Stan Wise, the longest-serving commissioner on the Georgia Public Service Commission (GPSC), recently said that Georgia has benefited from the vital role that nuclear generation has played in its energy mix, and that nuclear energy's importance will continue for years to come.
“I just think it�... Read More »
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released figures on Tuesday showing that carbon emissions from power plants, oil drilling, factories and other industrial sources are down approximately 4.9 percent in the U.S.
“It’s becoming more widely known that the United States is leading the wor... Read More »
Energy traders from the Arizona Public Service Co. (APS) completed its first transaction on Saturday as a participant in the western regional Energy Imbalance Market (EIM).
The market enables participants to improve efficiency through the purchase and sale of power in smaller increments than was ... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) awarded $20 million in Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) grants on Monday to states, territories and Native American tribes responding to hazardous materials transportation ... Read More »
Duke Energy’s acquisition of Piedmont Natural Gas is now completed, with the transaction closing on Monday.
The acquisition will nearly triple Duke Energy’s natural gas customer base, adding one million Piedmont customers to its existing 525,000 customers. Natural gas still comprises only sli... Read More »
A new technology from the Columbia, Maryland-based SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. has the potential to revolutionize the solar panel industry and eventually change the way cities across the globe power skyscrapers.
SolarWindow is developing a transparent, ultra-thin solar panel coating that can b... Read More »
A settlement approved on Friday by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will permit Xcel Energy to develop, own and operate the Rush Creek Wind Project on Colorado’s eastern plains.
The PUC voted to approve the widely supported agreement without modification, finding that the project ... Read More »
Officials from NorthWestern Energy (NWE), the city of Bozeman and Montana State University (MSU) launched the 2.3-acre solar photovoltaic Bozeman Solar Project (BSP) on Friday.
The project is designed to provide reliable energy to the NWE power grid.
The pilot project was contracted by Energy ... Read More »
The regulatory services staff of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) announced on Friday that it would enter into an all-party settlement agreement to financially protect customers in relation to the activities of Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE’s) proposed LNG facility in Tac... Read More »
Rockland Electric Company (REC) dedicated a new $20 million substation recently, located on a three-acre plot in Montvale, N.J., that will improve REC’s ability to redirect energy loads onto alternate circuits and decrease the grid’s overall load.
The new substation will improve REC’s abil... Read More »