Reports
Entergy Texas settles on cost savings agreement
Approximately $200 million will return to customers of Entergy Texas, under a new settlement agreement reached between the utility and various parties in a rate case filed earlier this month. While the Public Utility Commission of Texas still needs to approve the agreement, it is set to operate ... Read More »Energy Department invests $4M in air separation research at National Labs
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy is investing $4 million in four research and development projects led by national labs to identify new concepts and technologies for the production of oxygen via air separation for use in flexible, modular gasification systems. The p... Read More »Merrimack Valley gas restoration schedule pushed back
Restoring gas service to the homes impacted by the explosions in Merrimack Valley, Mass., will take a little longer than expected, officials from Columbia Gas announced last week. Initially, Columbia Gas, which provided gas service to the region, targeted Nov. 19 as the date to have gas service r... Read More »Energy Northwest to construct energy storage system
Washington state-based Energy Northwest is planning to break ground on the state's first utility, solar and battery project during the fall of 2019, with commercial operation beginning in 2020. Officials said the $6.5 million Horn Rapids Solar, Storage, and Training Project, which will be built i... Read More »PSEG included in Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Public Service Enterprise Group has been included on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for the 11th straight year. The DJSI includes companies that exhibit strength related to environmental, social and governance factors. The assessment is conducted annually by sustainability investment s... Read More »Coal-fired capacity decline this year on pace to surpass prior record set in 2015
As coal-fired power plants in the United States grow increasingly uneconomic, capacity retirements by year end are likely to hit a record 15.4 gigawatts (GW), exceeding the previous record of 14.7 GW set in 2015, according to a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis ... Read More »Iran sanctions disrupt certainty of oil, gas price forecasts
The effects of the Trump Administration’s re-imposed sanctions on Iran and withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) are trickling uncertainty down into energy outlooks. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a short-term energy outlook forecast on crude... Read More »Public Utilities Commission of Ohio establishes PowerForward Collaborative to examine future of electric grid
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) issued an order Wednesday to establish the PowerForward Collaborative, which will observe marketplace development and study technologies that may be useful to deploy on the grid. PowerForward is an initiative of PUCO that aims to review technological... Read More »Neil Chatterjee