The San Diego City Council on Thursday rejected a proposal to directly add a question to the ballot on whether to municipalize the electric and gas utility in San Diego, a plan that would cost city taxpayers billions of dollars.
The initiative from Power San Diego, a local activist effort launche... Read More »
The True North solar project in Falls County, Texas crossed one of its last major hurdles to construction this week, as Avangrid, Inc. secured its final shipment of solar panels for the 238 MW site.
“We are thrilled to have reached another major construction milestone at True North, which is s... Read More »
As a result of a new agreement between the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and El Paso Electric (EPE), carbon pollution-free electricity (CFE) tariffs or other means to supply federal facilities in parts of Texas and New Mexico will be developed.
The announcement was made with publica... Read More »
On Wednesday, nearly 200 solar and storage companies urged Congressional leaders to improve permitting, project siting, transmission, and public lands access for solar and solar plus storage projects.
In a letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-CA), Senate Minority Leader Mitch M... Read More »
In a bid to meet sustainability goals, Entergy Texas recently announced the addition of its first solar resource: the 150 MW Umbriel Solar facility in Polk County, Texas.
Capable of powering the equivalent of more than 30,000 homes, Umbriel backs power demand growth in southeast Texas. It is own... Read More »
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) announced it had awarded more than $124.8 million to states and Tribes for abandoned mine land (AML) reclamation.
The grants through the AML Reclamation Program, will be used to address th... Read More »
A new entity entered the New Jersey clean energy scene this month, with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) board’s creation of the New Jersey Green Bank (NJGB) dedicated to aiding the state’s clean energy transition.
Going forward, the NJGB will utilize debt, credit enhanc... Read More »
According to the Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Innovative Grid Deployment report recently released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), advanced technologies could support major peak demand growth, greater reliability and affordability, and in just a matter of years.
“The majority of the n... Read More »
ComEd of Illinois recently announced that $130 million has been successfully dispatched through its distributed generation rebate program to date, following its creation in 2017 by the Future Energy Jobs Act and its expansion by the 2021 Illinois Climate and Equitable Jobs Act.
The record-breakin... Read More »
On Monday, FirstEnergy Corp’s Ohio Electric companies – Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company, and Toledo Edison -- reached a settlement on their Grid Modernization (Grid Mod) II plan.
If approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO), the $421 million plan will upgrade the syste... Read More »