Avista Utilities and Tacoma Power on March 2 began their participation in the Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM) operated by the California Independent System Operator Corp. The two utilities serve a combined 600,00 electric customers in the Pacific Northwest. The enrollment expands the utilities’ ability to incorporate additional renewable energy while continuing to meet the…...
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has identified three potential wind energy areas off the coast of Oregon that would span almost 1.4 million acres and have the potential to host around 17 gigawatts of wind capacity. The agency is now focusing on the areas with the highest potential for commercial offshore wind energy viability…...
Oil and natural gas will remain the dominant sources of energy in the U.S. through 2050, according to the Energy Information Administration’s 2022 annual energy outlook released on March 3. U.S. petroleum consumption is expected to grow by 0.5 percent per year to 22.3 million barrels per day by 2050 and domestic gas consumption by…...
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) on Feb. 8 announced that the state’s third solicitation for offshore wind development will be issued in January 2023 instead of September 2022. The new timeline complements the coordinated transmission solution facilitated by a joint agreement between NJ BPU and PJM Interconnection LLC. Nevertheless, solicitations 4 and…...
Upgrading and expanding the U.S. electric transmission system is key to enhancing grid reliability and resilience while enabling greater integration of carbon-free resources to meet clean energy goals.
The U.S Energy Department on Feb. 24 published a comprehensive plan that details more than 60 actions to boost U.S. supply chain resiliency, stimulate domestic manufacturing capacity, and support job creation. The all-encompassing report labelled, “America’s Strategy to Secure the Supply Chain for a Robust Clean Energy Transition,” examines a number of paramount strategies to…...
The first offshore wind auction held under President Joe Biden’s administration drew a record $4.37 billion in winning bids, according to a Feb. 25 press release from the Department of the Interior. The auction provisionally offered six leases covering an area of about 488,000 acres in the New York Bight, which spans the eastern tip…...
In 2020, 34.5 percent of California’s retail electricity sales were served by renewable energy resources, such as solar and wind that qualify for the state’s Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS), according to a Feb. 22 report from the California Energy Commission. This is above the state’s 2020 RPS goal of 33 percent, a mark which California…...
Utility-scale wind turbines accounted for more than three-quarters of the 4.2 gigawatts of Michigan’s renewable energy capacity in 2021, according to the Michigan Public Service Commission Feb. 15 report on the implementation of the state’s renewable energy standard. The agency also issued a report on energy waste reduction, or EWR, program, which revealed that the…