Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO), an AEP company, issued Monday a request for proposals for up to 1,200 megawatts (MW) of wind energy resources to be in commercial operation by Dec. 15, 2021.
Proposals are due by Match 1 and must have a minimum nameplate rating of 100 MW. SWEPCO is ai... Read More »
Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans are in the process of rolling out advanced smart meters for its customers.
This multi-year project is already underway as the communications network and IT systems required to implement the project are under development. The advanced meters will be instal... Read More »
The American Public Power Association in a partnership with SmartEnergy IP released a new whitepaper that provides a roadmap for cities and utilities considering implementing a smart city program.
The paper, called “Creating a Smart City Roadmap for Public Power Utilities,” offers guidelines... Read More »
Consumers Energy recently announced that $10 million had been set aside to help low-income families pay their energy bills, potentially helping as many as 7,000 households in the process.
The funds build on efforts the company has undertaken all winter to help customers reduce energy use and fin... Read More »
Department of Energy (DOE) officials have initiated the process of issuing a Notice of Intent for a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), with the overarching goal of supporting subsurface sensing research.
The DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)... Read More »
PPL Electric Utilities announced recently that its electric service reliability is ranked in the top 10 percent nationally and first in the Mid-Atlantic region, according to figures for 2017 performance from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
The figures are based on me... Read More »
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently renewed the operating licenses of the Waterford Steam Electric Station and the River Bend Nuclear Generating Station, both located in Louisiana, for an additional 20 years.
Waterford has a single pressurized-water reactor and is located in Killona, La., ... Read More »
The Gulf Connector Project, which connects to the 10,000-mile Transco pipeline, has been placed into full service.
The Transco Pipeline is the largest-volume interstate natural gas pipeline in the U.S. With the opening of the Gulf Connector Project, the Transco pipeline’s delivery capacity is e... Read More »
Regular gas prices averaged $2.72 per gallon (gal) in 2018 in the United States, which is 30 cents/gal higher than in 2017 and 57 cents/gal higher than in 2016.
However, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), prices began declining in and finished the year lower than they bega... Read More »
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) received three bids from developers following its September 2018 solicitation for 1,100 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind.
An economic consultant will evaluate the bids. Once weighed by the expert and the board -- likely in spring 2019 -- recommendat... Read More »