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Consumers Energy to provide 30,000 smart thermostats for most vulnerable as natural gas costs fall
Consumers Energy of Michigan announced a giveaway this week for financially vulnerable natural gas customers: 30,000 Google Nest smart thermostats meant to help with heating bills. The thermostat initiative couples with $15 million in automatic bill credits provided to Consumers Energy electric c... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/shutterstock_1117990637-300x200.jpg)
Port of Seattle to purchase 240,000 therms of RNG from Puget Sound Energy
A new agreement between Puget Sound Energy (PSE) and the Port of Seattle for more than 240,000 therms of renewable natural gas (RNG) will result in 1,291 metric tons fewer carbon emissions every year, officials said. The agreement, announced Tuesday by PSE, will make the Port of Seattle’s Mari... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/shutterstock_132921929-300x194.jpg)
EIA report outlines planned closures of power plants in 2023
An analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said that 15.6 gigawatts (GW) of electric-generating capacity will be retired in the United States in 2023. The EIA’s Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory said that most of the retired plants will be natural gas-fired... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/shutterstock_1219505491-300x225.jpg)
Chesapeake Utilities establishes RNG injection point in Florida
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. has established a fuel injection point in Yulee, Fla., that enables the receipt of renewable natural gas (RNG). The injection point can accept RNG, compressed natural gas (CNG), and liquefied natural gas (LNG). It is the first enhancement of a gate system in Florida tha... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/shutterstock_731153932-300x200.jpg)
Piedmont Natural Gas cuts average residential bills in North and South Carolina
Under a plan newly approved by regulators in both North Carolina and South Carolina, the Duke Energy subsidiary Piedmont Natural Gas intends to reduce customer billing rates beginning this month. For the average residential customer in North Carolina, these cuts should work out to around $14 per ... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/shutterstock_2185844183-1-300x200.jpg)
Xcel Energy sees $1.4B in cost savings through Inflation Reduction Act
Xcel Energy’s Minnesota customers are expected to save an estimated $1.4 billion in costs over the next 10 years through provisions in the federal Inflation Reduction Act. In a filing with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Xcel Energy outlined its plan to leverage new and extended tax... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/shutterstock_1078827374-300x195.jpg)
Avista files for new electric, natural gas rate plan in Idaho to recover investment, operating costs
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission received a new, multi-year rate plan from Avista this week that would, if approved, push the company’s base revenues higher on an annual basis, leading to a proposed rate of return of 7.59 percent. How it would affect customers, though, will vary by custom... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/shutterstock_485745460-300x200.jpg)
PG&E predicts 32 percent higher gas, electricity bills this winter
As winter’s icy grip seizes the nation, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) warned its customers this week that the colder than normal temperatures mixed with increased costs of natural gas could lead to approximately 32 percent higher residential gas and electric bills until March. Those f... Read More »![](https://dailyenergyinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/shutterstock_793595989-300x200.jpg)