Wind turbines are already huge, but they’re about to get way, way bigger …..Taller turbines, the report said, will be critical to an outlined DOE vision in which wind comes to supply 20 percent of all U.S. power by the year 2030, and then, 35 percent by the year 2050. For the 2030 vision to … Continue reading Wind turbines are already huge, but they’re about to get way, way bigger→
Sources: EPA Ditches Mandate That Coal Plants Install Non-Existent Coal Technology The EPA may be trying to avoid a political disaster before the rollout of major regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions from coal plants. Sources say the agency has dropped a key requirement that coal plants install carbon capture technology. Sources familiar with the matter … Continue reading Sources: EPA Ditches Mandate That Coal Plants Install Non-Existent Coal Technology→
NextEra ‘bullish’ on US non-utility RE market NextEra Energy, the largest US solar and wind power generator, has identified non-utility buyers of renewable energy as a “big piece of our business over the next three to five years,” says Mike O’Sullivan, senior vice president of development. “I’m bullish about it. I would be very surprised … Continue reading #NextEra ‘bullish’ on US non-utility RE market→
“Such a fact pattern does not a $5 million penalty make.” Or so says one dissenting FERC Commissioner in the recent Maxim Power enforcement proceeding.1 On May 1, 2015, FERC issued an order assessing civil penalties (the “Order”) of $5 million against Maxim Power Corporation and its named subsidiaries (“Maxim”),2 as well as $50,000 against … Continue reading “Such a fact pattern does not a $5 million #penalty make.”→
Wholesale price of electricity rose 13 percent, report says The average wholesale price of electricity in New England’s power market rose 13 percent in 2014 despite a 2 percent decrease in power usage from the year before, according to a new report by the region’s grid operator. The increase in the average wholesale power price … Continue reading Wholesale price of #electricity rose 13 percent, report says→
PSE&G, POWER-GRID OPERATOR SAY THEY’RE READY FOR A SIZZLING SUMMER With Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line fully operational, customers of state’s largest utility can crank up their AC without worry With the unofficial start of summer this weekend, the operator of the nation’s electric grid said it is ready to meet expected power demand during the year’s … Continue reading #PSE&G, POWER-GRID OPERATOR SAY THEY’RE READY FOR A SIZZLING SUMMER→
NYISO Addresses New York State Senate Hearings RENSSELAER, NY (05/20/2015)(readMedia)– Albany, NY – The reliability of New York State’s electric energy grid will be bolstered by upgraded transmission, integration of distributed energy resources, and close collaboration of the energy industry and government on cybersecurity, Executive Vice President Richard Dewey told participants in public hearings today. … Continue reading NYISO Addresses New York State Senate Hearings→
Why Texas Could Be Next In Electricity Market Reform While all eyes have lately been focused on places like New York, California, and Hawaii, last month, the opening bell in Texas for that state’s “electric power market 2.0” began with little more than an energy-wonk whisper. It came as a proposed report outline from the … Continue reading Why #Texas Could Be Next In #Electricity_Market_Reform→
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