Alliant Energy announced Tuesday that it will retire its last coal-fired facility in Wisconsin by the end of 2024, as the company pivots toward meeting carbon goals and cutting costs.
Had the 1,100 MW Columbia Energy Center, which began operation in 1975, continued to operate, Alliant would like... Read More »
In its new State Transportation Electrification Scorecard, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy analyzed states to identify how they have moved to allow for more electric vehicles -- and found that many still host significant barriers.
While several states are taking comprehensive... Read More »
Tampa Electric will file with Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) in the spring for new rates in 2022.
The company is seeking an initial increase of $280 million to $295 million in 2022, with smaller, incremental additions in subsequent years. There would be an additional adjustment of $100 ... Read More »
Southwest Power Pool (SPP), a regional transmission organization that manages the electric grid across 17 central and western U.S. states, launched its Western Energy Imbalance Services (WEIS) market on Feb. 1.
The real-time balancing market is expected to lower wholesale electricity costs, incr... Read More »
A new subsidiary of Duke Energy, eTransEnergy LLC, officially debuted this week to offer unregulated services to aid schools, transit services and large businesses in the United States with all aspects of fleet electrification.
Planning, financing, acquisition, and deployment are all on the agen... Read More »
The Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (NIPSCO) brought its first two Indiana-based wind projects online this week, bolstering clean energy offerings to customers in the state.
The two facilities -- Rosewater Wind and Jordan Creek Wind -- are part of a 10 project push from NIPSCO, all se... Read More »
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) recently approved a proposal to direct Arizona Public Service Company (APS) to create a tariff for distributed demand-side resources, such as smart thermostats, connected hot water heaters, and energy storage systems.
The proposal came from Chairwoman Lea ... Read More »
Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) completed more than $97 million in major projects to enhance electric service reliability and minimize the impact of outages for its 1.1 million customers in northern and central New Jersey.
The work is being done as part of the 18-month JCP&L Reliability Pl... Read More »
In a letter dispatched last week, the National Energy Assistance Directors’ Association (NEADA) wrote House and Senate leadership with a request to inject emergency funding into the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which has already committed its $900 million in supplemental fu... Read More »
The state of America’s energy industry is solid, growing and generally on board with calling for bipartisanship in Congress to keep it headed in that direction, according to panelists during the Jan. 28 session of the 17th Annual State of the Energy Industry Forum hosted by the U.S. Energy Associa... Read More »