FirstEnergy Corp.'s Ohio utilities recently filed a plan with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to redesign and modernize portions of their distribution system to reduce the frequency and duration of power outages.
FirstEnergy expects that the three-year, $450 million investment cou... Read More »
Entergy Mississippi recently announced that it is investing $2.5 million in reliability and resiliency projects in the Mississippi Delta counties of Bolivar, Humphreys, Leflore, and Sunflower.
“This is part of a multi-year investment designed to strengthen all parts of our grid to help reduce ... Read More »
American Electric Power (AEP) announced Wednesday that it is seeking bids for the supply of coal to one or more of its electric generating stations, including Kentucky Power’s Mitchell Plant in West Virginia.
“Coal remains an important part of our communities and our business,” Kentucky Po... Read More »
A forum hosted by the Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) on Tuesday focused on the importance of an all-of-the-above energy strategy, threats to the power infrastructure, and the electrical grid’s future.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Neil Chatterjee, Department of Energ... Read More »
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) recently announced two public comment hearings on a proposed stipulation that would ask the PUC to consider an additional portfolio of new generation resources for Xcel Energy’s electric resource plan.
The proposed stipulation does not seek approv... Read More »
The Affordable Energy Coalition (AEC) recently announced that several consumer and business groups joined the alliance to oppose the Department of Energy's (DOE) proposal to compensate power plants that keep 90 days' worth of fuel onsite.
The DOE filed a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) with... Read More »
Biomass and waste fuels generated 71.4 billion kilowatthours of U.S. electricity in 2016, which equals 2 percent of total generation, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) recently released annual electric power data.
EIA defines biomass fuels as all non-fossil, carbo... Read More »
PPL Electric Utilities President Greg Dudkin testified recently before the Pennsylvania House Consumer Affairs Committee in support of H.B. 1782, which would provide for alternative rate mechanisms that would decouple utility revenues from electricity sales.
“Decoupling will help keep the elec... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently reported that the relationship between growth in economic activity and increased electricity use has been decoupling in many countries in recent years.
Historically, as economic activity has increased and a country generates more goods an... Read More »
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) recently announced that it received the AEIC Achievement Award from the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies (AEIC) for a technology that enables the prediction of intermittent power failures.
FPL's "The Powerful Predictors" team developed an algorithm... Read More »