To kick off the month, the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) and consultancy firm Cadmus teamed up to create the Plug-In Electric Vehicle (PEV) Policy Impact Rubric, a self-assessment tool on which jurisdictions can weigh their PEV policies.
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The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) will present a series of awards this week for members’ efforts to advance state and local initiatives for the electric industry and for politicians that have crossed political lines to do the same.
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Georgia Power issued its first sustainability bond this week.
The proceeds from the bond – expected to be $742 million -- will be allocated to fund the company's environmental, renewable, and social (ESG) initiatives. The bond carries a 3.25% coupon – the lowest 30-year coupon for a publicly... Read More »
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative in Waco, Texas, filed for bankruptcy after getting hit with a huge bill from the state’s grid operator, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), after the winter storms that paralyzed the state in February.
Brazos Electric – the state’s oldest and lar... Read More »
As a result of a historic February storm that damages large swathes of the state, the Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) has filed an effort to increase the fuel cost adjustment on customer bills but moved to minimize its impacts by extending its cost recovery period.
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Utilities United Against Scams (UUAS), a consortium of 146 U.S. and Canadian electric, water, and natural gas utilities, is taking the week to promote awareness of the dangers customers face through impostor utility scams.
As part of National Consumer Protection Week, which runs through March 6,... Read More »
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) passed a resolution proposing to place Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) into step one of the Enhanced Oversight and Enforcement program established last year.
In the resolution, CPUC cited shortcomings in the company’s 2020 Enhanced Veget... Read More »
Texas power producers will likely have to make sure their power plants, wind turbines and natural gas pipelines are ready for next winter, but is the state standing by to assist?
As Texas gets back on its feet after February’s wave of power outages, it appears the state’s priorities for the i... Read More »
Recognizing the threat that cyberattacks pose to critical modern infrastructure such as the electric grid, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) RADICS program has set about developing technologies to rapidly recover from such attacks and provide a testbed for program evaluations.
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Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy cut carbon emissions by approximately 6 million tons, or 12 percent, in 2020, making it the largest single-year drop in emissions in the company’s history.
Since 2005, the company has reduced carbon emissions by 51 percent. Xcel has outpaced the broader industry, ... Read More »