Appalachian Power announced Tuesday plans to build two miles of 138-kilovolt transmission line and a substation to improve electric service reliability for customers in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
Appalachian Power and AEP West Virginia Transmission Company Inc. will host an open house next mo... Read More »
The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) announced Tuesday the release of its 2018 Utility Energy Storage Market Snapshot, its second annual overview of the energy storage market.
The report uses data and survey responses submitted directly by 137 U.S. utilities that represent more than 82 millio... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy will grant approximately $7 million to two projects to advance associated geologic storage in support of its Carbon Storage Program.
Associated geologic storage is the storage of CO2 in association with enhanced oil recovery or impro... Read More »
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced Tuesday that it would award $220 million over 10 years to 33 electric cooperatives to deploy broadband in unserved areas.
The funding came through the FCC’s Connect American Fund II (CAF II) reverse auction. It is the first time the FCC allo... Read More »
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved millions of dollars in changes this week, granting a $10.6 million rate hike for Consumers Energy Co.’s natural gas customers while saving customers of 10 other Michigan utilities around $379.5 million in a Credit A tax impact case.
Consume... Read More »
Protect the Force, Inc. was awarded $199,260 this week by the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), for their efforts to create energy harvesting fabrics.
The photovoltaic (PV) materials generate electricity through exposure to light, taking it in,... Read More »
Non-governmental organizations and federal lawmakers have called for an update to a California wildfire liability standard that would improve the environment by helping protect the state’s electric utilities.
Experts with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the Natural Resources Defense Counc... Read More »
Private equity firm Hull Street Energy has officially purchased nine hydroelectric power facilities in New Hampshire, capable of generating 68 megawatts (MW) of energy, furthering their expansion into the sustainable energy market.
The sale of the facilities, sold by single-owner Eversource, was ... Read More »
The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has crafted a new method designed to enhance efforts to predict carbon dioxide (CO2) storage potential in geologic formations.
NETL officials said CO2 Storage Prospective Resource Estimation Excel Analysis, or CO2-SCREEN, is designed to estimate u... Read More »
The California legislature recently advanced an electric vehicle charging infrastructure bill designed to promote the deployment of electric vehicles in the state.
The bill, AB 2127, affirms the authority of the California Energy Commission to perform and regularly update a statewide needs assess... Read More »