Port Corpus Christi recently announced that it expects to handle more than 3,000 large wind turbine components by the end of 2017, including wind turbine blades and tower sections.
In 2015 and 2016, the number of wind turbine components handled at Port Corpus Christi was 2,603 and 2,875, respect... Read More »
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) recently released its 2017 Long-Term Reliability Assessment, which highlighted the importance of essential reliability services and fuel assurance.
These services, the study said, are key to successfully navigating a rapidly changing res... Read More »
Total petroleum deliveries in November increased to 19.9 million barrels per day, the highest November monthly demand since 2007, according to the American Petroleum Association’s (API) Monthly Statistical Report Summary.
Cumulatively through the first 11 months of 2017, total domestic petrole... Read More »
A key technology creating monstrous changes for both American customers and electric companies continues to be smart meters, which are being deployed by numerous utilities at breakneck speed, according to a just-released report from the Edison Foundation Institute for Electric Innovation (IEI).
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According to a report recently released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and GTM Research more than 2 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity was added in the United States during the third quarter of 2017, but policy uncertainties cast a shadow over the sector.
It marks the eighth con... Read More »
Aiming to strengthen U.S. energy infrastructure, a new white paper from the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) calls for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to ensure reasonable rates of return are in place in order to continue attracting investment in the nation’s electric transmission s... Read More »
According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions decreased in 42 states and the District of Columbia and increased in eight states between 2005 and 2015.
Per capita, energy-related CO2 emissions decreased in 48 states and the D... Read More »
The use of energy storage in the United States continues to grow, according to a report from GTM Research and the Energy Storage Association (ESA) released this week.
That growth spiked dramatically this year to 46 percent, with a total 41.8 MW of energy storage engaged in 2017’s third quarter.... Read More »
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) Nominating Council recently announced that it is seeking applicants for a five-year term as a PUCO commissioner that begins on April 11, 2018.
The PUCO, which regulates Ohio’s investor-owned public utilities, consists of five commissioners appoint... Read More »
In May, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) hosted a forum on how digitization can improve the power sector, featuring input and commentary from utility industry leaders Steve Bolze, former president and CEO of GE Power; Christopher Crane, CEO of Exelon; and Gil Quiniones, president and CEO of the Ne... Read More »