In a blow to Consumers Energy efforts to buy out the remainder of its Palisades nuclear power plant purchase agreement, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) announced their securitization plan will be set at $142,151,600.
Consumers Energy had sought $184.6 million in its filing applicati... Read More »
Ameren Missouri recently announced a plan to significantly increase its solar and wind capacity and reduce its carbon emissions by 80 percent.
The Ameren Corporation subsidiary plans to add at least 700 megawatts (MW) of wind generation by 2020, an investment of approximately $1 billion. The com... Read More »
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company (OG&E) recently announced that it would reduce its monthly fuel cost recovery because of improved technology and mild summer temperatures.
The average residential customer would see a reduction of $2.70 on their monthly bills, effective with the first customer bil... Read More »
American Midstream Partners, LP (AMID) announced today that it began deliveries from its 40,000 barrel per day Bakken crude oil gathering system near Watford City, North Dakota into the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).
“We are excited to have initial deliveries into DAPL, an integral connection ... Read More »
Retail electricity prices for residential customers averaged 12.8 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in the first half of 2017, a 3 percent increase over 2016 rates.
Rates were higher in most areas of the United States. Only six states experienced a decrease in rates.
The rising cost of fuels suc... Read More »
SolarCity Corp. has decided to end a five-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and — denying claims it overstated the costs of installing solar panels to receive overblown federal grant monies — has agreed to pay the government $29.5 million.
As part of the settlement, S... Read More »
MidAmerican Energy Company recently announced that it will upgrade hundreds of aging wind turbines and add additional wind energy sources through a definitive agreement with GE in order to bring cost savings to its Iowa-based customers.
The announcement follows a decision from the Iowa Utilities... Read More »
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) recently announced that New Jersey exceeded 80,000 operational solar projects with a combined installed solar energy capacity of more than 2.25 gigawatts (GW).
Approximately 94 percent of current solar capacity in the state was installed during th... Read More »
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently approved a request from Energy Transfer Partners to resume Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) operations along the Rover Pipeline Project.
Energy Transfer expects to begin the approved operations this week on nine HDD locations and will... Read More »
The current policy-driven energy market could create a less diverse grid, increased price fluctuations and higher price, a new study from IHS Market said.
The report, titled Ensuring Resilient and Efficient Electricity Generation: The Value of the Current Diverse U.S. Power Supply Portfolio, sai... Read More »