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Biden Administration provides guidance on Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Tax Credit
The Department of Energy (DOE), along with U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued guidance this week on a tax credit to drive investment in energy communities. The Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Tax Credit is a key provision in the Inflation Reduction Act.... Read More »
Entergy hosts Southeast Texas Energy Leadership Summit
As the population in Texas continues to grow, so does the need for more electricity in the Lone Star State. Entergy Texas, which serves two of the fastest-growing areas, Harris and Montgomery counties, convened a summit of industry leaders and stakeholders last week to address the challenges posed ... Read More »
EPA launches nearly $1B in grants to replace polluting heavy-duty vehicular polluters
With the launch of a nearly $1 billion Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant Program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently pushed forward with a plan to replace polluting heavy-duty vehicles with zero-emission vehicles. The program will advance eligible Class 6 and 7 no emission veh... Read More »LATEST NEWS
Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities issue RFP for solar, wind and hydro
Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities (KU) issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for new solar, wind, and hydroelectric projects that will begin in 2026. Proposals must provide at least 75 megawatts of energy. They can also include bids for purchasing power, purchasing new or existing renewable power generating facilities, and build-transfer transactions. The proposals also represent energy supplies that would be in addition to LG&E and KU’s generation ... Read More »
South Cheyenne Solar Facility
Southern Power brings Wyoming’s first solar facility online
Wyoming gained its first solar facility this week, and Southern Power its 30th, with the beginning of operations at the 150 MW South Cheyenne Solar Facility in Laramie County. While Southern Power’s portfolio stretches from coast to coast, this facility marked a new foray for it on the West Coast, made possible by the site’s acquisition from Qcells USA Corp. in September 2023. At that time, Qcells provided Southern with a full renewable value chain and turnkey services on the project and ... Read More »
Coalition of 40 organizations urge Congress to provide funding for electric transmission
A coalition of more than 40 organizations and companies is urging Congress to provide robust funding for electric transmission deployment and research in the Department of Energy (DOE)’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget. In a letter to Congressional leaders, the coalition highlights how upgrading and expanding the nation’s transmission network has taken on new immediacy. “For the first time in two decades, demand for electricity is rising,” the groups wrote in a joint letter. “Capacity ex... Read More »
Ameren Illinois to upgrade underground natural gas storage fields for reliability assurance
In a bid to diversify its energy portfolio and improve winter reliability, Ameren Illinois recently announced plans to upgrade infrastructure at several of its underground natural gas storage fields. Sites targeted immediately include the Glasford, Hillsboro, Freeburg and Shanghai natural gas storage fields. At Glasford, work has already begun on a new gas injection pipeline and take station in and around the storage field to allow Ameren Illinois to free flow gas from its Panhandle Eastern... Read More »
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Duke Energy completes upgrades to pumped storage facility in South Carolina
Duke Energy finished upgrades to the four units at the Bad Creek pumped storage facility in Salem, S.C., adding 320 megawatts of carbon-free energy to the company’s system. Pumped storage hydro plants store and generate energy by moving water between two reservoirs at different elevations. They are an efficient and green way to store and deliver large quantities of energy. Bad Creek, which came online in 1991, is designed to produce significant amounts of energy when customers need it most, s... Read More »
WEC Energy Group to secure 90 percent ownership of 300 MW Texas solar project
The Delilah I Solar Energy Center in Dallas, Texas will soon gain a new majority owner, ahead of its June start date: WEC Energy Group. Under terms agreed, the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based WEC will acquire 90 percent ownership of the 300 MW project, which was originally developed and built by Invenergy as part of a five-phase Samson & Delilah solar portfolio. Expected to begin commercial operation by the end of June, its power is already spoken for under a long-term power purchase agreement... Read More »
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Vogtle Unit 4 nuclear power plant enters commercial operation in Georgia
Plant Vogtle Unit 4 officially entered commercial operation this week and is now serving customers in the state of Georgia, Georgia Power officials announced. The units at Vogtle are the first new nuclear build projects in the United States in more than 30 years. The new unit, which can produce enough electricity to power an estimated 500,000 homes and businesses, will provide emissions-free nuclear energy to customers for at least 60 to 80 years. In follows Vogtle Unit 3, which entered commerc... Read More »
Auburn University, Oak Ridge National Lab to create pilot SE Regional Cybersecurity Collaboration Center
Thanks to a $10 million grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security based in Alabama, and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee plan to form a pilot regional cybersecurity center to research ways of better protecting the power grid. Known as the Southeast Region Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (SERC3), this cybersecurity center will focus on research and operations related to cyberatta... Read More »
Consumers Energy deploying 1,200 replacement iron utility poles throughout Michigan
As a way to counteract increased cases of severe weather, Consumers Energy of Michigan recently bought 1,200 iron utility poles it intends to dispatch throughout the state as long-lasting replacements for traditional wooden poles. "These new iron poles will fortify our infrastructure, reducing the number of times that homes and businesses lose power," Greg Salisbury, Consumers Energy's vice president of electric distribution engineering, said. "Their ability to withstand the elements will p... Read More »
