Potomac Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., recently filed a base rate case with the Public Service Commission of Maryland (PSC) that includes several new initiatives aimed at improving service reliability.
The case is the first base rate case Potomac Edison has filed in Maryland in approx... Read More »
Eversource completed the sale of nine hydroelectric facilities in New Hampshire to Hull Street Energy LLC.
The nine hydroelectric stations—Amoskeag Hydro, Ayers Island Hydro, Canaan Hydro, Eastman Falls Hydro, Garvins Falls Hydro, Gorham Hydro, Hooksett Hydro, Jackman Hydro, and Smith Hydro—w... Read More »
Initiative 97, a proposal in Colorado that would make 85 percent of non-federal land off-limits to natural gas and oil development, has enough signatures to qualify for the ballot in November.
The initiative will ensure a safety zone of 2,500 feet between new oil and gas drilling operations and h... Read More »
Appalachian Power announced Tuesday plans to build two miles of 138-kilovolt transmission line and a substation to improve electric service reliability for customers in Raleigh County, West Virginia.
Appalachian Power and AEP West Virginia Transmission Company Inc. will host an open house next mo... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy will grant approximately $7 million to two projects to advance associated geologic storage in support of its Carbon Storage Program.
Associated geologic storage is the storage of CO2 in association with enhanced oil recovery or impro... Read More »
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced Tuesday that it would award $220 million over 10 years to 33 electric cooperatives to deploy broadband in unserved areas.
The funding came through the FCC’s Connect American Fund II (CAF II) reverse auction. It is the first time the FCC allo... Read More »
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved millions of dollars in changes this week, granting a $10.6 million rate hike for Consumers Energy Co.’s natural gas customers while saving customers of 10 other Michigan utilities around $379.5 million in a Credit A tax impact case.
Consume... Read More »
Protect the Force, Inc. was awarded $199,260 this week by the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), for their efforts to create energy harvesting fabrics.
The photovoltaic (PV) materials generate electricity through exposure to light, taking it in,... Read More »
Non-governmental organizations and federal lawmakers have called for an update to a California wildfire liability standard that would improve the environment by helping protect the state’s electric utilities.
Experts with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the Natural Resources Defense Counc... Read More »
Private equity firm Hull Street Energy has officially purchased nine hydroelectric power facilities in New Hampshire, capable of generating 68 megawatts (MW) of energy, furthering their expansion into the sustainable energy market.
The sale of the facilities, sold by single-owner Eversource, was ... Read More »