The Michigan Public Service Commission directed its staff to establish a Distribution System Data Access workgroup as part of the MI Power Grid effort, a multi- year initiative launched in 2019 to maximize the benefits of the transition to clean, distributed energy resources for consumers. In light of the increasing proliferation of distributed generation resources…...
U.S. primary energy consumption, which includes energy from fossil fuels, renewables, and nuclear, increased by 4 quadrillion British Thermal Unit (quads) in 2021 as compared to 2020, according to a July 1 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Fossil fuels namely, petroleum, natural gas, and coal, represent approximately 76.6 quads out of the total…...
Energy legislation enacted across U.S. states so far in 2022 spans a broad spectrum of topics portraying actions to facilitate the energy transition. These include measures to expand renewables and distributed resources, strengthen climate commitments, optimize grid performance, and sustain the nuclear power fleet. … Read the full report …...
The U.S. Energy Department on June 28 issued the 2022 U.S. Energy and Employment Report. A key finding of the report was in the face of economic uncertainty, the energy sector undertook optimistic job growth, increasing 4 percent from 2020 to 2021, outperforming general U.S. employment, which climbed 2.8 percent in the corresponding period. In…...
PJM Interconnection LLC’s capacity market auction for the 2023-2024 delivery year cleared at $34.13 per megawatt-day (MW-day), which is nearly 32 percent lower compared to the 2021 auction and the lowest in almost a decade. The auction results reflect a low-carbon resource mix, with a growth of more than 5,000 cleared megawatts of carbon-free resources, according to the grid operator, which operates across 13 states and the District of Columbia.
The Michigan Public Service Commission on June 23 approved a settlement agreement that allows Consumers Energy Co. to exit coal-fired generation by 2025 and add 8 gigawatts of solar energy to the grid. The settlement pertains to the company’s integrated resource plan, or IRP, which identifies the optimal mix of resources to serve customers over…...
PJM Interconnection LLC’s capacity auction for the 2023/2024 delivery year cleared at $34.13 per megawatt-day, which is nearly 32 percent lower compared to the 2021 auction, according to the grid operator’s June 21 news release. The auction procured adequate resources to meet energy needs in PJM’s service area, which covers all or part of the…
The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the final endorsement and orchestrated solar projects in Arica and Victory Pass in the vicinity of Desert Center Eastern Riverside County. This project will add 465 megawatts of power in the national grid system along with 400 megawatt battery storage which will provide power to approximately 132,000 homes…...
The U.S. Energy Department’s Loan Program Office issued a request for information on June 1 to update and improve its Title XVII Innovative Technologies Loan Guarantee Program intended to support early commercial use of advanced technologies. The agency seeks feedback from various stakeholders including developers, investors, government agencies, academia, and impacted communities. The input will…...