Under a recently signed purchase agreement, American Electric Power (AEP) will acquire Sempra Renewables LLC and the 724 megawatts (MW) of wind generation and battery assets under its portfolio.
The purchase is part of a plan by AP to invest $2.2 billion into renewables by 2023. In this case, th... Read More »
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (KPSC) this week renewed Kentucky Power’s Coal Plus program, which is designed to bolster coal businesses and miners.
The program has been in effect since 2017, offering the utility the flexibility to offer special contracts to coal companies and coal pro... Read More »
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette told German officials how natural gas production has played an integral role in U.S. energy security and discussed how it could do the same for Germany.
Brouillette delivered the remarks at a German LNG Conference in Berlin, hosted by German Federal... Read More »
NorthWestern Energy has begun the process of modernizing the grid for its electric customers in South Dakota.
The utility will issue a request for proposals (RFP) in April with the expectation of completing the upgrade by the end of 2021. The RFP will call for 60 megawatts (MW) of flexible capaci... Read More »
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) an the National Association of State Energy Official (NASEO) have formed a Task Force for Comprehensive Electricity Planning and assembled 16 states to represent it.
The 16 members were chosen from among 21 which requested to jo... Read More »
The Annual Energy Outlook 2019, a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), predicts emissions levels among the energy sector to remain as they are through 2050.
The report indicates that emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and carbon dioxide (CO2) wil... Read More »
Local officials celebrated the grand opening of the Tube City Center for Business and Innovation in McKeesport, Penn., and championed the opening of a new transportation center in the city.
“This is truly a new and exciting day for the Mon Valley,” State Sen. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmor... Read More »
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) detailed the state’s progress in developing offshore wind energy in a new report released this week.
The board is tracking progress since Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order early last year directing the NJBPU to fully implement the state... Read More »
AEP Appalachian Power will install about 49,000 “advanced” meters for its customers in the City of Kingsport and parts of Sullivan and Hawkins counties in Tennessee.
The Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) meters, which will be installed at no charge to customers, are part of AEP’s rout... Read More »
WASHINGTON – Regional grid integration in the Western Interconnection will be an “evolutionary change, not a revolutionary change,” Commissioner Kristine Raper of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission told attendees of a panel at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ ... Read More »