Georgia Power recently updated closure plans for ash ponds at Plants Branch and Bowen, which increased the total number of ash ponds to be completely excavated from 17 to 19.
The ash ponds to be completely excavated includes all ash ponds located adjacent to lakes or rivers. The remaining 10 ash... Read More »
The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) recently granted a certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN) to Ameren Missouri to construct a solar facility under a pilot subscriber solar program.
The PSC has approved an agreement to develop the project on land owned by the City of St. Louis a... Read More »
Savannah River National Laboratory signed an agreement with Greenway Energy LLC to license its hydrogen isotope separation technology.
The license is for Savannah River’s Thermal Cycling Absorption Process (TCAP), which is used to separate hydrogen isotopes – protium, deuterium, and tritium â... Read More »
The Strategic Development Group (SDG), a site consultant, provided recommendations to local leaders in Indiana to maximize their economic development efforts as part of Duke Energy's 2018 Site Readiness Program.
The program identifies, evaluates, and improves sites in the company's service territ... Read More »
The Mountain Valley Pipeline was given the go-ahead this week by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Office of Energy Projects (OEP) to resume construction and restoration efforts on around 200 miles of its Virginia and West Virginia project.
Around 65 percent of the area has already... Read More »
Entergy Arkansas officials said the Happy Valley Transmission Project will be discontinued and is no longer required to address North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Transmission Planning Performance Requirements.
The endeavor was designed to provide continued reliable electric s... Read More »
Potomac Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., recently filed a base rate case with the Public Service Commission of Maryland (PSC) that includes several new initiatives aimed at improving service reliability.
The case is the first base rate case Potomac Edison has filed in Maryland in approx... Read More »
Three percent of U.S. thermoelectric generating capacity now uses dry and hybrid cooling, most of which had begun operation since 2000, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a recent report.
Dry cooling systems use ambient air, rather than water, to cool and condense steam. The... Read More »
Eversource completed the sale of nine hydroelectric facilities in New Hampshire to Hull Street Energy LLC.
The nine hydroelectric stations—Amoskeag Hydro, Ayers Island Hydro, Canaan Hydro, Eastman Falls Hydro, Garvins Falls Hydro, Gorham Hydro, Hooksett Hydro, Jackman Hydro, and Smith Hydro—w... Read More »
Initiative 97, a proposal in Colorado that would make 85 percent of non-federal land off-limits to natural gas and oil development, has enough signatures to qualify for the ballot in November.
The initiative will ensure a safety zone of 2,500 feet between new oil and gas drilling operations and h... Read More »