Several industry representatives critiqued the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio’s (PUCO) decision to approve Purchase Power Agreements (PPAs) for FirstEnergy and AEP on Thursday, warning that the PPAs were deeply flawed and will hurt consumers.
Representatives from the PJM Power Providers Gr... Read More »
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) on Thursday announced the adoption of a modified electric security plan (ESP) featuring stipulations to prevent bill increases for FirstEnergy’s Ohio distribution utilities.
PUCO said that the new ESP will issue a number of updates to FirstEnergy... Read More »
The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) approved a request on Tuesday to construct a cutting-edge natural gas-fired power station in Greensville County.
Dominion Virginia Power will operate the $1.3 billion facility.
"We are pleased that the SCC has granted approval for the Greensvill... Read More »
The Montana Public Service Commission voted 3-2 against a request from NorthWestern Energy on Tuesday for residents to pay for costs associated with the Colstrip Unit 4 outage in 2013.
The Colstrip Unit 4 facility had a core malfunction in 2013, resulting in an outage. As a result, the company ma... Read More »
The Department of Energy Resources and the Department of Housing and Community Development of Massachusetts announced on Tuesday that they are seeking stakeholder engagement for the Affordable Access to Clean and Efficient Energy Initiative (AACEEI).
The AACEEI, announced last month, was created... Read More »
The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) announced on Monday that parties wishing to intervene with regard to the Union Electric Company’s fuel and purchase power adjustment charge (FAC) case will have until April 11.
In Missouri, Union Electric Company does business as Ameren Missouri. The... Read More »
On Monday, Cleco Corporation, doing business as Cleco Power LLC, announced that the Louisiana Public Service Commission had approved the sale of the corporation to a group of North American infrastructure investors.
Among the investors were Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), the Br... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy released its first annual U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) on Thursday.
The report is an analysis of the energy sector and its impact on the energy industry regarding employment.
USEER provides one of the first comprehensive looks at energy employment in... Read More »
The Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a settlement proposal from Montana-Dakota Utilities (MDU) on Friday, with the electric company set to raise its rates by 13.3 percent over the course of two years.
MDU proposed a 21.1 percent electricity rate increase in June, which resulted in... Read More »
PacifiCorp, doing business as Rocky Mountain Power in eastern Idaho, is seeking to modify its net metering tariff to increase its Idaho territory’s “participation cap” from 714 kilowatts (kW) to 2,000 kW.
Power is generated by net metering customers as a means of offsetting all or part of t... Read More »