The Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of the AES Corporation, announced on Thursday at the White House Summit that its award-winning Advancion Energy Storage Array is live for commercial use.
IPL made its announcement as part of the White House Summit on renewables and energy... Read More »
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) announced on Friday that two officials from the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) will shadow and collaborate with staff for the week to improve the grid and energy operations in Rwanda.
The initiative is a collaborative effort between the U... Read More »
As part of an effort to transform how it delivers energy, DTE Energy Co. recently said that it will retire eight coal-fired generators at three coal plants in Michigan within the next seven years, while it also builds one of the largest utility-owned solar arrays east of the Mississippi River.
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SolarCity recently opened its fifth operations facility in Maryland, a 20,000-square-foot center that added to the company’s 100 open positions throughout Upper Marlboro, Annapolis and the southern region of the state.
“I had the opportunity to visit SolarCity’s Beltsville facility in 2012... Read More »
The primary challenge to growth in the solar industry is no longer related to cost, but is instead determining how to build and manage the power grid to accommodate that growth, Julia Hamm, president and CEO of the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), recently told Daily Energy Insider.
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The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) named Ecoisme the winner on Wednesday of the 1776 inaugural E Prize for Innovation for 2016, an award offered through partnership with the Institute for Electric Innovation (IEI) and startup 1776.
"Today, customers demand more choice in energy use and consumpt... Read More »
The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) approved the final stipulations to create a statewide community solar garden pilot program on Wednesday that will target low- and moderate-income customers to make renewable energy more accessible and affordable.
The approved regulations will be poste... Read More »
The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission was awarded the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) 2016 State Leadership in Clean Energy Award on Wednesday for its Sustainable Energy Division’s useful thermal renewable energy certificate (T-REC) program.
The T-REC program was one of six program... Read More »
As more residential customers install rooftop solar panels to generate their own electric power, U.S. states are best positioned to regulate that growing part of the electric market, according to an official with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).
“It has lo... Read More »
The National Mining Association (NMA) opposed the Obama Administration’s “keep it in the ground” policy regarding coal-sourced fuel on Tuesday, which the NMA said would jeopardize America’s affordable access to energy.
“Keep fossil fuels in the ground policies are an assault on afforda... Read More »