Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority on Jan. 18 inaugurated Energy Storage Solutions, an electric storage program for all categories of customers of Eversource and United Illuminating to adopt a consistent and robust electric distribution system. The Energy Storage Solutions enables customers to install energy storage set up as backup at their premises. The program will…...
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on Jan. 18 filed its final winter weatherization report, with the Public Utility Commission. The report indicates that 321 out of 324 electric generation units and transmission facilities completely passed inspection for new winterization regulations from the Commission. ERCOT, the grid operator, which manages about 90 percent of…...
The U.S. Energy Department on Jan. 18 approved an exchange of 400,000 barrels of crude oil for release to TotalEnergies’ subsidiary Atlantic Trading and Marketing, the fifth in a series of loans from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve, or SPR. The exchange program is intended to increase short-term crude supplies in hopes of reducing retail…...