The Maryland Public Service Commission on Oct. 9 requested the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to grant a complaint filed by a number of public interest organizations to shield ratepayers from higher electricity prices due to flaws in the PJM Interconnection LLC’s capacity auction design. In their complaint, the organizations assert that PJM’s capacity market rules…...
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Oct. 8 announced that Caltrans will award $206 million for 149 clean transportation projects to support bus and rail services in disadvantaged communities, which are disproportionately impacted by pollution. With this, the state’s investment in these projects over the last decade surpasses $1 billion. The awards are made through the…...
The U.S. Energy Department on Oct. 8 announced $43 million in funding for novel decarbonization technologies to lower energy use and emissions across industrial subsectors. The department selected 16 projects for a $38 million funding opportunity focused on cross-sector technologies and five projects in collaboration with the Electrified Processes for Industry without Carbon (EPIXC) Institute…....
U.S. natural gas fired electricity plants produced over 7 million megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity on Aug. 2, 2024, according to an Oct. 8 report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This accounted for nearly 50 percent of all power generated in the U.S. on that day. On Aug. 2, 7.1 million MWh of…...
The second U.S.- Australia Clean Energy Ministerial Dialogue, held on Oct. 4, reviewed progress made under the Climate, Critical Minerals, and Clean Energy Transformation Compact established last year. The U.S. Secretary for Energy, Jennifer Granholm, and Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, discussed advancing climate and clean energy cooperation, building on commitments…...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Oct. 3 announced more than $24 million in funding for 26 innovative clean energy projects as part of New York’s Innovation Program. The awarded projects cover multiple niches in clean energy, such as geothermal, clean hydrogen, grid modernization, and long-duration energy storage, expanding the New York State Energy Research…...
The buildout of the nascent clean hydrogen industry hinges on regulations to implement the clean hydrogen production tax credit considered critical for projects to advance, alongside progress on regional clean hydrogen hubs that will serve as…Read the full report…...
The buildout of the nascent clean hydrogen industry hinges on regulations to implement the clean hydrogen production tax credit considered critical for projects to advance, alongside progress on regional clean hydrogen hubs that will serve as the foundation for a national hydrogen network.
Electricity consumption is increasing in Texas, due to higher demand from large scale computing facilities such as data centers and cryptocurrency mining operations, according to an Oct. 3 report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Texas, with relatively low costs for land and electricity, has attracted a high concentration of cryptocurrency mining operations and…...
The U.S. Energy Department, on Oct. 3, announced $1.5 billion for four transmission projects that will improve grid reliability and resilience and support the development of 7.1 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity across six states. The department also released its final National Transmission Planning Study, which finds that expansion of the transmission system throughout the…...