Legislation
introduced in the U.S. Senate and House is seeking to make gas pipeline safer
by closing regulatory loopholes and increasing safety standards.
The Leonel
Rondon Pipeline Safety Act is named after the 18-year-old student who lost his
life as a result of the pipeline explosion in Lawr... Read More »
A proposed rule by the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) that would financially treat utilities’ cloud-based computing software the same as on-site computing systems has found strong support from the renewable energy industry.
Todd Foley, senior vice president of Policy and Government Affairs... Read More »
Southwest Power Pool (SPP), a certified electricity reliability coordinator (RC), is looking to expand west to facilitate more efficient deployment of generation and use of the region’s transmission system.
“SPP has experience not only building and administering electricity markets, but spec... Read More »
The residents of Provincetown, Mass., voted unanimously at a recent town meeting to approve a lease for Eversource to operate a community battery storage project at the town’s transfer station
The community battery will provide backup power to customers in Provincetown, Truro, and Wellfleet. I... Read More »
Exelon Generation, which owns and operates the Three Mile Island (TMI) Unit 1 nuclear energy facility near Harrisburg, Penn., recently filed the Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) for the plant with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
The federally required PSDAR detail... Read More »
The Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Electric Power Monthly report maintains 80 percent of Idaho’s in-state utility-scale electricity generation came from renewable resources in 2018 - totaling the nation's second highest share.
Only Vermont ranks ahead of Idaho in renewable resources... Read More »
California-based Brightmark Energy has expanded its reach into Washington state, with the purchase of a biogas project that will process thousands of gallons of dairy waste into renewable natural gas each day.
“Brightmark specializes in energy technologies that turn waste into productive, sust... Read More »
CenterPoint Energy’s electric transmission and distribution business, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (CEHE), recently announced that it filed a request with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and the cities in its service area to increase the base rate for delivery charges.
If ... Read More »
Louisville Gas and Electric (LG&E) is
building a natural gas transmission pipeline to serve Bullitt County, Ky.
The pipeline, recently approved by the Kentucky
Public Service Commission, will create an additional path for natural gas to
reach residents and businesses in the area. The pipeli... Read More »
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) State Electricity Profiles, from 2013 to 2017, Pennsylvania was the largest net exporter of electricity, while California was the largest net importer.Pennsylvania exported an annual average of 59 million megawatt-hours (MWh), while Cali... Read More »