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 »
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the United States set a new record for natural gas exports in 2023, pumping out 20.9 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d).
On its own, that represented a 10 percent higher export figure than in 2022, with liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports... Read More »
In a move the Biden administration claims could save American as much as $1 trillion over three decades, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently finalized energy efficiency standards for general service lamps.
While the new standards won’t go into effect until July 2028 for newly produced... Read More »
On Thursday, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) announced its recently built charging infrastructure will help Bali Express make an historic crossing of a Class 8 heavy-duty freight truck across the U.S.-Mexico border.
SDG&E said the crossing of a Class 8 heavy-duty electric freight truck would be... Read More »
The Paradise Combustion Turbine Plant in Kentucky recently gained three new natural gas units, in a move by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to shore up reliability and meet demand in the region.
Whale commercial operation of the new units began at the end of last year, they were just dedica... Read More »