A new study by the Vermont Law School’s Institute for Energy and the Environment lays out the challenges of protecting the electric grid from cyberattacks and provides some methods that may hold the keys to future success.
The “Improving the Cybersecurity of the Electric Distribution Grid”... Read More »
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) awarded Zero Emission Certificates (ZECs) to the Salem One and Two and Hope Creek nuclear power plants.
This will result in $300 million per year in subsidies for the owners of these plants, Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) and Exelon. For t... Read More »
Under a new Pacific Power grant program, 10 Oregon electric vehicle charging station projects spanning from Seaside to Grants Pass will receive up to 100 percent of eligible costs.
The utility is providing grant funding to help non-residential customers develop community-driven electric transpor... Read More »
Gov. JB Pritzker made two new appointments to the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) this week, naming Commissioner Carrie Zalewski chairman and adding Maria Bocanegra to the commission.
Both positions still require approval from the Senate. That said, outgoing ICC chairman Brien Sheahan has alr... Read More »
ENGIE North America began construction on the Jumbo Hill Wind Project in Andrews County, Texas.
Jumbo Hill will use 57 GE Renewable Energy turbines, each with 127-meter rotors and a capacity of more than 2 megawatts. It will have a total capacity of approximately 160 MW,
The total capital inve... Read More »
The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is collaborating with West Virginia University on a technology to convert fossil fuels in synthetic gas.
This NETL-led team is investigating gasification, a technology that can convert fossil fuels like coal into synthesis gas, or syngas, a mixture... Read More »
To meet and exceed customer expectations Vermont utility Green Mountain Power is seeking to have a 100 percent carbon-free energy supply by 2025 and completely renewable energy by 2030.
The proposed endeavor, which was unveiled during the GMP Earth Day Every Day Fair in South Burlington, Vermont... Read More »
The Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) released a report Monday examining how more production and infrastructure expansion efforts could positively impact Colorado and Utah natural gas resources.
The analysis details how abundant natural gas resources in the Piceance and Uinta basins of Colorado and... Read More »
With a grant from the Nebraska Environmental Trust (NET) and approval from the Norfolk City Council, the Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) is creating the state’s largest community solar project and its first battery energy storage system (BESS).
“As technologies have advanced and costs ... Read More »
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) recently approved long-term contracts for 800 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind between Vineyard Wind and the Commonwealth’s Electric Distribution Companies.
“The approval of these contracts is an important step toward the completio... Read More »