expansion, while noting the country has a real chance to be a net energy exporter in two years.
“We are already energy dominant now,” Perry sai... Read More »
Black Hills Energy recently announced the selection of GRID Alternatives Colorado to build two 2.5-megawatt community solar projects in the City of Pueblo, Colorado.
More than 60 percent of the capacity from the projects will provide cost savings to low-income and affordable housing customers.
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