Consolidated Edison (Con Edison) CEO John McAvoy discussed the impact of smart meters on customer energy usage, the integration of renewables and distributed energy resources, efforts to improve public safety, and investments in natural gas and electric transmission during a shareholder meeting on M... Read More »
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) President Joseph L. Fiordaliso announced on Monday that New Jersey received a perfect score on a federal government evaluation of the enforcement of its excavation damage prevention law.
A representative of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pip... Read More »
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) recently appointed new members to its Natural Gas Infrastructure Modernization Partnership (NGIMP) within the Department of Energy (DOE).
The partnership, established in 2016, aims to support information sharing on emerging tech... Read More »
The American Petroleum Institute (API) led a coalition of eight industry groups in calling on the U.S. Department of Commerce to exempt natural gas and oil companies from steel tariffs and quotas handed down by the Trump administration under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act.
“U.S. natura... Read More »
The U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) forecasts that record gains in natural pipeline capacity in the Northeast this year will address limited takeaway pipeline capacity in the Marcellus and Utica basins of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia that has restricted access to new markets.
Proje... Read More »
Under changes to Kentucky’s call-before-you-dig law, the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) will have the authority to enforce provisions of the law, which aims to protect natural gas and hazardous liquids pipelines.
The changes, which go into effect July 14, will allow the PSC to invest... Read More »
The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPPA) urged U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry on Thursday to refrain from imposing U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) emergency authorities that would provide support to a particular class of power plants.
The American Exploration & Production Cou... Read More »
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently issued an order requiring 17 utilities to provide their customers with a monthly credit to refund savings from tax changes under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017.
The refunds from all 17 electric, natural gas, and water and wastewa... Read More »
A House panel considered draft legislation on Wednesday that would reform the National Source Review (NSR) permitting program to clarify the types of facility upgrades at power plants, refineries, and industrial facilities require a permit.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) NSR ... Read More »
The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) recently approved a stipulation between the Commission staff and the Atlanta Gas Light Company under which the company’s customers will receive 100 percent of the net benefits from the 2017 federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).
These benefits include ... Read More »