U.S. Energy Department Picks Kentucky University for $120 Million Battery Science Program

U.S. Energy Department Picks Kentucky University for $120 Million Battery Science Program

The U.S. Energy Department will partner with the University of Kentucky to explore breakthrough energy storage technologies in the second phase of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, the agency’s innovation hub dedicated to battery science. Established in 2012, the mission of the hub is to create next-generation technologies that can transform the transportation…

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Central Maine Power Imposes 7-Percent Electric Rate Hike Amid Gas Supply Constraints

The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Dec. 10 approved Central Maine Power Company’s competitive solicitation to procure electricity for customers receiving standard offer supply service – representing 49 percent of sales in the company’s sales territory – for one-year period starting Jan. 1, 2019. For residential and small business customers, the supply price is 13.7…