Duke Energy’s leadership fired back at one of its largest investors, Elliott Investment Management, this week after Elliott made a high-profile pitch to break up the energy giant into three smaller regional companies.
Elliott proposed the break-up as a means of increasing the overall financial ... Read More »
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) unveiled its proposed 5.4-mile route for a new transmission line running through Knox and Loudon Counties.
From a point between existing double-circuit lines, the new line would arch northeast into the Hardin Valley 161-kV station on Marietta Church Road. It w... Read More »
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) on May 14 issued an order establishing rates for Kentucky Power Co. net metering customers that are lower than what the utility company had proposed.
“The rates approved by the PSC do not align with the proposed methodology by Kentucky Power, as it w... Read More »
The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) released a report last week that outlines the benefits of a transmission investment tax credit (ITC).
The report was released during a webinar, which featured U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) as speakers. The ta... Read More »
The Biden energy/climate team is preparing regulatory improvements that will help speed up the multitudinous and lengthy environmental reviews necessary to start large-scale renewable energy projects, particularly offshore wind.
The new regulations aren’t ready for release yet but watch for th... Read More »
Owing to rising natural gas costs, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has predicted that summer will bring a 12 percent decline in natural gas-based electricity generation, offset by a 21 percent rise in renewable generation and an 18 percent increase in coal-based generation.
The ... Read More »
Four bipartisan bills designed to secure America’s energy infrastructure were recently reintroduced by House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders.
The legislation announcement was made less than a week after the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack, with committee leaders stating that it reflects how... Read More »
Protect Our Power, a nonprofit group promoting grid security, is calling on the Biden administration and Congress to make grid security and resilience a top priority in pending infrastructure legislation.
The organization's renewed call was made more urgent by the recent cyberattack on the Coloni... Read More »
Hawaiian Electric is looking for feedback on its strategy to increase the use of rooftop solar and other forms of customer energy resources.
Customer energy resources are technologies and devices on the customer-side of the meter that can alter energy use. The strategy is laid out in Hawaiian El... Read More »
Dominion Energy received approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to renew Surry Power Station's operating licenses for another 20-years.
The power station, located in Surry County, Va., operates two nuclear units that can power 419,000 homes.
"Renewing Surry's licenses for anoth... Read More »