The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Oct. 18 announced that it is partnering with small businesses and farmers to enhance accessibility to clean energy, create employment opportunities and assist in lowering their energy bills via the Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP, and the Empowering Rural America, or New ERA, program. The initiatives provide…...
The U.S. Energy Department on Oct.18 announced around $2 billion in funding for 38 grid improvement projects through its Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships, or GRIP, program. The projects will improve transmission and grid resiliency amid growing threats of extreme weather and increase grid capacity to meet load growth. These transmission projects would support over…...
The California Public Utilities Commission approved a decision to improve long-term distribution planning of electric utilities to ensure a more proactive approach to meet increasing demand. The decision requires electric utilities to use customer data more effectively to better forecast demand when planning electric grid upgrades, ensuring fewer delays for customers. In the near future,…...
As carbon management grows as a critical tool for climate action, federal strategies and state legislation are evolving to promote efficient and responsible development of carbon capture projects and carbon dioxide (CO2) pipelines. However, ongoing opposition and legal challenges, particularly concerning the use of…Read the full report …...
As carbon management grows as a critical tool for climate action, federal strategies and state legislation are evolving to promote efficient and responsible development of carbon capture projects and carbon dioxide (CO2) pipelines. However, ongoing opposition and legal challenges, particularly concerning the use of eminent domain, reflect the complexities the industry must navigate to fully emerge. Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) involves the capture of CO2 from the emissions of industrial processes before they are released into the atmosphere for storage in subsurface geological formations.
Julie Kozeracki, Director of Strategy of the Loan Programs Office, U.S. Department of Energy, will do a briefing on the LPO’s recently released update to the May 2023 Advanced Nuclear Commercial Liftoff Report at the NARUC-NASEO Advanced Nuclear State Collaborative webinar: Advanced Nuclear Commercial Liftoff Repor webinar on Monday, October 28, at 4:00 – 5:00…...
U.S. capacity to produce biofuels rose seven percent during 2023, according to an Oct. 17 report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. U.S. biofuel production totaled 24 billion gallons per year (gal/y) during 2023. The agency projects U.S. biofuels production capacity to increase further, on the back of favorable regulatory policies, state and federal…...