Policy
Two MidAmerican Energy wind farms begin operation in Iowa
MidAmerican Energy Company announced this week that it completed and entered into service two new wind farms in Iowa that have a total capacity of 338 megawatts (MW). The Beaver Creek wind farm in Boone and Greene counties and Prairie wind farm in Mahaska County are part of the company’s Wind X... Read More »Hawaiian Electric Companies reached 27 percent renewable portfolio in 2017
Hawaii’s electric companies reached a new milestone last year, gaining a percentage point toward consolidated renewable energy and drawing them up to a total of 27 percent. The driving force behind this for Hawaiian Electric, Maui Electric, and Hawaii Electric Light was the addition of new grid... Read More »Appalachian Power installing Advanced Metering Infrastructure meters in Roanoke and Lynchburg, Virginia
Appalachian Power began this month installing 130,000 Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) meters in the Roanoke and Lynchburg areas of Virginia. The new meters will feature radio frequency and cell phone technology to transmit meter readings directly to the company. This remote meter reading ... Read More »Lisa Murkowski
Sen. Murkowski: U.S. making more energy, using it more efficiently
WASHINGTON – The United States is producing more energy and using it with greater efficiency today than five years ago when U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced her energy plan for the future. Murkowski introduced her blueprint at a conference of the National Association of Regulatory Uti... Read More »Report makes case for electric companies offering services beyond energy supply directly to customers
A report from the Edison Foundation’s Institute for Electric Innovation (IEI) released this week makes the case that electric companies are well positioned to expand distributed energy resources (DERs), but that rules and regulations need to be put in place to provide the most value for customers ... Read More »Cooper Nuclear Station providing more than $112 million to Nebraskan economy annually
A new report from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) revealed this week that Nebraska’s Cooper Nuclear Station--operated by Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)--is doing more than just generating electricity--is generating $112 million for the state’s economy each year. Its year-round gener... Read More »American Petroleum Institute welcomes new venting, flaring rule proposal
The American Petroleum Institute (API) issued a statement welcoming the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) new proposed rule regarding methane emissions related to oil and natural gas production. “We welcome today’s announcement by the BLM as an important step towards our shared goal of redu... Read More »Ernest Moniz