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FERC certificated seven natural gas pipeline projects before loss of quorum
In the first few weeks of 2017, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) certificated seven new natural gas pipeline projects totaling more than seven billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) before losing its quorum with the departure of one commissioner in February. The commissioner’s depar... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shutterstock_594151700-300x193.jpg)
DTE Energy seeks proposals to potentially acquire a natural gas plant
DTE Energy recently issued a request for proposal to potentially purchase a natural gas power plant within Michigan’s Lower Peninsula with a generating capacity of up to 1,200 megawatts. DTE is seeking to replace three coal-fired plants that are scheduled for retirement in 2023. Plants involve... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/shutterstock_586540868-300x200.jpg)
Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, ATC Development Co. partner to develop transmission projects in southwestern US
ATC Development Co., a development branch of Wisconsin-based American Transmission Co. (ATC), and Arizona Electric Power Cooperative (AEPCO), recently entered a joint operating agreement to develop transmission projects in Arizona and the southwestern United States. The companies created the new... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shutterstock_239384179-300x200.jpg)
ARPA-E projects receive over $1.8 billion in private funding
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced earlier this week that the agency’s 74 project teams have received over $1.8 billion in private funding since the agency’s founding in 2009 The announcement was made at the eighth annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Nation... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/nuclear_reactor_technologies_home-300x141.png)
Advocates stress need for greater progress on advanced nuclear development
Investors, philanthropists and innovators in the nuclear industry recently discussed the need to use the power of storytelling to better communicate the importance of advanced nuclear technology at think tank Third Way’s Advanced Nuclear Summit. Ross Koningstein, engineering director emeritus ... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/shutterstock_557770813-300x200.jpg)
US likely to become natural gas net exporter by 2018
The United States is projected to become a net exporter of natural gas on an annual basis by 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s recently released Annual Energy Outlook 2017 (AEO2017) Reference case. The United States is also expected to become a net energy exporter ... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shutterstock_560034682-300x225.jpg)
Florida Power & Light doubles solar expansion plans
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) announced this week the expansion of its solar generation plans and create eight new plants by 2018 comprised of over 2.5 million solar panels. Each plant will have a capacity of 74.5 megawatts. They will be located at various Florida locations, including si... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shutterstock_248735917-272x300.jpg)
Industry consortium proposes strategies for small nuclear reactor deployment
SMR Start, a consortium made up of develops and potential customers of small modular reactors (SMRs), recently published a policy statement identifying public-private partnership proposals for progressing the deployment and commercialization of SMRs. Private companies have invested over $1 billio... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shutterstock_469242305-300x231.jpg)