Janet Sena, senior vice president and director of Policy and External Affairs at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, was appointed to the Southern States Energy Board (SSEB) Blue Ribbon Task Force.
The Blue Ribbon Task Force was created through funding from the Department of Ener... Read More »
A recent report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that reviews of energy infrastructure could have both their timeliness and efficiency bolstered through several re-evaluations of governmental operations.
GAO undertook this assessment with the charge of righting the effects... Read More »
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced last week a measure designed to boost nuclear energy innovation while ensuring advanced reactors provide clean, safe, affordable and reliable power.
The Nuclear Energy Leadership Act (NELA) seeks to help re-establish leadership in nuclear energy by launc... Read More »
Con Edison provided 12,766 megawatts (MW) of electricity at 5 p.m. on Sept. 6 to its customers in New York City and Westchester County, New York, a new high for the company for 2018.
The previous 2018 high was 12,635 MW at 5 p.m. on August 29. The all-time high of 13,322 MW was set at 5 p.m. on J... Read More »
The U.S. House of Representatives recently advanced H.R. 4606, which is designed to expedite the approval process of small-scale shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
H.R. 4606, the Ensuring Small Scale LNG Certainty and Access Act, codifies in statute a rule which the Department of Energy (D... Read More »
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) held a meeting to explore the challenges facing minority-, women-, and veteran-owned suppliers in doing business with the utilities.
ICC’s Fifth Annual Supplier Diversity Policy Session -- held last week -- also featured a discussion of potential solutions... Read More »
While working on equipment problems in Brooklyn, New York, Con Edison is asking customers to conserve energy to help maintain reliable service while the work is being done.
Further, Con Edison reduced voltage by 5 percent in the area as a precaution in the impacted area, which consists of 108,200... Read More »
Bolstered by a surge in the residential sector, the energy storage deployments in the United States have grown 200 percent over the year, and have made for a record-setting second quarter.
Home energy storage deployment surpassed that of front-of-meter storage for the first time in a single quart... Read More »
The Department of Energy (DOE) recently earmarked $80 million toward 42 projects as a means of fostering vehicle technologies research.
Officials said the endeavor enables exploration of more affordable mobility, strengthening domestic energy security, reducing dependence on foreign sources of cr... Read More »
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) recently released its “PowerForward: A Roadmap to Ohio’s Electricity Future,” which describes a future vision for the state’s electric grid.
“This roadmap is bold, and we see it as our duty to chart a path forward for Ohio,” PUCO Chairman... Read More »