Federal, state, and local officials in New Jersey are calling for funding energy efficiency and conservation programs to help reduce the effects of climate change in New Jersey.
The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program, authorized in the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act... Read More »
Duke Energy Progress recently made its annual fuel filing, which proposed a decrease in monthly fuel costs for the company’s South Carolina customers beginning this summer.
Under the proposal, bills for the typical residential customers using 1,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) each month would decrease... Read More »
Three years of electromagnetic pulse simulations and testing by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) show that America’s electrical grid could withstand the impact of an EMP triggered by a nuclear weapon, according to research findings released on Tuesday by the independent, nonprofit grou... Read More »
Bipartisan agreement on the virtues of a bill to encourage new nuclear energy technologies, S. 903, the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act, appeared to fracture during a Senate committee hearing Tuesday over the ongoing debate regarding a permanent storage site for nuclear waste.
U.S. Sen. Catherine C... Read More »
Utilities could make billions of dollars in the fast-growing electric vehicle (EV) market by bundling services for consumers, market research firm Accenture concluded this month.
Accenture Strategy determined that utilities could stand to make as much as $1.7 trillion by 2040 by providing low-mar... Read More »
Ernst & Young officials said the firm has initiated construction of two large-scale Texas-based wind farms expected to generate enough zero-carbon electricity to offset absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The entity has entered into renewable energy Virtual Power Purchase Agreements (VPPAs) ... Read More »
The MPLX Sherwood Gas Processing Complex in West Virginia’s Doddridge County recently expanded its processing capacity by another 400 million cubic feet per day.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony last week put the finishing touch of additions that push the plant past its already 2.2 billion cubic feet ... Read More »
Entergy said recently that customers of Entergy Texas and Entergy Arkansas have seen significant savings as a result of the utilities joining the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), a regional transmission organization, five years ago.
Entergy Texas customers saved approximately $198... Read More »
December is the most popular time of year for the addition of new onshore wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation installations, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
From 2010 through 2018, 43 percent of all onshore wind capacity and 33 percent of all sol... Read More »
U.S. wind power construction and development activity hit record levels in the first quarter, according to the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) U.S. Wind Industry First Quarter 2019 Market Report.
The report found that U.S. project developers announced new wind farms with a total capa... Read More »