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Energy Department approves additional liquefied natural gas exports from offshore Louisiana project
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that it has approved a long-term application to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Delfin’s proposed offshore Louisiana floating LNG terminal in the Gulf of Mexico. The project, Delfin LNG, LLC, will be able to export 1.8 billion cu... Read More »Rocky Mountain Power launches new online power outage map
Rocky Mountain Power recently launched an online outage map that shows disruptions in power for its customers in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. The map shows a red dot in the approximate location of a power outage. The size of the dot will correlate to the size of the outage and will show outages of... Read More »Thomas Zacharia
Zacharia named director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory
United States Secretary of Energy Rick Perry recently announced that Thomas Zacharia was appointed as the new Director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The UT-Battelle Board of Governors unanimously selected Zacharia to succeed Thom Mason as director and wil... Read More »Joseph Dominguez
Exelon executive urges Ohio lawmakers to adopt zero-emissions credit
Exelon Corp. Executive Vice President of Governmental and Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy Joseph Dominguez recently urged Ohio lawmakers to implement a zero-emissions program in testimony to the Ohio Senate’s Public Utilities Committee. The program, Dominguez said, would help prevent fu... Read More »Nuclear industry leaders continue to press states to preserve nuclear plants
At an energy sector meeting held in Chicago last week, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Senior Director of Policy Development Matt Crozat emphasized the impacts of prematurely shuttering nuclear plants and encouraged taking measures to preserve them. Exelon Corp. hosted the Energy and Manufacturin... Read More »American Petroleum Institute releases report on benefits of oil, natural gas industry
The American Petroleum Institute (API) recently released a new report highlighting ways that the U.S. oil and natural gas industry safety, environmental and economic practices benefit local communities. “Energy development can enhance communities in countless ways not always recognized,” API... Read More »Duke Energy Progress requests rate change for modernization, clean energy efforts
Duke Energy Progress recently filed for a rate increase with the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) to cover the costs of modernizing power plants, generating cleaner electricity, responsibly managing coal ash and responding to major storms. The company, which serves 1.3 million electric... Read More »Juan Torres