The U.S. Interior Department on Oct. 1 issued the draft guidance for states on applying for up to $40 million each in Regulatory Improvement Grant funding to clean up polluting and unsafe orphaned gas and oil wells throughout the U.S. Through 2021 the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the department is funding the largest investment…...
The California Public Utilities Commission announced on Oct. 3 that over 11.5 million residents will receive reductions in their October electric bills through the California Climate Credit. In total, California will pay over $800 million for residents and $82 million for small businesses. The credit is funded by proceeds from the Cap-and-Trade program, which establishes…...
Utility-Scale U.S. solar electricity generation averaged 63.1 gigawatthours between 10am and 6pm each day in the Lower 48 states during August 2024, according to an Oct. 2 report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This is 36 percent higher than for the same hours during 2023. During August 2024, 107.4 gigawatts (GW) of solar…...
The U.S. Energy Department has announced the closing of up to $1.52 billion in a loan guarantee to Holtec Palisades LLC to recommission the 800-megawatt (MW) Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan. Further, the U.S. Agriculture Department has awarded more than $1.3 billion in grants to two rural electric cooperatives to lower the cost of electricity…...