The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has awarded about $1 million in funding to Duke Energy for its Integrated Methane Monitoring Platform Extension project.
The company’s methane-monitoring platform uses satellites, sensors, and other cutting-edge techn... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will allocate up to $30 million to help lower the costs of the onshore production of rare earths and other critical minerals from coal-based resources.
The funding, provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will help meet the growing demand for critical mine... Read More »
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) identified five significant evolving and interdependent risks to grid reliability in its 2023 ERO Reliability Risk Priorities Report.
The five chief risks, according to NERC, are energy policy, grid transformation, resilience to extreme eve... Read More »
In a unanimous agreement, the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) said on Aug. 18 it settled with more than a half-dozen organizations over customer rate credits to resolve the final steps for retirement of its coal-fired San Juan Generating Station.
Retirement of the plant was underway ... Read More »
Duke Energy filed its Carbon Plan Integrated Resource Plan (CPIRP) last week – the company’s blueprint to advance its energy transition – with North Carolina regulators,
The plan builds on the trajectory of the North Carolina Utilities Commission’s (NCUC) 2022 Carbon Plan. That plan esta... Read More »
The American Petroleum Institute (API) spoke out this week on the challenges in meeting the timeline for compliance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed regulation on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from U.S. power plants.
While carbon capture (CCS) and hydrogen are pr... Read More »
As the U.S. electric power sector continues making strides in the nation’s clean energy revolution, the current limits of advanced technologies could impact the pace at which power plant owners meet proposed federal deadlines for shearing carbon emissions, according to Aug. 8 comments filed by Ame... Read More »
Avista has reached an agreement with local authorities on its natural gas general rate case for its Oregon customers.
If the agreement is approved, it would result in a base revenue increase request of $7.16 million -- or 4.7 percent. This is lower than Avista’s original request of $11.0 milli... Read More »
Seeking to recover costs for fuel used to generate electricity in South Carolina, Duke Energy Carolinas filed for approval with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSCSC) to increase residential bills by 7.1 percent, beginning Nov. 1.
The annual adjustment for fuel was presented in ... Read More »
In order to meet the needs of its customers while upgrading equipment and infrastructure, Central Hudson Gas & Electric said it needs to increase rates 16 percent for residential electric and 19 percent for natural gas.
In its proposed new rate plan to the New York Public Service Commission, Cen... Read More »