A group of Chinese cyber actors, known publicly as APT 10, is conducting a campaign of cyber-enabled theft targeting global managed service providers, cloud service providers, and their clients, the U.S. Government reported.
The Department of Energy (DOE) recently said APT 10, which is operating... Read More »
Mike Huebsch, commissioner of the Public Service Commission (PSC) of Wisconsin, was recently appointed to the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ (NARUC) board of directors.
Huebsch currently serves on the NARUC Committee on Electricity and the Committee on Nuclear Issues-... Read More »
As a result of corporate tax changes resulting from the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved last week Consumers Energy Co. and DTE Electric Co. to return $162 million to their customers beginning in January.
The result will be $92,812,177 ... Read More »
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved last week Minnesota Power's 20-year purchase agreement with Tenaska Inc., for 250 megawatts of wind-generated electricity, expanding the utility’s wind portfolio to 870 megawatts capacity.
Minnesota Power owns and operates the 496.6-megawatt Bi... Read More »
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) recently began a prudency review of Avista Utilities’ energy efficiency programs in 2016 and 2017.
Avista spent approximately $23 million on the programs. The PUC must determine that the money spent on the programs was prudently incurred to be funded ... Read More »
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, Rep. Don Young, and Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy (all R-AK) recently issued statements applauding the release of the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the oil and gas leasing program on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) ... Read More »
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) has accepted energy company PNM's Integrated Resources Plan (IRP), which clears a path to eliminate coal-fired generation by 2031.
“We are very pleased that the Commission has accepted our Integrated Resource Plan," Pat Vincent-Collawn, PNM Re... Read More »
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) adopted policies related to biomass, electric vehicles and other matters at its monthly Open Meeting this week.
The ACC voted to adopt a policy statement on the use of forest bioenergy, biogas, and biomass as a renewable energy resource. The statement dire... Read More »
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has some work to do as its newly revamped infrastructure cybersecurity agency tackles the protection of oil and natural gas pipelines from malevolent and hostile hackers.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report on Dec. 19 th... Read More »
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) adopted a settlement agreement Wednesday resolving Duke Energy Ohio’s distribution rate case, electric security plan (ESP), reliability standard case and power purchase agreement.
“With today’s decision, Duke joins Ohio’s three other electric... Read More »