Net disposition of gas in the U.S. increased by 3.6 percent year-on-year in 2021, in line with growth in liquified natural gas, or LNG exports, according to a Nov. 15 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The agency defines net disposition as consumption, net exports, and net storage. U.S. gas exports have been a…...
The California Public Utilities Commission has proposed a successor to its net energy metering program, which credits customer generators for grid-exported electricity. The successor would be an improved version of net billing, with a retail export compensation rate aligned with the value that generation systems provide to the grid and retail import rates that promote…...
The Biden Administration on Nov. 10 proposed the Federal Supplier Climate Risks and Resilience Rule at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27), which would necessitate key federal contractors to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate related financial risks and establish science centred emission…...
Ambitious clean energy and reliability goals continue to drive grid modernization efforts ranging from proposed rules to encourage utility investments in cybersecurity to a $10.5 billion initiative to enhance grid resilience.
The Bureau of Land Management on Nov. 9 released a revised environmental assessment for public input. The update is in response to court challenges against greenhouse gas emissions in the agency’s leasing program. The additional assessment examines emissions that could result from the future expansion of 3,600 oil and gas leases that were offered in…...
The U.S. Interior Department has announced the second-highest disbursement, amounting to $21.53 billion, in energy revenues in fiscal year 2022. The disbursement includes the largest revenue from renewable energy initiatives on federal lands and waters including a record $4.37 billion from the New York Bight offshore wind lease sale. Since 1983, the above payout is…...
Twenty Three percent of the 200,568 megawatts of coal fired power capacity presently operating in the U.S. is expected to retire by the end of 2029, as a result of firm competition from gas and renewable resources, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. A yearly average of 9,450 megawatts of…...
Technological advancements and climate goals are driving the transformation to distributed energy resources (DER), such as solar photovoltaic systems. The transformation, which is empowering consumers with more choices and energy management options, has also prompted an evaluation of potential cybersecurity risks stemming from anticipated future growth.
Eight new combined cycle gas turbine, or CCGT, power facilities have become operational or will come online in the U.S. in 2022, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The new power plants will generate an additional 7,775 megawatts of electricity, according to assessments made by the agency in its latest Monthly Electric Generator Inventory…....
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Nov. 4 announced preliminary public discussion and comment suggestions for a subsection of new and active programs funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, enacted in August. The programs include air quality and climate projects tackling clean energy, transportation, methane emissions, and climate super-pollutants. The initiatives will support…...
U.S. President Joe Biden, via the U.S. Energy Department, on Nov. 3 announced that around $9 billion will be accessible to states and tribes from the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, for consumer home energy rebate programs, allowing U.S. consumers to make homes more energy efficient, modernize electric appliances and reduce energy expenditures. IRA programs…...