A recent report on Minnesota’s energy market by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) shows that the state’s new commitment to clean energy is having a dramatic and positive impact on energy efficiency and prices.
“Minnesota is using rene... Read More »
Reference case projections from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2016 predict that fossil fuel consumption will dip below 80 percent of total U.S. energy consumption during the next 25 years, for the first time in more than a century.
The EIA predicted th... Read More »
In a set of comments recently submitted to the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) called for greater investments in the nation’s member-owned, not-for-profit electric cooperatives.
“[E]lectric cooperatives, and the electric utility industry... Read More »
In a reference case projection from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (AEO2016), renewable energy generation from wind and solar sources is expected to increase by more than 400 percent by 2040.
As a result of production tax credits for renewable ener... Read More »
The Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) named Pennsylvania one of the most attractive states for clean energy investment on Tuesday due to the state’s abundant access to low-cost natural gas and its renewable energy infrastructure.
“Pennsylvania has a strong and growing base of sus... Read More »
City of Tallahassee Commissioner Nancy Miller addressed the State of Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday regarding the city’s energy management programs after Tallahassee was named the best power operations city in the U.S.
“Living in Florida’s Capital City, our 117,000 cu... Read More »
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) called for additional information into the use and administration of Section 1603 cash grants and energy tax credits in letters sent on Thursday to the Department of Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Inspector General f... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a report on Tuesday that projected that shale and tight oil plays will soon make up the majority of total U.S dry natural gas production, while other production will stagnate or decline.
According to the EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2016... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently published extensive data on the relative costs associated with the construction of utility-scale power plants based on technology type.
“For fuel-consuming electricity generation technologies, fuel costs often make up a substantial porti... Read More »
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, recently issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Sweetheart Lake Hydroelectric Project planned for Juneau, Alaska.
The original application was filed on May 29, 2014, by Juneau Hydro... Read More »