The California Public Utilities Commission on Sept. 23 released a staff proposal to create a framework to replace Southern California Gas Company’s Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility. Regulators seek a solution in place to substitute the gas facility by using non-gas-fired electricity generation, storage energy efficiency, and building electrification. Approval of the proposal could…...
The U.S. Energy Department on Sept. 22 launched a $7 billion program to build regional hydrogen hubs, or H2Hubs throughout the U.S. The H2Hubs, coupled with a grander $8 billion hydrogen hub package sponsored through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or IIJA will be a key driver in aiding groups across the U.S. make…...
The New York Independent Systems Operator on Sept. 22 released its 2021-2040 System and Resource Outlook providing a comprehensive overview of potential resource development over the next 20 years and potential pathways for transmission and supply investments to transition to a reliable zero-emissions power grid. The report notes that unprecedented levels of investment are required…...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Sept. 21 announced the state’s sixth competitive solicitation, seeking 2 gigawatts or more of new large scale renewable energy projects. The projects are expected to have the capability to provide electricity for around 600,000 homes and sustain the conventional speed of state contracted opportunities for private renewable energy developers…....
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Sept. 21 declared four gigawatts of distributed solar have been installed across the state. Community, residential, small commercial and industrial projects have been mounted, capable of providing enough electricity to supply more than 710,000 homes. Distributed solar power generation refers to technologies that produce electricity from solar energy near…...
Natural gas contributed nearly half of California’s electricity generation mix to meet peak demand during an extreme heat wave in early September, according to a Sept. 21 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The heat wave during the week of Sept. 4 led to record demand for electricity, amid elevated air conditioning use. Moreover,…...
The U.S. Energy Department on Sep. 19 announced a $156 million grant to establish a unique refinery facility for separating rare earth elements and critical minerals from mining wastes and other unconventional sources. Rare earth elements and critical minerals are considered important for clean energy technologies’ manufacturing. The funding, provided by the 2021 Infrastructure Investment…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Sept. 20 signed an executive order to expedite attempts to make state operations more sustainable. Moreover, the Governor also declared that state organisations and government departments, accounting for an anticipated $50 billion in funds, have pledged to attain net zero emissions in their investment portfolios by 2040. The announcement…...
The U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation has given California the go ahead to begin using federal infrastructure funding to develop electric vehicle charging stations across the state’s interstates and highways resulting from the latest federal authorization of a joint proposal by Caltrans and the California Energy Commission. The approval of the California Deployment…...
Hurricane Fiona made landfall on Puerto Rico on Sept. 18 as a category 1 hurricane with torrential rain and damaging winds – at 80 miles an hour – leading to an island-wide power outage, as the electric system experienced several transmission line disruptions. The storm hit nearly five years after Hurricane Maria destroyed 80 percent…...
The Virginia State Corporation Commission on Sept. 16 authorized a rise to the fuel rate for customers of Dominion Energy Inc. that involves a mitigation plan, which would lay out the recovery of the $1.02 billion projected fuel deferral over three years. Moreover, the commission approved a provision under which Dominion agreed to renounce recovery…...
The Biden administration on Sept. 15 announced that it will aim to deploy 15 gigawatts of floating offshore wind capacity by 2035 and create a “Floating Offshore Wind Shot” to reduce floating technology costs by over 70 percent by 2035 to $45 per megawatt hour. The initiative targets deep-water lease areas to reach the 15-gigawatt…...