The Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) released a report on the devastating Christmas 2022 storm Elliott, which caused power outages for millions of Americans in the Eastern United States.
The 167-page report includes several ... Read More »
This week marks the end of an era for Entergy, as the company agreed to sell off its gas distribution service to Bernhard Capital Partners, and with it, the more than 200,000 customers it served in the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas of Louisiana.
The net proceeds would, if approved, amount to... Read More »
An analysis by the American Gas Association said Americans can expect lower natural gas prices this winter.
In fact, natural gas prices for 2023 are on track to resemble the 2021 norm rather than the elevated prices of 2022, according to the AGA 2023 Winter Heating Outlook. Higher natural gas pr... Read More »
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) reached an historic milestone this week, as it has begun the process to purchase California-produced renewable natural gas (RNG) for residential and small commercial customers.
Further, the company is also announcing a new biomass-to-RNG project.
"A c... Read More »
In a filing with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) this week, Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (NIPSCO) requested an increase of 10.6 percent to the monthly bills of the average natural gas residential customer, to fuel both modernization and upgrades.
Those upgrades ar... Read More »
In filing an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission this week, Xcel Energy laid out a plan to acquire a mix of 5-10 GW of new power generation to meet regional power needs in New Mexico and Texas by 2030.
This was meant to balance things out in the face of... Read More »
According to the latest Monthly Electric Generator Inventory from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the country will likely deploy 8.6 GW of new capacity from natural gas-fired power plants by the end of the year.
With both combined-cycle gas turbine and simple-cycle gas turbine ... Read More »
The newest National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) task force gained its leaders last week, with the naming of regulators Fitz Johnson, Tammy Cordova and Kathryn Zerfuss to the helm.
The new task force is known as the Natural Gas Resource Planning Task Force, which will ... Read More »
The New York Public Service Commission (PSC) approved plans by New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E) to make investments in reliability, resiliency, and customer service via their Reliable Energy New York plans.
The ruling also sets electric and gas rates thr... Read More »
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities gave the go ahead for PSE&G to continue to modernize aging natural gas pipes in 2024 through 2025.
With this approval, PSE&G will begin the second phase of its Gas System Modernization Program (GSMP). The state’s largest utility expects to invest $902 m... Read More »