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Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power file for $641.7M increase to expanded net energy cost rate
Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power customers could face higher bills ahead due to an annual Expanded Net Energy Cost (ENEC) filing submitted last week to the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (PSC). That filing requested a $641.7 million increase to the current ENEC rate – the mechan... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/shutterstock_255749269-2-300x199.jpg)
Piedmont Natural Gas gets approval to lower North Carolina customers’ bills
Piedmont Natural Gas got approval from the North Carolina Utilities Commission to reduce customer billing rates beginning this month. The rate reduction stems from a decrease in the market cost of natural gas. This translates into a savings of approximately $2.37 per month, or $28.40 per year, fo... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/shutterstock_1803281425-300x169.jpg)
Arizona Corporation Commissioners hold Summer Preparedness and Energy Reliability Summit
In a bid to garner strategies for maintaining electricity and gas service during the heat of summer and beyond, Arizona Corporation Commissioners (ACC) Jim O’Connor and Lea Márquez Peterson recently chaired a statewide Summer Preparedness and Energy Reliability Summit. That meeting gathered t... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/shutterstock_2136951757-300x200.jpg)
CenterPoint Energy proposes ending Indiana coal use by 2027, pivoting more to natural gas/renewables combo
Under its newest Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), released this week, CenterPoint Energy of Indiana pledged to end coal use by 2027 and instead invest further into renewable energy sources backed by natural gas-fired generation. "Our recommended mix of renewable and natural gas resources is expect... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/shutterstock_2157377821-300x200.jpg)
Idaho Power files final piece of cost adjustments
On Friday, Idaho Power announced it had filed for a price increase with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC) to address higher costs for natural gas and lower-than-anticipated hydro generation. The final piece of the annual cost adjustment also addresses the utility’s limited coal supp... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/shutterstock_1652887231-300x200.jpg)
PG&E successfully cuts pipeline emissions more than 20 percent, two years ahead of schedule
As confirmed in a report from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) released earlier this year, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) successfully cut its emissions from gas pipelines by more than 20 percent, beating out a self-set deadline of 2025. That goal was floated in 2017 an... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/shutterstock_128088692-300x199.jpg)
Virginia Natural Gas increases amount of next generation natural gas procured
As part of its Sustainable Gas Program, Virginia Natural Gas (VNG) has increased the amount of next generation natural gas, with lower methane emissions, that it procures. VNG recently entered into new agreements with several natural gas suppliers so that now roughly half of its customers are be... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/shutterstock_553614883-300x200.jpg)
Electric capacity in U.S. shifting from fossil fuels to renewables, EIA report says
The U.S. power grid will need to nearly double in capacity by 2050 to meet power demands, and most of that will come from renewable energy technologies, according to a report from the U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA). In its Annual Energy Outlook 2023, EIA said declining capital costs fo... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/D_SF-U3WkAEbKOe-300x200.jpg)
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